People · Australia
Samuel Bottom
Pyraminx · top 39.8% of 129,321 all-time · competing since June 2015 · 2015BOTT02
Samuel Bottom has been competing for 11 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 8.41, set at Sydney Winter 2017, puts him in the top 39.8% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,151st in Australia. Across 5 competitions since June 2015, he has put 79 official solves on the record across four events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one, an early reading from 5 counted rounds. His 2×2 best has come down from 11.88 in June 2015 to 5.39, a 55% improvement. Samuel has entered five competitions, more competitions than 83% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Australia | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pyraminx | 8.41 | 10.02 | top 39.8% | 2,151 / 5,993 | |
| 2×2 | 5.39 | 6.28 | top 44.1% | 3,466 / 8,567 | |
| Skewb | 9.61 | 13.64 | top 52.5% | 1,702 / 3,534 | |
| 3×3 | 28.77 | 34.89 | top 60.3% | 6,609 / 11,709 |
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
Best single per competition, 2×2. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 20 Aug 2016First sub-30 3×3: 28.77 at Australian Nationals 2016.
- 20 Aug 2016Three personal bests in one day at Australian Nationals 2016.
- 28 Jun 2015First competition: Newcastle Winter 2015. A 49.71 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Sydney Winter 2017 · 17 Jun 2017 — 2 personal bests set
- Australian Nationals 2016 · 20 Aug 2016 — 3 personal bests set
- Sydney Autumn 2016 · 8 May 2016 — 1 personal best set
- Sydney Summer 2015 · 19 Dec 2015 — 2 personal bests set
- Newcastle Winter 2015 · 28 Jun 2015
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.
- Caleb Clark — met in 16 rounds, never finished ahead
- Edbert Sim — met in 16 rounds, never finished ahead
- Angus Cosgrove — met in 13 rounds, finished ahead 7 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 Pyraminx single — 46,752 people have one; it is 0.41 away.
- A sub-5 2×2 single — 73,413 people have one; it is 0.39 away.
Targets move as he improves.