People · United States
Sam Thessen
3×3 · top 10.8% of 288,433 all-time · competing since April 2019 · 2019THES01
Sam Thessen has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 11.08, set at Cubetcha 2019, puts him in the top 10.8% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 5,902nd in the United States. Across 2 competitions since April 2019, he has put 60 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one, an early reading from 5 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 14.89 in April 2019 to 11.08, a 26% improvement. Sam has entered two competitions.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 11.08 | 12.57 | top 10.8% | 5,902 / 60,666 | |
| Square-1 | 18.62 | 21.46 | top 24.9% | 1,661 / 6,846 | |
| Skewb | 6.16 | 10.03 | top 27.1% | 4,462 / 19,164 | |
| 4×4 | 52.48 | 58.56 | top 27.9% | 4,360 / 19,354 | |
| 2×2 | 4.25 | 5.89 | top 29.8% | 12,003 / 41,674 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 28.87 | 36.09 | top 44.1% | 6,044 / 15,900 | |
| 5×5 | 1:57.07 | 2:07.11 | top 47.6% | 4,021 / 9,537 |
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
Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 13 Apr 2019First competition: CubeIowa 2019. A 15.58 3×3 single to start from.
- 13 Apr 2019First sub-15 3×3: 14.89 at CubeIowa 2019.
Competitions
- Cubetcha 2019 · 2 Nov 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- CubeIowa 2019 · 13 Apr 2019 — 1 personal best set
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.
- Joshua Feran — met in 12 rounds, finished ahead once
- Walker Welch — met in 12 rounds, never finished ahead
- Carter Kucala — met in 12 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,606 people have one; it is 1.08 away.
- A sub-15 Square-1 single — 4,234 people have one; it is 3.62 away.
Targets move as he improves.