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Sam Goldman
2×2 · top 17.5% of 189,179 all-time · competing since April 2022 · 2022GOLD05
Sam Goldman has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 3.27, set at Be Quick in Brunswick 2023, puts him in the top 17.5% of the 189,179 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 6,941st in the United States. Across 5 competitions since April 2022, he has put 74 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, an early reading from 8 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 30.80 in April 2022 to 15.66, a 49% improvement. Sam has entered five competitions, more competitions than 83% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 3.27 | 6.03 | top 17.5% | 6,941 / 41,674 | |
| 3×3 | 15.66 | 18.84 | top 26.8% | 14,846 / 60,666 | |
| Pyraminx | 11.18 | — | early days — 2 solves | 18,465 / 29,168 | |
| Square-1 | 41.45 | — | early days — 2 solves | 4,471 / 6,846 | |
| Clock | 23.89 | — | early days — 2 solves | 6,675 / 9,172 | |
| 4×4 | 1:46.97 | — | top 75.0% | 13,864 / 19,354 |
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
- 19 Nov 2022First sub-30 3×3: 19.81 at Burke Mountain Cubing 2022.
- 19 Nov 2022First sub-20 3×3: 19.81 at Burke Mountain Cubing 2022.
- 24 Apr 2022First competition: Bay Area Speedcubin' 31B - Mill Valley 2022. A 30.80 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Elm City Kubikon 2023 · 24 Sep 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Be Quick in Brunswick 2023 · 12 Aug 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Pioneer Valley Cubing B 2023 · 22 Jan 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Burke Mountain Cubing 2022 · 19 Nov 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- Bay Area Speedcubin' 31B - Mill Valley 2022 · 24 Apr 2022
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.
- Tommy Szeliga — met in 16 rounds, never finished ahead
- Ryan Durette — met in 16 rounds, never finished ahead
- Elijah Rain Phelps — met in 13 rounds, finished ahead once
Next targets
- A sub-3 2×2 single — 27,049 people have one; it is 0.27 away.
- A sub-15 3×3 single — 70,740 people have one; it is 0.66 away.
Targets move as he improves.