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Sam Butler

3×3 · top 47.9% of 284,439 all-time · competing since September 2015 · 2015BUTL02

Sam Butler has been competing for 11 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 22.98, set at Berkeley Winter 2016, puts him in the top 47.9% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 27,789th in the United States. Across 2 competitions since September 2015, he has put 25 official solves on the record across three events. His 3×3 best has come down from 47.44 in September 2015 to 22.98, a 52% improvement. Sam has entered two competitions.

3×3
best event — top 47.9% of 284,439 all-time
22.98
signature single · Berkeley Winter 2016
25
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×322.9827.66
top 47.9%27,789 / 59,724
2×26.348.14
top 54.4%22,208 / 40,951
Skewb15.4018.01
top 79.6%15,226 / 18,907

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

Berkeley Summer 2015: 47.44Berkeley Winter 2016: 22.9822.9847.4412 Sep 201520 Feb 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.

  • Ryan Jew — met in 6 rounds, finished ahead once
  • Milo Jacquet — met in 6 rounds, finished ahead once
  • Riley Woo — met in 6 rounds, never finished ahead

Next targets

  • A sub-20 3×3 single — 113,584 people have one; it is 2.98 away.
  • A sub-6 2×2 single — 95,042 people have one; it is 0.34 away.

Targets move as he improves.