People · United States
Samuel Zafir
3×3 · top 6.7% of 284,439 all-time · competing since June 2023 · 2023ZAFI01
Samuel Zafir has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.74, set at Summit Summer 2025, puts him in the top 6.7% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 3,693rd in the United States. Until November 2007, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 7 competitions since June 2023, he has put 149 official solves on the record across ten events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 20% 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 18.14 in June 2023 to 9.74, a 46% 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 | 9.74 | 12.57 | top 6.7% | 3,693 / 59,724 | |
| 2×2 | 2.49 | 4.17 | top 8.8% | 3,460 / 40,951 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 15.77 | 23.17 | top 9.7% | 1,289 / 15,683 | |
| 4×4 | 1:06.09 | — | early days — 2 solves | 7,062 / 19,072 | |
| Pyraminx | 10.21 | 16.25 | top 54.7% | 15,962 / 28,708 | |
| 5×5 | 2:14.56 | — | top 57.9% | 4,940 / 9,401 | |
| Clock | 19.93 | 25.00 | top 64.4% | 5,489 / 8,927 | |
| Megaminx | 2:40.17 | — | early days — 3 solves | 5,062 / 7,841 | |
| Skewb | 12.36 | 16.78 | top 67.8% | 12,698 / 18,907 | |
| 6×6 | 5:11.63 | — | early days — 2 solves | 3,381 / 4,196 |
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
- 12 Oct 2025Three personal bests in one day at New York Championship 2025.
- 15 Jun 2025First sub-10 3×3: 9.74 at Summit Summer 2025.
- 15 Jun 2025Three personal bests in one day at Summit Summer 2025.
- 4 May 2025Three personal bests in one day at American Dream NJ 2025.
- 23 Mar 2025Four personal bests in one day at Catskills Spring 2025.
- 26 Jan 2025First sub-15 3×3: 13.67 at Hudson Valley Winter 2025.
Competitions
- New York New Year 2025 · 31 Dec 2025 — 1 personal best set
- New York Championship 2025 · 12 Oct 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Summit Summer 2025 · 15 Jun 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- American Dream NJ 2025 · 4 May 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Catskills Spring 2025 · 23 Mar 2025 — 4 personal bests set
- Hudson Valley Winter 2025 · 26 Jan 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- CubingUSA Mid-Atlantic Championship 2023 · 17 Jun 2023
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.
- Angelo Terpening — met in 33 rounds, finished ahead 6 times
- Evan Liu — met in 33 rounds, never finished ahead
- Rex Ozsvath — met in 31 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.74 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.49 away.
Targets move as he improves.