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Sam Payzant

2×2 · top 43.7% of 186,767 all-time · competing since April 2018 · 2018PAYZ02

Sam Payzant has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 5.36, set at CubeIowa 2018, puts him in the top 43.7% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 17,637th in the United States. Across 1 competition since April 2018, he has put 10 official solves on the record across three events.

2×2
best event — top 43.7% of 186,767 all-time
5.36
signature single · CubeIowa 2018
10
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
2×25.3611.34
top 43.7%17,637 / 40,951
3×328.5235.15
top 59.9%35,578 / 59,724
4×42:03.81
early days — 1 solve15,615 / 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 story so far

  • 14 Apr 2018First competition: CubeIowa 2018. A 28.52 3×3 single to start from.

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 0.36 away.
  • A sub-25 3×3 single — 149,621 people have one; it is 3.52 away.

Targets move as he improves.