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Samuel Birney

3×3 · top 48.7% of 284,439 all-time · competing since November 2023 · 2023BIRN03

Samuel Birney has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 23.31, set at Speedy South Perth 2023, puts him in the top 48.7% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 5,038th in Australia. Across 2 competitions since November 2023, he has put 23 official solves on the record across three events. His 2×2 best has come down from 9.60 in November 2023 to 8.12, a 15% improvement. Samuel has entered two competitions.

3×3
best event — top 48.7% of 284,439 all-time
23.31
signature single · Speedy South Perth 2023
23
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingAustralia
3×323.3127.84
top 48.7%5,038 / 11,709
2×28.128.24
top 68.6%5,607 / 8,567
Skewb14.6622.25
top 77.2%2,663 / 3,534

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

Speedy South Perth 2023: 9.60Albany Summer Solving 2024: 8.128.129.6019 Nov 202327 Jan 2024

Best single per competition, 2×2. 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-20 3×3 single — 113,584 people have one; it is 3.31 away.
  • A sub-8 2×2 single — 126,624 people have one; it is 0.12 away.

Targets move as he improves.