People · United States
Sam Keyes
4×4 · top 50.2% of 83,917 all-time · competing since January 2017 · 2017KEYE01
Sam Keyes has been competing for 10 years. Her best event is the 4×4: a personal-best single of 1:13.45, set at MIT Winter 2020, puts her in the top 50.2% of the 83,917 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 8,452nd in the United States. Across 5 competitions since January 2017, she has put 45 official solves on the record across three events. Solve to solve, her 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one, an early reading from 5 counted rounds. Her 3×3 best has come down from 44.37 in January 2017 to 24.36, a 45% 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4×4 | 1:13.45 | 1:28.66 | top 50.2% | 8,452 / 19,072 | |
| 3×3 | 24.36 | 30.25 | top 51.2% | 29,895 / 59,724 | |
| 5×5 | 2:28.42 | 2:35.00 | top 65.0% | 5,664 / 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
Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 12 Oct 2019First sub-30 3×3: 24.36 at Empire State Fall 2019.
- 12 Oct 2019Three personal bests in one day at Empire State Fall 2019.
- 28 Jan 2017First competition: Monument Mountain Winter 2017. A 44.37 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- MIT Winter 2020 · 12 Jan 2020 — 2 personal bests set
- Empire State Fall 2019 · 12 Oct 2019 — 3 personal bests set
- MIT Fall 2018 · 6 Oct 2018
- Framingham Frozen Fingers 2018 · 7 Jan 2018 — 1 personal best set
- Monument Mountain Winter 2017 · 28 Jan 2017
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 her.
- Derek White — met in 12 rounds, finished ahead once
- Will Russo — met in 12 rounds, never finished ahead
- Kevin Costello III — met in 11 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-1:00 4×4 single — 30,601 people have one; it is 13.45 away.
- A sub-20 3×3 single — 113,584 people have one; it is 4.36 away.
Targets move as she improves.