People · Netherlands
Sam Collard
2×2 · top 25.3% of 186,767 all-time · competing since November 2018 · 2018COLL09
Sam Collard has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 3.91, set at Dutch Spring 2022, puts him in the top 25.3% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 585th in the Netherlands. Across 10 competitions since November 2018, he has put 188 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 72% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. That figure sets aside his 4 DNFs. His 3×3 best has come down from 25.40 in November 2018 to 15.52, a 39% improvement. Sam has entered ten competitions, more competitions than 92% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Netherlands | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 3.91 | 6.49 | top 25.3% | 585 / 1,665 | |
| 3×3 | 15.52 | 18.71 | top 26.2% | 744 / 2,294 | |
| 4×4 | 1:15.16 | 1:30.27 | top 51.8% | 510 / 1,000 | |
| Pyraminx | 12.30 | 21.40 | top 69.1% | 973 / 1,283 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 43.95 | 54.44 | top 70.5% | 493 / 726 | |
| Skewb | 18.37 | 24.39 | top 86.9% | 855 / 957 |
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
Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 29 Feb 2020Three personal bests in one day at Star Cubing Nijmegen 2020.
- 29 Jun 2019First sub-20 3×3: 19.41 at Star Cubing Nijmegen 2019.
- 10 Nov 2018First competition: Meppel Open 2018. A 25.40 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Dutch Nationals 2022 · 26 Nov 2022
- Dutch Masters 2022 · 21 May 2022 — 1 personal best set
- Dutch Spring 2022 · 17 Apr 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- Star Cubing Nijmegen 2020 · 29 Feb 2020 — 3 personal bests set
- Happy New Year Cubing Hoorn 2020 · 4 Jan 2020 — 2 personal bests set
- Dutch Nationals 2019 · 21 Sep 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Hoogland Open 2019 · 16 Aug 2019
- Star Cubing Nijmegen 2019 · 29 Jun 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Happy New Year Cubing Nijmegen 2019 · 5 Jan 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Meppel Open 2018 · 10 Nov 2018
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.
- Daniël Kassab — met in 42 rounds, never finished ahead
- Olivier Vos — met in 42 rounds, never finished ahead
- Ron van Bruchem — met in 39 rounds, finished ahead twice
Next targets
- A sub-3 2×2 single — 26,570 people have one; it is 0.91 away.
- A sub-15 3×3 single — 69,493 people have one; it is 0.52 away.
Targets move as he improves.