People · United States
Samuel Simpson
3×3 · top 9.0% of 284,439 all-time · competing since October 2024 · 2024SIMP12
Samuel Simpson has been competing for a year. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 10.52, set at Omnicon & Cubes TN 2025, puts him in the top 9.0% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 4,931st in the United States. Until August 2006, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 7 competitions since October 2024, he has put 155 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 21% around a typical one; 99% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 20.28 in October 2024 to 10.52, a 48% improvement. Samuel has entered seven competitions, more competitions than 88% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 10.52 | 12.80 | top 9.0% | 4,931 / 59,724 | |
| Pyraminx | 6.83 | 10.49 | top 26.5% | 7,247 / 28,708 | |
| 2×2 | 4.12 | 5.88 | top 28.0% | 11,075 / 40,951 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 24.77 | 33.82 | top 33.6% | 4,425 / 15,683 | |
| 4×4 | 58.49 | 1:11.10 | top 34.9% | 5,605 / 19,072 | |
| Skewb | 8.67 | 12.28 | top 46.2% | 8,160 / 18,907 | |
| 5×5 | 2:14.79 | 2:35.80 | top 58.0% | 4,951 / 9,401 | |
| Square-1 | 1:07.49 | — | early days — 3 solves | 5,918 / 6,743 |
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
- 15 Nov 2025First sub-15 3×3: 10.52 at Omnicon & Cubes TN 2025.
- 18 Jan 2025First sub-20 3×3: 17.13 at Vanderbilt Winter 2025.
- 19 Oct 2024First competition: Solving at Sycamore TN 2024. A 20.28 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Cookeville Cube Challenge 2026 · 13 Jun 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Cube Against Cancer Franklin 2026 · 30 May 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Vanderbilt Winter 2026 · 14 Feb 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Omnicon & Cubes TN 2025 · 15 Nov 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Cubing on the Hill KY 2025 · 31 May 2025
- Vanderbilt Winter 2025 · 18 Jan 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Solving at Sycamore TN 2024 · 19 Oct 2024 — 1 personal best set
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.
- Isaiah Garrison — met in 31 rounds, finished ahead once
- Andrew Hisey — met in 29 rounds, never finished ahead
- Matias Marcantoni-Nunez — met in 26 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 0.52 away.
- A sub-6 Pyraminx single — 25,870 people have one; it is 0.83 away.
Targets move as he improves.