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Sam Tian

3×3 · top 23.0% of 284,439 all-time · competing since September 2017 · 2017TIAN13

Sam Tian has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 14.57, set at New Zealand Nationals 2018, puts him in the top 23.0% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 465th in New Zealand. Across 4 competitions since September 2017, he has put 64 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 10% around a typical one, an early reading from 5 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 31.34 in September 2017 to 14.57, a 54% improvement. Sam has entered four competitions, more competitions than 78% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 23.0% of 284,439 all-time
14.57
signature single · New Zealand Nationals 2018
64
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingNew Zealand
3×314.5716.84
top 23.0%465 / 2,095
4×452.1257.73
top 27.3%182 / 722
2×24.317.04
top 30.5%540 / 1,615
5×51:49.151:58.16
top 42.0%145 / 355
7×74:52.94
top 48.6%76 / 126
6×63:22.963:36.48
early days — 3 solves93 / 149

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

Hamilton Spring 2017: 31.34New Zealand Nationals 2018: 14.57NxNZ 2019: 15.1814.5731.3430 Sep 201726 Apr 2019

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.

  • Alex Asbery — met in 15 rounds, never finished ahead
  • Luke Dufty — met in 14 rounds, finished ahead 10 times
  • Liam Wadek — met in 14 rounds, finished ahead 8 times

Next targets

  • A sub-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 2.57 away.
  • A sub-50 4×4 single — 20,746 people have one; it is 2.12 away.

Targets move as he improves.