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Sam Astro

3×3 · top 15.1% of 284,439 all-time · competing since October 2015 · 2015ASTR01

Sam Astro has been competing for 11 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 12.36, set at SoCal Supercomp 2016, puts him in the top 15.1% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 8,095th in the United States. Across 3 competitions since October 2015, he has put 53 official solves on the record across six events. His 3×3 best has come down from 41.17 in October 2015 to 12.36, a 70% improvement. Sam has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 15.1% of 284,439 all-time
12.36
signature single · SoCal Supercomp 2016
53
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×312.3616.48
top 15.1%8,095 / 59,724
Pyraminx6.909.47
top 27.1%7,416 / 28,708
2×24.185.14
top 28.8%11,427 / 40,951
Skewb8.5614.25
top 45.4%8,014 / 18,907
4×41:08.711:40.49
top 45.6%7,581 / 19,072
3×3 one-handed33.3836.14
top 54.2%7,517 / 15,683

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

ODU Big Blue Open 2015: 41.17ODU Big Blue Spring 2016: 19.12SoCal Supercomp 2016: 12.3612.3641.1724 Oct 20159 Jul 2016

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-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 0.36 away.
  • A sub-6 Pyraminx single — 25,870 people have one; it is 0.90 away.

Targets move as he improves.