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Sam Gentz

3×3 · top 11.2% of 284,439 all-time · competing since July 2017 · 2017GENT02

Sam Gentz has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 11.22, set at Bulldog Cubing 2017, puts him in the top 11.2% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 6,049th in the United States. Across 6 competitions since July 2017, he has put 146 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one; 82% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 17.93 in July 2017 to 11.22, a 37% improvement. Sam has entered six competitions, more competitions than 86% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 11.2% of 284,439 all-time
11.22
signature single · Bulldog Cubing 2017
146
official solves on the record
15%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 82% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×311.2214.50
top 11.2%6,049 / 59,724
2×23.314.37
top 17.9%7,011 / 40,951
4×449.4853.37
top 24.1%3,675 / 19,072
Pyraminx6.627.25
top 24.8%6,765 / 28,708
3×3 one-handed22.6024.35
top 27.6%3,572 / 15,683
Skewb6.637.87
top 30.7%5,070 / 18,907
5×51:55.512:13.65
top 46.3%3,834 / 9,401

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

Hillcrest Cubing 2017: 17.93Bulldog Cubing 2017: 11.22ChicaGhosts 2017: 12.25Dixon Winter 2017: 13.14Lions Cubing 2018: 11.94Elk Cubing 2018: 14.7111.2217.931 Jul 201718 Mar 2018

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-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 1.22 away.
  • A sub-3 2×2 single — 26,570 people have one; it is 0.31 away.

Targets move as he improves.