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Sam Potter

3×3 · top 29.7% of 284,439 all-time · competing since January 2016 · 2016POTT01

Sam Potter has been competing for 11 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 16.60, set at Spring Forward 2018, puts him in the top 29.7% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 16,325th in the United States. Across 2 competitions since January 2016, he has put 25 official solves on the record across four events. His 3×3 best has come down from 23.82 in January 2016 to 16.60, a 30% improvement. Sam has entered two competitions.

3×3
best event — top 29.7% of 284,439 all-time
16.60
signature single · Spring Forward 2018
25
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×316.6019.17
top 29.7%16,325 / 59,724
2×24.657.92
top 34.9%13,894 / 40,951
Pyraminx9.9313.36
top 52.4%15,291 / 28,708
4×41:30.46
early days — 2 solves11,204 / 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

OKCubing 2016: 23.82Spring Forward 2018: 16.6016.6023.8216 Jan 20163 Mar 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-15 3×3 single — 69,493 people have one; it is 1.60 away.
  • A sub-4 2×2 single — 49,452 people have one; it is 0.65 away.

Targets move as he improves.