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Sam Northam

3×3 · top 23.8% of 284,439 all-time · competing since August 2014 · 2014NORT01

Sam Northam has been competing for 12 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 14.82, set at SPCS Stanford Spring 2015, puts him in the top 23.8% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 12,917th in the United States. Across 2 competitions since August 2014, he has put 24 official solves on the record across four events. His 3×3 best has come down from 48.44 in August 2014 to 14.82, a 69% improvement. Sam has entered two competitions.

3×3
best event — top 23.8% of 284,439 all-time
14.82
signature single · SPCS Stanford Spring 2015
24
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×314.8221.74
top 23.8%12,917 / 59,724
4×41:14.421:25.93
top 51.1%8,622 / 19,072
2×26.197.34
top 52.8%21,544 / 40,951
3×3 one-handed42.3852.74
top 68.6%9,823 / 15,683

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

Nisei Week 2014: 48.44SPCS Stanford Spring 2015: 14.8214.8248.449 Aug 201419 Apr 2015

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-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 2.82 away.
  • A sub-1:00 4×4 single — 30,601 people have one; it is 14.42 away.

Targets move as he improves.