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Sam Tsai

3×3 · top 35.3% of 284,439 all-time · competing since November 2013 · 2013TSAI06

Sam Tsai has been competing for 13 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 18.38, set at Berkeley Spring 2014, puts him in the top 35.3% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 19,725th in the United States. Across 2 competitions since November 2013, he has put 9 official solves on the record across one event. His 3×3 best has come down from 25.22 in November 2013 to 18.38, a 27% improvement. Sam has entered two competitions.

3×3
best event — top 35.3% of 284,439 all-time
18.38
signature single · Berkeley Spring 2014
9
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×318.3820.99
top 35.3%19,725 / 59,724

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

Berkeley Fall 2013: 25.22Berkeley Spring 2014: 18.3818.3825.222 Nov 201319 Apr 2014

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.

Next targets

  • A sub-15 3×3 single — 69,493 people have one; it is 3.38 away.

Targets move as he improves.