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Samuel Mendoza
2×2 · top 19.7% of 189,179 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 3.45, set at Vegas Cubing Fall 2026, puts him in the top 19.7% of the 189,179 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 7,804th in the United States. Across 4 competitions since August 2025, he has put 79 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 7 counted rounds. That figure sets aside his 2 DNFs. His 3×3 best has come down from 19.90 in August 2025 to 14.26, a 28% improvement. Samuel has entered four competitions, more competitions than 78% 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 | 3.45 | 5.27 | top 19.7% | 7,804 / 41,674 | |
| Pyraminx | 6.24 | 7.94 | top 21.8% | 5,931 / 29,168 | |
| 3×3 | 14.26 | 18.97 | top 22.0% | 12,053 / 60,666 | |
| Skewb | 10.51 | 13.58 | top 58.1% | 10,774 / 19,164 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 52.38 | — | early days — 2 solves | 11,772 / 15,900 |
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
- 26 Sep 2026First sub-15 3×3: 14.26 at Vegas Cubing Fall 2026.
- 26 Sep 2026Four personal bests in one day at Vegas Cubing Fall 2026.
- 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 Fall 2026 · 26 Sep 2026 — 4 personal bests set
- 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 17 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
- Tyler Hendrickson — met in 17 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
- Samuel Martin — met in 17 rounds, finished ahead once
Next targets
- A sub-3 2×2 single — 27,049 people have one; it is 0.45 away.
- A sub-6 Pyraminx single — 26,233 people have one; it is 0.24 away.
Targets move as he improves.