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Sam O'Brien
2×2 · top 17.4% of 189,179 all-time · competing since May 2023 · 2023OBRI10
Sam O'Brien has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 3.26, set at It's a Long Way to Tipperary 2023, puts him in the top 17.4% of the 189,179 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 244th in Ireland. Across 7 competitions since May 2023, he has put 102 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 23% around a typical one, an early reading from 6 counted rounds. His Pyraminx best has come down from 16.98 in May 2023 to 13.41, a 21% 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 | Ireland | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 3.26 | 6.55 | top 17.4% | 244 / 1,190 | |
| 3×3 | 27.66 | 35.47 | top 58.3% | 844 / 1,465 | |
| Pyraminx | 13.41 | 17.22 | top 75.1% | 742 / 924 | |
| 4×4 | 2:11.11 | — | top 86.3% | 473 / 586 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 1:23.17 | — | early days — 2 solves | 417 / 454 |
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, Pyraminx. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 18 Feb 2024First sub-30 3×3: 27.88 at Corduff Cubing Sunday 2024.
- 13 May 2023First competition: It's a Long Way to Tipperary 2023.
Competitions
- Don't Fail Kinsale 2024 · 30 Nov 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Meath for Speed 2024 · 12 Oct 2024 — 1 personal best set
- 50 and Counting Ireland 2024 · 27 Apr 2024
- Corduff Cubing Sunday 2024 · 18 Feb 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Tuam Winter 2023 · 4 Nov 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Dublin Summer Solving Saturday 2023 · 19 Aug 2023 — 1 personal best set
- It's a Long Way to Tipperary 2023 · 13 May 2023
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.
- CJ Furey — met in 21 rounds, never finished ahead
- Iollan Walsh — met in 20 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Tymon Szalinski — met in 20 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-3 2×2 single — 27,049 people have one; it is 0.26 away.
- A sub-25 3×3 single — 151,957 people have one; it is 2.66 away.
Targets move as he improves.