People · United States
Samuel Woo
2×2 · top 1.6% of 186,767 all-time · competing since October 2022 · 2022WOOS02
Samuel Woo has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.38, set at Louisiana Mega Two Day 2023, puts him in the top 1.6% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 657th in the United States. Until November 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 8 competitions since October 2022, he has put 180 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 77% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 11.76 in October 2022 to 10.47, an 11% improvement. Samuel has entered eight competitions, more competitions than 90% 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 | 1.38 | 3.42 | top 1.6% | 657 / 40,951 | |
| 3×3 | 10.47 | 11.71 | top 8.9% | 4,854 / 59,724 | |
| Pyraminx | 4.91 | 7.10 | top 12.6% | 3,289 / 28,708 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 28.11 | 41.06 | top 42.2% | 5,670 / 15,683 | |
| 4×4 | 1:16.06 | 1:24.04 | top 52.6% | 8,903 / 19,072 |
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
- 22 Oct 2022First competition: T-Town Showdown 2022. A 11.98 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Mississippi Championship 2025 · 22 Feb 2025 — 1 personal best set
- T-Town Showdown 2023 · 7 Oct 2023 — 1 personal best set
- CubingUSA Nationals 2023 · 27 Jul 2023 — 1 personal best set
- DFW Cubing Summer 2023 · 15 Jul 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Louisiana Mega Two Day 2023 · 17 Jun 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Solving in Shreveport 2023 · 5 Feb 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Texarkana Winter 2022 · 10 Dec 2022
- T-Town Showdown 2022 · 22 Oct 2022 — 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.
- Rowan Stough — met in 27 rounds, finished ahead once
- RJ Gohn — met in 24 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
- Dylan Miller — met in 23 rounds, finished ahead twice
Next targets
- A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.38 away.
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 0.47 away.
Targets move as he improves.