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Sam Bringman

2×2 · top 22.1% of 186,767 all-time · competing since April 2017 · 2017BRIN02

Sam Bringman has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 3.65, set at Slow N Steady Spring 2022, puts him in the top 22.1% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 8,654th in the United States. Across 10 competitions since April 2017, he has put 99 official solves on the record across three events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 62% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 54.21 in April 2017 to 22.22, a 59% improvement. Sam has entered ten competitions, more competitions than 92% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 22.1% of 186,767 all-time
3.65
signature single · Slow N Steady Spring 2022
99
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 62% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
2×23.657.90
top 22.1%8,654 / 40,951
3×322.2231.62
top 46.0%26,577 / 59,724
Pyraminx10.0112.07
top 53.1%15,496 / 28,708

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

Slow N Steady Spring 2017: 54.21Severna Park Showdown 2017: 33.87Slow N Steady Winter 2018: 29.92NovaCube 2018: 27.86Rally In The Valley 2018: 22.22Northern Virginia Summer 2019: 28.99CubingUSA Nationals 2019: 29.32Slow N Steady Winter 2020: 29.04Slow N Steady Spring 2022: 27.52Pennsylvania Championship 2022: 27.9022.2254.212 Apr 201717 Jun 2022

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-3 2×2 single — 26,570 people have one; it is 0.65 away.
  • A sub-20 3×3 single — 113,584 people have one; it is 2.22 away.

Targets move as he improves.