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Joshua Sampson

3×3 · top 37.1% of 284,439 all-time · competing since June 2013 · 2013SAMP03

Joshua Sampson has been competing for 13 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 19.00, set at Indiana 2013, puts him in the top 37.1% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 20,887th in the United States. Across 2 competitions since June 2013, he has put 35 official solves on the record across six events. His 3×3 best has come down from 30.29 in June 2013 to 19.00, a 37% improvement. Joshua has entered two competitions.

3×3
best event — top 37.1% of 284,439 all-time
19.00
signature single · Indiana 2013
35
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×319.0021.74
top 37.1%20,887 / 59,724
2×25.586.55
top 46.3%18,703 / 40,951
Pyraminx10.9424.44
top 60.1%17,667 / 28,708
3×3 one-handed42.801:03.11
top 69.1%9,898 / 15,683
5×53:14.63
early days — 2 solves7,563 / 9,401
4×42:04.84
early days — 3 solves15,728 / 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

New Albany 2013: 30.29Indiana 2013: 19.0019.0030.2915 Jun 201324 Aug 2013

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-15 3×3 single — 69,493 people have one; it is 4.00 away.
  • A sub-5 2×2 single — 73,413 people have one; it is 0.58 away.

Targets move as he improves.