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Sam Lerner

3×3 · top 58.9% of 284,439 all-time · competing since April 2018 · 2018LERN01

Sam Lerner has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 28.01, set at River Hill Spring 2019, puts him in the top 58.9% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 34,894th in the United States. Across 2 competitions since April 2018, he has put 30 official solves on the record across four events. His 3×3 best has come down from 34.28 in April 2018 to 28.01, an 18% improvement. Sam has entered two competitions.

3×3
best event — top 58.9% of 284,439 all-time
28.01
signature single · River Hill Spring 2019
30
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×328.0130.68
top 58.9%34,894 / 59,724
2×29.1815.80
top 74.4%30,790 / 40,951
Skewb15.8127.15
top 80.7%15,454 / 18,907
Pyraminx18.5621.27
top 90.8%26,656 / 28,708

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

River Hill Spring 2018: 34.28River Hill Spring 2019: 28.0128.0134.287 Apr 20182 Jun 2019

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-25 3×3 single — 149,621 people have one; it is 3.01 away.
  • A sub-8 2×2 single — 126,624 people have one; it is 1.18 away.

Targets move as he improves.