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Kong Liang Jie Samuel
Pyraminx · top 2.8% of 129,321 all-time · competing since September 2022 · 2022SAMU10
Kong Liang Jie Samuel has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 2.73, set at Mofunland Speedcubing Singapore 2024, puts him in the top 2.8% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 40th in Singapore. Until October 2010, no official Pyraminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 9 competitions since September 2022, he has put 123 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, an early reading from 7 counted rounds. His Pyraminx best has come down from 6.36 in December 2022 to 2.73, a 57% improvement. Kong has entered nine competitions, more competitions than 91% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Singapore | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pyraminx | 2.73 | 3.82 | top 2.8% | 40 / 645 | |
| 2×2 | 2.45 | 3.34 | top 8.4% | 129 / 1,053 | |
| 3×3 | 12.44 | 14.43 | top 15.4% | 361 / 1,546 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 26.37 | 29.23 | top 37.8% | 244 / 460 | |
| Skewb | 7.63 | 11.84 | top 38.5% | 175 / 353 |
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, Pyraminx. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 31 Aug 2024Three personal bests in one day at Mofunland Speedcubing Singapore 2024.
- 9 Sep 2023Three personal bests in one day at Singapore Mini 2023.
- 31 Dec 2022First sub-20 3×3: 14.40 at NTU Welcome 2023.
- 31 Dec 2022First sub-15 3×3: 14.40 at NTU Welcome 2023.
- 3 Sep 2022First competition: Singapore Mini 2022. A 21.91 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Mofunland Speedcubing Singapore 2024 · 31 Aug 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Singapore Mini 2024 · 25 May 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Singapore Newcomers 2024 · 16 Mar 2024
- MYHM Singapore Championship 2024 · 2 Feb 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Singapore Mini 2023 · 9 Sep 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Singapore AMK CC Cubing A 2023 · 3 Jun 2023
- Singapore Championship 2023 · 17 Feb 2023 — 1 personal best set
- NTU Welcome 2023 · 31 Dec 2022 — 1 personal best set
- Singapore Mini 2022 · 3 Sep 2022
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.
- Lee Jun Yee Allen (李俊毅) — met in 23 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Gabriel Neo Jun Yi — met in 21 rounds, finished ahead 8 times
- Nigel Phang — met in 21 rounds, finished ahead once
Next targets
- A sub-2 Pyraminx single — 1,476 people have one; it is 0.73 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.45 away.
Targets move as he improves.