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Lachlan Samuel
3×3 · top 8.6% of 284,439 all-time · competing since January 2022 · 2022SAMU03
Lachlan Samuel has been competing for 5 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 10.37, set at Adelaide Summer 2023, puts him in the top 8.6% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 767th in Australia. Until February 2007, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 3 competitions since January 2022, he has put 92 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 9% around a typical one, an early reading from 7 counted rounds. That figure sets aside his 2 DNFs. Lachlan has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Australia | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 10.37 | 11.81 | top 8.6% | 767 / 11,709 | |
| 2×2 | 2.79 | 4.32 | top 11.9% | 895 / 8,567 | |
| Pyraminx | 6.21 | 7.17 | top 21.6% | 1,082 / 5,993 | |
| Skewb | 7.37 | 12.85 | top 36.5% | 1,077 / 3,534 | |
| 4×4 | 1:39.62 | — | early days — 2 solves | 2,045 / 3,051 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 1:35.02 | — | early days — 1 solve | 2,583 / 2,659 |
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
- 15 Jan 2022First competition: Adelaide Summer 2022. A 13.60 3×3 single to start from.
- 15 Jan 2022Three personal bests in one day at Adelaide Summer 2022.
Competitions
- Adelaide Summer 2023 · 28 Jan 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- South Australian Open 2022 · 5 Nov 2022
- Adelaide Summer 2022 · 15 Jan 2022 — 3 personal bests 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.
- Gerard McGinley — met in 23 rounds, finished ahead once
- Jonah Blakeley — met in 21 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
- Seth Ferry — met in 21 rounds, finished ahead once
Next targets
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 0.37 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.79 away.
Targets move as he improves.