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Sam Goodwin

3×3 · top 49.4% of 284,439 all-time · competing since July 2013 · 2013GOOD02

Sam Goodwin has been competing for 13 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 23.60, set at Cubing Knights 2015, puts him in the top 49.4% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 28,761st in the United States. Across 2 competitions since July 2013, he has put 14 official solves on the record across two events. His 3×3 best has come down from 32.78 in July 2013 to 23.60, a 28% improvement. Sam has entered two competitions.

3×3
best event — top 49.4% of 284,439 all-time
23.60
signature single · Cubing Knights 2015
14
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×323.6032.15
top 49.4%28,761 / 59,724
2×29.8213.02
top 77.2%31,991 / 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

World Rubik's Cube Championship 2013: 32.78Cubing Knights 2015: 23.6023.6032.7826 Jul 201313 Jun 2015

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-20 3×3 single — 113,584 people have one; it is 3.60 away.
  • A sub-8 2×2 single — 126,624 people have one; it is 1.82 away.

Targets move as he improves.