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Sam Paul

2×2 · top 3.8% of 186,767 all-time · competing since December 2012 · 2012PAUL03

Sam Paul has been competing for 14 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.84, set at New Zealand Nationals 2013, puts him in the top 3.8% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 100th in New Zealand. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 3 competitions since December 2012, he has put 84 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 19% around a typical one, an early reading from 5 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 45.51 in December 2012 to 14.46, a 68% improvement. Sam has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 3.8% of 186,767 all-time
1.84
signature single · New Zealand Nationals 2013
84
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingNew Zealand
2×21.845.02
top 3.8%100 / 1,615
3×314.4618.24
top 22.6%459 / 2,095
Pyraminx7.3312.39
top 30.6%423 / 1,141
4×41:16.941:37.57
top 53.3%361 / 722
3×3 one-handed45.6156.41
top 72.3%414 / 600
Square-148.7851.97
top 75.0%205 / 251

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

New Zealand Nationals 2012: 45.51Shepparton Winter 2013: 24.11New Zealand Nationals 2013: 14.4614.4645.519 Dec 20128 Dec 2013

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-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.84 away.
  • A sub-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 2.46 away.

Targets move as he improves.