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Sam Thessen

3×3 · top 10.7% of 284,439 all-time · competing since April 2019 · 2019THES01

Sam Thessen has been competing for 7 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 11.08, set at Cubetcha 2019, puts him in the top 10.7% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 5,806th 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.

3×3
best event — top 10.7% of 284,439 all-time
11.08
signature single · Cubetcha 2019
60
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×311.0812.57
top 10.7%5,806 / 59,724
Square-118.6221.46
top 24.8%1,645 / 6,743
Skewb6.1610.03
top 27.0%4,395 / 18,907
4×452.4858.56
top 27.8%4,297 / 19,072
2×24.255.89
top 29.7%11,791 / 40,951
3×3 one-handed28.8736.09
top 44.1%5,950 / 15,683
5×51:57.072:07.11
top 47.4%3,954 / 9,401

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

CubeIowa 2019: 14.89Cubetcha 2019: 11.0811.0814.8913 Apr 20192 Nov 2019

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

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-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 1.08 away.
  • A sub-15 Square-1 single — 4,160 people have one; it is 3.62 away.

Targets move as he improves.