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Sam Panthauer

2×2 · top 43.0% of 186,767 all-time · competing since May 2007 · 2007PANT01

Sam Panthauer has been competing for 19 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 5.30, set at Captain's Cove competition 2012, puts him in the top 43.0% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 17,336th in the United States. Across 5 competitions since May 2007, he has put 40 official solves on the record across three events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 10% around a typical one, an early reading from 5 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 1:27.69 in May 2007 to 21.94, a 75% improvement. Sam has entered five competitions, more competitions than 83% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 43.0% of 186,767 all-time
5.30
signature single · Captain's Cove competition 2012
40
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
2×25.3011.99
top 43.0%17,336 / 40,951
3×321.9426.48
top 45.3%26,099 / 59,724
3×3 one-handed1:27.13
early days — 1 solve14,601 / 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

Captain's Cove competition 2007: 1:27.69Captain's Cove competition 2011: 43.11Newark Head to Head 2012: 26.43Yale Spring 2012: 24.69Captain's Cove competition 2012: 21.9421.941:27.6926 May 200726 May 2012

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-5 2×2 single — 73,413 people have one; it is 0.30 away.
  • A sub-20 3×3 single — 113,584 people have one; it is 1.94 away.

Targets move as he improves.