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Ciaran Samuels

3×3 · top 49.6% of 284,439 all-time · competing since June 2012 · 2012SAMU01

Ciaran Samuels has been competing for 14 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 23.71, set at Australian Nationals 2012, puts him in the top 49.6% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 3,460th in the United Kingdom. Across 2 competitions since June 2012, he has put 24 official solves on the record across two events. His 3×3 best has come down from 33.00 in June 2012 to 23.71, a 28% improvement. Ciaran has entered two competitions.

3×3
best event — top 49.6% of 284,439 all-time
23.71
signature single · Australian Nationals 2012
24
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited Kingdom
3×323.7126.40
top 49.6%3,460 / 6,689
2×28.7511.40
top 72.2%3,724 / 4,895

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

Melbourne Winter 2012: 33.00Australian Nationals 2012: 23.7123.7133.0030 Jun 20121 Sep 2012

Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.

The story so far

Competitions

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.

Next targets

  • A sub-20 3×3 single — 113,584 people have one; it is 3.71 away.
  • A sub-8 2×2 single — 126,624 people have one; it is 0.75 away.

Targets move as he improves.