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Sam Chaplin

2×2 · top 2.0% of 186,767 all-time · competing since November 2013 · 2013CHAP02

Sam Chaplin has been competing for 13 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.46, set at Hobart Summer 2018, puts him in the top 2.0% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 172nd in Australia. Until November 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 35 competitions since November 2013, he has put 1,217 official solves on the record across nine events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 83% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 2×2 best has come down from 6.46 in November 2013 to 1.46, a 77% improvement. Sam has entered 35 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 2.0% of 186,767 all-time
1.46
signature single · Hobart Summer 2018
1,217
official solves on the record
11%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 83% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingAustralia
2×21.462.96
top 2.0%172 / 8,567
Pyraminx2.846.26
top 3.1%146 / 5,993
3×39.2311.74
top 5.4%503 / 11,709
Skewb4.616.32
top 15.3%396 / 3,534
3×3 one-handed20.5323.99
top 21.9%497 / 2,659
Square-123.7627.54
top 36.3%346 / 899
4×41:01.571:14.66
top 38.1%1,014 / 3,051
3×3 Fewest Moves44 moves47.33
top 62.5%278 / 468
5×52:32.47—
top 67.0%938 / 1,356

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

Melbourne Cube Day 2013: 6.46Canberra Summer 2014: 6.88Melbourne Summer 2014: 3.50Shepparton Autumn 2014: 1.83Northpark Adelaide 2014: 3.50Melbourne Winter 2014: 2.72Australian Nationals 2014: 2.72Melbourne Cube Day 2014: 2.94Sydney Spring 2014: 3.91Niddrie 2014: 2.94Lifestyle Seasons Summer 2015: 1.58Melbourne Autumn 2015: 3.88Canberra Autumn 2015: 3.87Cube for Cambodia 2015: 3.18Lifestyle Seasons Winter 2015: 2.13Brisbane Spring 2015: 3.66Australian Nationals 2015: 1.81Melbourne Cube Days 2015: 2.40Sydney Summer 2015: 2.70Adelaide Summer 2016: 3.22Cubing Classic 2016: 2.35Melbourne Autumn 2016: 3.26Connor's Cube Day 2016: 1.55Australian Nationals 2016: 2.16Canberra Spring 2016: 3.81Melbourne Cube Days 2016: 2.64POPS Open 2016: 2.53Lifestyle Seasons Summer 2017: 2.10Cubing Classic 2017: 1.88Australian Nationals 2017: 2.29Melbourne Cube Days 2017: 1.64Hobart Summer 2018: 1.461.466.8816 Nov 201327 Jan 2018

Best single per competition, 2×2. 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-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.46 away.
  • A sub-2 Pyraminx single — 1,476 people have one; it is 0.84 away.

Targets move as he improves.