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Sam Gruber

Pyraminx · top 44.2% of 129,321 all-time · competing since March 2010 · 2010GRUB01

Sam Gruber has been competing for 16 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 8.93, set at MIT Spring 2010, puts him in the top 44.2% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 12,681st in the United States. Across 3 competitions since March 2010, he has put 59 official solves on the record across seven events. Sam has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% of everyone who has ever competed.

Pyraminx
best event — top 44.2% of 129,321 all-time
8.93
signature single · MIT Spring 2010
59
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
Pyraminx8.9321.82
top 44.2%12,681 / 28,708
3×322.1529.34
top 45.8%26,453 / 59,724
2×27.059.95
top 60.9%24,976 / 40,951
4×41:54.80
top 79.3%14,661 / 19,072
Clock40.8146.18
top 93.6%8,404 / 8,927
5×54:31.09
early days — 2 solves9,015 / 9,401
Megaminx5:26.81
early days — 2 solves7,750 / 7,841

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

MIT Spring 2010: 7.05Captain's Cove competition 2010: 7.30United States Rubik's Cube Championships 2010: 8.817.058.816 Mar 20106 Aug 2010

Best single per competition, 2×2. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.

The story so far

  • 6 Mar 2010First competition: MIT Spring 2010. A 29.13 3×3 single to start from.

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-8 Pyraminx single — 46,752 people have one; it is 0.93 away.
  • A sub-20 3×3 single — 113,584 people have one; it is 2.15 away.

Targets move as he improves.