People · Canada
Sam MacLeod
3×3 · top 2.4% of 284,439 all-time · competing since August 2022 · 2022MACL02
Sam MacLeod has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 7.75, set at Solved Central Alberta 2023, puts him in the top 2.4% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 237th in Canada. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 7 competitions since August 2022, he has put 150 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 80% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 15.35 in August 2022 to 7.75, a 50% improvement. Sam has entered seven competitions, more competitions than 88% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 7.75 | 9.51 | top 2.4% | 237 / 10,392 | |
| 2×2 | 3.08 | 5.46 | top 15.2% | 1,016 / 7,173 | |
| 4×4 | 48.02 | 52.26 | top 22.2% | 566 / 3,118 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 21.15 | 29.97 | top 23.6% | 510 / 2,620 | |
| Pyraminx | 9.15 | 12.39 | top 46.1% | 2,164 / 4,858 | |
| Skewb | 18.90 | 27.08 | top 87.9% | 2,602 / 2,907 | |
| 5×5 | 5:08.76 | — | early days — 2 solves | 1,436 / 1,499 |
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
- 27 May 2023First sub-10 3×3: 9.54 at Solved Central Alberta 2023.
- 27 May 2023Four personal bests in one day at Solved Central Alberta 2023.
- 11 Mar 2023Three personal bests in one day at Edmonton River Valley Rumble 2023.
- 7 Jan 2023Three personal bests in one day at Welcome Back Calgary 2023.
- 8 Oct 2022First sub-15 3×3: 13.38 at Rockies Rager Fall 2022.
- 8 Oct 2022Three personal bests in one day at Rockies Rager Fall 2022.
Competitions
- Afraid in Airdrie 2023 · 29 Oct 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Calgary Summer Classic 2023 · 12 Aug 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Solved Central Alberta 2023 · 27 May 2023 — 4 personal bests set
- Edmonton River Valley Rumble 2023 · 11 Mar 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Welcome Back Calgary 2023 · 7 Jan 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Rockies Rager Fall 2022 · 8 Oct 2022 — 3 personal bests set
- Edmonton Summer Twist 2022 · 21 Aug 2022
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.
- Ryan Yasinko — met in 32 rounds, finished ahead once
- Lucas Kuczaj — met in 32 rounds, never finished ahead
- James Deibert — met in 31 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
Next targets
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 1.75 away.
- A sub-3 2×2 single — 26,570 people have one; it is 0.08 away.
Targets move as he improves.