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Samuel Smith
2×2 · top 5.5% of 186,767 all-time · competing since June 2025 · 2025SMIT33
Samuel Smith has been competing for a year. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.11, set at El Paso 2025, puts him in the top 5.5% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,199th in the United States. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 3 competitions since June 2025, he has put 67 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, an early reading from 5 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 16.54 in June 2025 to 13.10, a 21% improvement. 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 | 2.11 | 4.66 | top 5.5% | 2,199 / 40,951 | |
| 3×3 | 13.10 | 15.84 | top 17.8% | 9,523 / 59,724 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 24.52 | 35.44 | top 32.9% | 4,310 / 15,683 | |
| 5×5 | 2:26.95 | 2:31.88 | top 64.4% | 5,590 / 9,401 | |
| Skewb | 11.67 | 16.64 | top 64.4% | 11,958 / 18,907 | |
| Square-1 | 59.16 | 1:23.69 | top 83.2% | 5,557 / 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
- 21 Jun 2025First sub-15 3×3: 13.73 at West Coast Cubing Tour: San Diego 2025.
- 14 Jun 2025First competition: El Paso 2025. A 16.54 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Square-1 Showdown AZ 2025 · 18 Jul 2025
- West Coast Cubing Tour: San Diego 2025 · 21 Jun 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- El Paso 2025 · 14 Jun 2025 — 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.
- Mia Sponseller — met in 11 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Mario Flores — met in 8 rounds, never finished ahead
- David Spitzer — met in 8 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.11 away.
- A sub-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 1.10 away.
Targets move as he improves.