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Sam Nowachek

3×3 · top 61.0% of 284,439 all-time · competing since April 2010 · 2010NOWA01

Sam Nowachek has been competing for 16 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 29.13, set at UIUC Spring 2011, puts him in the top 61.0% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 36,358th in the United States. Across 3 competitions since April 2010, he has put 65 official solves on the record across seven events. His 3×3 best has come down from 34.28 in April 2010 to 29.13, a 15% improvement. Sam has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 61.0% of 284,439 all-time
29.13
signature single · UIUC Spring 2011
65
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×329.1337.85
top 61.0%36,358 / 59,724
2×28.5911.17
top 71.3%29,445 / 40,951
Pyraminx14.4429.51
top 79.7%23,603 / 28,708
Megaminx3:39.614:02.99
top 85.9%6,870 / 7,841
4×42:13.282:30.83
top 87.0%16,469 / 19,072
5×54:12.88
early days — 2 solves8,846 / 9,401
3×3 one-handed1:22.652:10.65
top 93.2%14,385 / 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

Iowa Open 2010: 34.28UIUC Spring 2011: 29.13Dixon Open 2011: 30.9429.1334.2824 Apr 201011 Jun 2011

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 4.13 away.
  • A sub-8 2×2 single — 126,624 people have one; it is 0.59 away.

Targets move as he improves.