People · United States
Landon Samples
Skewb · top 15.5% of 74,164 all-time · competing since March 2019 · 2019SAMP02
Landon Samples has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the Skewb: a personal-best single of 4.63, set at Space City Summer 2023, puts him in the top 15.5% of the 74,164 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,457th in the United States. Across 7 competitions since March 2019, he has put 181 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 53% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 37.21 in March 2019 to 12.49, a 66% improvement. Landon 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Skewb | 4.63 | 8.70 | top 15.5% | 2,457 / 19,164 | |
| 3×3 | 12.49 | 14.09 | top 15.7% | 8,488 / 60,666 | |
| 2×2 | 3.22 | 4.70 | top 16.9% | 6,707 / 41,674 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 19.40 | 25.43 | top 19.0% | 2,473 / 15,900 | |
| Pyraminx | 7.22 | 12.51 | top 29.7% | 8,352 / 29,168 | |
| Square-1 | 23.20 | 37.36 | top 35.3% | 2,311 / 6,846 | |
| 4×4 | 1:43.21 | — | top 72.8% | 13,335 / 19,354 | |
| 5×5 | 4:48.34 | — | early days — 1 solve | 9,266 / 9,537 |
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
- 16 Mar 2024Three personal bests in one day at DFW Megacomp 2024.
- 6 Jan 2024First sub-15 3×3: 14.53 at Red Wolf Cubing Arkansas 2024.
- 6 Jan 2024Five personal bests in one day at Red Wolf Cubing Arkansas 2024.
- 8 Jul 2023Four personal bests in one day at Space City Summer 2023.
- 10 Dec 2022First sub-30 3×3: 17.52 at Texarkana Winter 2022.
- 10 Dec 2022First sub-20 3×3: 17.52 at Texarkana Winter 2022.
Competitions
- DFW Megacomp 2024 · 16 Mar 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Red Wolf Cubing Arkansas 2024 · 6 Jan 2024 — 5 personal bests set
- Space City Summer 2023 · 8 Jul 2023 — 4 personal bests set
- Texarkana Winter 2022 · 10 Dec 2022 — 3 personal bests set
- DFW With A Twist 2019 · 20 Apr 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Trinity Valley Open Spring 2019 · 30 Mar 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Oklahoma Spring 2019 · 16 Mar 2019
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.
- Andres Rodriguez — met in 27 rounds, finished ahead once
- Catherine Connolly — met in 24 rounds, never finished ahead
- Azhar Virani — met in 23 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-4 Skewb single — 8,121 people have one; it is 0.63 away.
- A sub-12 3×3 single — 40,277 people have one; it is 0.49 away.
Targets move as he improves.