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Samuel Bluestein

3×3 · top 12.8% of 284,439 all-time · competing since July 2018 · 2018BLUE01

Samuel Bluestein has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 11.68, set at Frisco Liberty Cubing 2019, puts him in the top 12.8% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 6,848th in the United States. Across 5 competitions since July 2018, he has put 87 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, an early reading from 9 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 18.00 in July 2018 to 11.68, a 35% improvement. Samuel has entered five competitions, more competitions than 83% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 12.8% of 284,439 all-time
11.68
signature single · Frisco Liberty Cubing 2019
87
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×311.6814.41
top 12.8%6,848 / 59,724
Pyraminx6.128.44
top 20.9%5,621 / 28,708
2×25.507.03
top 45.3%18,305 / 40,951
4×41:12.001:30.03
top 48.8%8,163 / 19,072
3×3 one-handed35.1641.15
top 57.5%8,014 / 15,683
3×3 Fewest Moves51 moves
early days — 1 solve1,655 / 2,040

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

DFW Cubing Fiesta July 2018: 18.00DFW Cubing Fiesta August 2018: 17.71DFW Cubing Fiesta September 2018: 14.84Frisco Liberty Cubing 2019: 11.683x3x3 Cube Frisco 2019: 12.9411.6818.0021 Jul 20189 Mar 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.

Next targets

  • A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 1.68 away.
  • A sub-6 Pyraminx single — 25,870 people have one; it is 0.12 away.

Targets move as he improves.