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Sam Peterson

3×3 · top 46.7% of 284,439 all-time · competing since May 2016 · 2016PETE09

Sam Peterson has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 22.51, set at North Star Cubing Challenge 2018, puts him in the top 46.7% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 27,046th in the United States. Across 2 competitions since May 2016, he has put 15 official solves on the record across two events. His 3×3 best has come down from 25.91 in May 2016 to 22.51, a 13% improvement. Sam has entered two competitions.

3×3
best event — top 46.7% of 284,439 all-time
22.51
signature single · North Star Cubing Challenge 2018
15
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×322.5127.59
top 46.7%27,046 / 59,724
2×26.9111.40
top 59.7%24,490 / 40,951

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: 25.91North Star Cubing Challenge 2018: 22.5122.5125.9121 May 201627 Jan 2018

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-20 3×3 single — 113,584 people have one; it is 2.51 away.
  • A sub-6 2×2 single — 95,042 people have one; it is 0.91 away.

Targets move as he improves.