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Samael O'Brien

3×3 · top 84.6% of 284,439 all-time · competing since November 2007 · 2007OBRI01

Samael O'Brien has been competing for 19 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 48.15, set at Captain's Cove competition 2010, puts him in the top 84.6% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 51,864th in the United States. Across 4 competitions since November 2007, he has put 25 official solves on the record across two events. His 3×3 best has come down from 1:19.58 in November 2007 to 48.15, a 39% improvement. Samael has entered four competitions, more competitions than 78% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 84.6% of 284,439 all-time
48.15
signature single · Captain's Cove competition 2010
25
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×348.151:21.47
top 84.6%51,864 / 59,724
2×221.5325.43
top 96.5%39,882 / 40,951

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

Pleasantville Fall competition 2007: 1:19.58Kearny Kardinal competition 2008: 1:07.58Princeton Open 2008: 1:06.91Captain's Cove competition 2010: 48.1548.151:19.583 Nov 200729 May 2010

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.

Next targets

  • A sub-40 3×3 single — 218,634 people have one; it is 8.15 away.
  • A sub-20 2×2 single — 178,436 people have one; it is 1.53 away.

Targets move as he improves.