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Samuel Brenner

2×2 · top 0.8% of 189,179 all-time · competing since March 2014 · 2014BREN02

Samuel Brenner has been competing for 13 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.11, set at Melrose Winter 2016, puts him in the top 0.8% of the 189,179 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 332nd in the United States. Until November 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 30 competitions since March 2014, he has put 1,544 official solves on the record across 13 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 83% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 22.83 in March 2014 to 6.63, a 71% improvement. Samuel has entered 30 competitions, more competitions than 98% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 0.8% of 189,179 all-time
1.11
signature single · Melrose Winter 2016
1,544
official solves on the record
11%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 83% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
2×21.112.02
top 0.8%332 / 41,674
3×36.638.29
top 0.97%622 / 60,666
Pyraminx2.183.73
top 1.5%399 / 29,168
3×3 one-handed11.2314.77
top 2.1%340 / 15,900
4×429.1936.39
top 2.4%398 / 19,354
Skewb3.135.66
top 5.7%896 / 19,164
5×51:09.831:15.12
top 11.6%907 / 9,537
Megaminx1:04.461:18.47
top 12.4%856 / 8,026
Square-114.8718.12
top 16.2%1,110 / 6,846
3×3 Fewest Moves33 moves—
early days — 2 solves512 / 2,059
6×62:45.432:56.61
top 33.7%1,226 / 4,262
7×74:31.094:38.22
top 41.4%1,200 / 3,236
3×3 blindfolded3:07.69—
top 54.6%1,176 / 2,128

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

Williams Winter 2014: 22.83Lexington Spring 2014: 16.25CCFC BLD Day 2014: 13.05GCC Fall 2014: 10.60Lexington Fall 2014: 10.45Lexington Spring 2015: 9.51MIT Spring 2015: 9.29Phillips Exeter Cube Day 2015: 8.89Lexington Fall 2015: 8.38Northeastern Fall 2015: 8.27Sharon Winter 2016: 8.17Melrose Winter 2016: 8.55Weston Spring 2016: 8.07MIT Spring 2016: 7.12Northeastern Spring 2016: 8.57Lexington Summer 2016: 7.81Sharon Summer 2016: 7.76Phillips Exeter Cube Day 2016: 7.62Weston Spring 2017: 7.56Maybe Melrose Spring 2017: 7.88Lexington Summer 2017: 7.34Sharon Summer 2017: 6.95WPI Fall Cube Fest 2017: 7.66WPI Winter Cube Day 2018: 8.03BU Spring 2018: 7.26CubingUSA Nationals 2018: 6.92Salem Cube Trials 2019: 7.78Saint John's Spring 2022: 6.63Amherst Open 2022: 7.58Naticube 2022: 7.636.6322.831 Mar 201429 Oct 2022

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-1 2×2 single — 1,050 people have one; it is 0.11 away.
  • A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,419 people have one; it is 0.63 away.

Targets move as he improves.