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Sam Mawson

3×3 · top 69.1% of 284,439 all-time · competing since May 2021 · 2021MAWS01

Sam Mawson has been competing for 5 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 34.04, set at Nimble Napier 2021, puts him in the top 69.1% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,501st in New Zealand. Across 2 competitions since May 2021, he has put 20 official solves on the record across three events. His 3×3 best has come down from 37.98 in May 2021 to 34.04, a 10% improvement. Sam has entered two competitions.

3×3
best event — top 69.1% of 284,439 all-time
34.04
signature single · Nimble Napier 2021
20
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingNew Zealand
3×334.0439.81
top 69.1%1,501 / 2,095
2×210.8714.33
top 81.1%1,337 / 1,615
Pyraminx19.6527.47
top 92.4%1,088 / 1,141

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

Palmerston North 2021: 37.98Nimble Napier 2021: 34.0434.0437.9815 May 202119 Jun 2021

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-30 3×3 single — 177,856 people have one; it is 4.04 away.
  • A sub-10 2×2 single — 145,545 people have one; it is 0.87 away.

Targets move as he improves.