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Sam Harries

2×2 · top 56.3% of 186,767 all-time · competing since November 2016 · 2016HARR09

Sam Harries has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 6.53, set at Manchester Open 2017, puts him in the top 56.3% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,921st in the United Kingdom. Across 3 competitions since November 2016, he has put 53 official solves on the record across six events. His 3×3 best has come down from 36.81 in November 2016 to 27.25, a 26% improvement. Sam has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 56.3% of 186,767 all-time
6.53
signature single · Manchester Open 2017
53
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited Kingdom
2×26.539.19
top 56.3%2,921 / 4,895
3×327.2532.60
top 57.4%4,047 / 6,689
Pyraminx11.5716.86
top 64.5%2,544 / 3,656
Skewb12.6917.06
top 69.4%1,688 / 2,421
4×42:22.23
early days — 1 solve1,956 / 2,071
3×3 one-handed1:26.721:47.48
top 94.2%1,794 / 1,851

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

UK Championship 2016: 36.81Birmingham Open 2016: 27.25Manchester Open 2017: 28.2227.2536.814 Nov 201614 Jan 2017

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.

  • Evan Liu — met in 12 rounds, never finished ahead
  • Robert Yau — met in 12 rounds, never finished ahead
  • James Molloy — met in 12 rounds, never finished ahead

Next targets

  • A sub-6 2×2 single — 95,042 people have one; it is 0.53 away.
  • A sub-25 3×3 single — 149,621 people have one; it is 2.25 away.

Targets move as he improves.