People · Australia
Sam King
3×3 · top 3.7% of 288,433 all-time · competing since May 2022 · 2022KING07
Sam King has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.48, set at Simple Sydney Sunday 2023, puts him in the top 3.7% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 358th in Australia. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 4 competitions since May 2022, he has put 172 official solves on the record across nine events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, an early reading from 9 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 11.57 in May 2022 to 8.48, a 27% improvement. Sam has entered four competitions, more competitions than 78% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Australia | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 8.48 | 9.02 | top 3.7% | 358 / 11,943 | |
| 2×2 | 1.82 | 2.91 | top 3.7% | 294 / 8,727 | |
| Square-1 | 10.68 | 19.88 | top 7.3% | 76 / 920 | |
| Pyraminx | 4.06 | 6.10 | top 8.0% | 373 / 6,109 | |
| 4×4 | 48.36 | 53.15 | top 22.7% | 582 / 3,108 | |
| Skewb | 5.97 | 7.75 | top 25.6% | 701 / 3,589 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 22.49 | 30.94 | top 27.4% | 620 / 2,685 | |
| Clock | 12.24 | 14.19 | top 36.1% | 395 / 1,159 | |
| 5×5 | 2:14.34 | 2:28.01 | top 58.0% | 822 / 1,412 |
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
- 10 Sep 2023Four personal bests in one day at Simple Sydney Sunday 2023.
- 6 May 2023First sub-10 3×3: 9.92 at Chilling in Canberra 2023.
- 6 May 2023Seven personal bests in one day at Chilling in Canberra 2023.
- 7 May 2022First competition: Canberra Autumn 2022. A 11.57 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Simple Sydney Sunday 2023 · 10 Sep 2023 — 4 personal bests set
- Chilling in Canberra 2023 · 6 May 2023 — 7 personal bests set
- NSW Open 2022 · 11 Jun 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- Canberra Autumn 2022 · 7 May 2022 — 2 personal bests set
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.
- Peri Le Dain — met in 33 rounds, finished ahead 8 times
- James Kirschner — met in 32 rounds, finished ahead 19 times
- Oscar Liang — met in 31 rounds, finished ahead 19 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 8,101 people have one; it is 0.48 away.
- A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,050 people have one; it is 0.82 away.
Targets move as he improves.