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Sam Cheng

3×3 · top 26.3% of 284,439 all-time · competing since May 2012 · 2012CHEN15

Sam Cheng has been competing for 14 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 15.56, set at Princeton Winter 2016, puts him in the top 26.3% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 14,374th in the United States. Across 2 competitions since May 2012, he has put 15 official solves on the record across two events. Sam has entered two competitions.

3×3
best event — top 26.3% of 284,439 all-time
15.56
signature single · Princeton Winter 2016
15
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×315.5619.77
top 26.3%14,374 / 59,724
2×210.5813.88
top 80.1%33,231 / 40,951

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

Captain's Cove competition 2012: 17.09Princeton Winter 2016: 15.5615.5617.0926 May 20126 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.

Next targets

  • A sub-15 3×3 single — 69,493 people have one; it is 0.56 away.
  • A sub-10 2×2 single — 145,545 people have one; it is 0.58 away.

Targets move as he improves.