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Sam Rae

2×2 · top 24.3% of 186,767 all-time · competing since April 2018 · 2018RAES01

Sam Rae has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 3.83, set at Wellington Winter 2018, puts him in the top 24.3% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 440th in New Zealand. Across 3 competitions since April 2018, he has put 56 official solves on the record across five events. His 3×3 best has come down from 46.56 in April 2018 to 21.18, a 55% improvement. Sam has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 24.3% of 186,767 all-time
3.83
signature single · Wellington Winter 2018
56
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingNew Zealand
2×23.836.53
top 24.3%440 / 1,615
3×321.1825.12
top 43.2%891 / 2,095
Pyraminx12.5215.09
top 70.3%865 / 1,141
3×3 one-handed53.15
early days — 3 solves453 / 600
Square-11:13.041:32.96
top 90.2%234 / 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

SNZ Southern 2018: 46.56Wellington Winter 2018: 25.35Supreme South Open 2018: 21.1821.1846.5621 Apr 201813 Oct 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.

  • Ben Kirby — met in 12 rounds, never finished ahead
  • Tom Nelson — met in 11 rounds, finished ahead once
  • Isaac Latta — met in 11 rounds, never finished ahead

Next targets

  • A sub-3 2×2 single — 26,570 people have one; it is 0.83 away.
  • A sub-20 3×3 single — 113,584 people have one; it is 1.18 away.

Targets move as he improves.