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Sam O'Brien

3×3 · top 5.1% of 284,439 all-time · competing since July 2016 · 2016OBRI01

Sam O'Brien has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.08, set at Perth Winter 2017, puts him in the top 5.1% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 473rd in Australia. Until May 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 3 competitions since July 2016, he has put 123 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one, an early reading from 8 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 16.44 in July 2016 to 9.08, a 45% improvement. Sam has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 5.1% of 284,439 all-time
9.08
signature single · Perth Winter 2017
123
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingAustralia
3×39.0810.09
top 5.1%473 / 11,709
Skewb3.556.90
top 8.0%219 / 3,534
3×3 one-handed15.4723.37
top 9.1%210 / 2,659
2×23.023.94
top 14.5%1,110 / 8,567
Pyraminx5.839.76
top 18.7%928 / 5,993
4×41:08.031:08.91
top 44.9%1,205 / 3,051

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

Perth Winter 2016: 16.44Perth Summer 2017: 9.94Perth Winter 2017: 9.089.0816.4424 Jul 201622 Jul 2017

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-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.08 away.
  • A sub-3 Skewb single — 3,646 people have one; it is 0.55 away.

Targets move as he improves.