People · United States
Sam Li
3×3 · top 4.4% of 284,439 all-time · competing since January 2020 · 2020LISA01
Sam Li has been competing for 7 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.80, set at Brookline Favorites 2023, puts him in the top 4.4% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,455th in the United States. Until May 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 5 competitions since January 2020, he has put 134 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 10% around a typical one, steadier than 94% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 11.74 in January 2020 to 8.80, a 25% 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 8.80 | 10.69 | top 4.4% | 2,455 / 59,724 | |
| Megaminx | 1:04.83 | 1:22.39 | top 12.6% | 864 / 7,841 | |
| 4×4 | 41.30 | 42.76 | top 13.6% | 2,041 / 19,072 | |
| 5×5 | 1:16.13 | 1:22.12 | top 16.2% | 1,257 / 9,401 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 19.30 | 21.87 | top 18.6% | 2,396 / 15,683 | |
| 2×2 | 4.67 | 6.14 | top 35.1% | 14,016 / 40,951 | |
| Skewb | 15.69 | 19.29 | top 80.4% | 15,388 / 18,907 |
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
- 3 Sep 2023Three personal bests in one day at Brookline Favorites 2023.
- 22 Feb 2020First sub-10 3×3: 9.61 at Cubing with the Viking 2020.
- 12 Jan 2020First competition: MIT Winter 2020. A 11.74 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- CubingUSA New England Championship 2023 · 7 Oct 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Brookline Favorites 2023 · 3 Sep 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Garden City Winter 2023 · 5 Feb 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Cubing with the Viking 2020 · 22 Feb 2020 — 2 personal bests set
- MIT Winter 2020 · 12 Jan 2020
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.
- Derek White — met in 26 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
- James Donahue — met in 23 rounds, finished ahead 6 times
- Will Russo — met in 22 rounds, finished ahead once
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.80 away.
- A sub-1:00 Megaminx single — 3,483 people have one; it is 4.83 away.
Targets move as he improves.