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Sam Pass

2×2 · top 16.7% of 186,767 all-time · competing since May 2016 · 2016PASS03

Sam Pass has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 3.21, set at North Star Cubing Challenge 2022, puts him in the top 16.7% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 6,555th in the United States. Across 5 competitions since May 2016, he has put 89 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 16% around a typical one, an early reading from 7 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 32.02 in May 2016 to 13.34, a 58% improvement. Sam has entered five competitions, more competitions than 83% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 16.7% of 186,767 all-time
3.21
signature single · North Star Cubing Challenge 2022
89
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
2×23.215.16
top 16.7%6,555 / 40,951
3×313.3420.43
top 18.6%10,003 / 59,724
Skewb11.7817.58
top 64.9%12,072 / 18,907
3×3 one-handed50.031:23.59
top 76.8%11,198 / 15,683
Pyraminx14.0817.68
top 78.1%23,129 / 28,708
4×42:29.89
early days — 1 solve17,549 / 19,072

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

Minnesota Cube Melt 2016: 32.02North Star Cubing Challenge 2019: 25.76Cubetcha A 2021: 17.84North Star Cubing Challenge 2022: 13.34Cubetcha 2023: 17.6013.3432.0221 May 201628 Oct 2023

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-3 2×2 single — 26,570 people have one; it is 0.21 away.
  • A sub-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 1.34 away.

Targets move as he improves.