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Samuel Mendoza
2×2 · top 23.9% of 186,767 all-time · competing since August 2025 · 2025MEND21
Samuel Mendoza has been competing for a year. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 3.80, set at Vegas Cubing Cup Fall 2025, puts him in the top 23.9% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 9,389th in the United States. Across 3 competitions since August 2025, he has put 55 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, an early reading from 5 counted rounds. Samuel has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 3.80 | 6.23 | top 23.9% | 9,389 / 40,951 | |
| Pyraminx | 6.52 | 7.94 | top 24.0% | 6,527 / 28,708 | |
| 3×3 | 17.98 | 20.34 | top 34.0% | 18,958 / 59,724 | |
| Skewb | 11.49 | 17.90 | top 63.5% | 11,770 / 18,907 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 52.38 | — | early days — 2 solves | 11,609 / 15,683 |
Percentile against all competitors ever ranked in each event, a fairer measure than raw rank, because the pools differ by a factor of ten.
The line so far
Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 28 Feb 2026Three personal bests in one day at Vegas Cubing Winter 2026.
- 9 Aug 2025First competition: Vegas Cubing Cup Summer 2025. A 19.90 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Vegas Cubing Winter 2026 · 28 Feb 2026 — 3 personal bests set
- Vegas Cubing Cup Fall 2025 · 8 Nov 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Vegas Cubing Cup Summer 2025 · 9 Aug 2025
Reading this page: a single is one solve's time · an average is the middle three of five solves, best and worst discarded · a PB is a personal best · a DNF (did not finish) is an attempt with no valid result: a popped piece, an unsolved face, an over-limit memorisation · top X% compares against everyone ever ranked in that event, which is fairer than raw rank because event pools differ tenfold.
The circuit
The people whose scorecards keep turning up next to his.
- Lukas Gubista — met in 12 rounds, finished ahead once
- Tyler Hendrickson — met in 12 rounds, finished ahead once
- Jaden Thompson — met in 12 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-3 2×2 single — 26,570 people have one; it is 0.80 away.
- A sub-6 Pyraminx single — 25,870 people have one; it is 0.52 away.
Targets move as he improves.