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Samuel Chandler

Clock · top 13.2% of 32,048 all-time · competing since March 2024 · 2024CHAN31

Samuel Chandler has been competing for 2 years. His best event is the Clock: a personal-best single of 7.56, set at Bring the Heat AZ 2024, puts him in the top 13.2% of the 32,048 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,004th in the United States. Across 5 competitions since March 2024, he has put 88 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 16% around a typical one, an early reading from 6 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 21.29 in March 2024 to 18.74, a 12% improvement. Samuel has entered five competitions, more competitions than 83% of everyone who has ever competed.

Clock
best event — top 13.2% of 32,048 all-time
7.56
signature single · Bring the Heat AZ 2024
88
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
Clock7.568.04
top 13.2%1,004 / 8,927
2×24.487.62
top 32.7%12,990 / 40,951
3×318.7424.32
top 36.3%20,421 / 59,724
Skewb7.4714.28
top 37.2%6,363 / 18,907
Pyraminx8.2711.41
top 38.5%10,999 / 28,708
Megaminx3:15.66
early days — 1 solve6,275 / 7,841

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

Bobcat Battle Newcomers 2024: 21.29Utah Puzzling for Awareness 2024: 22.94Southern Utah Summer 2024: 27.53Arizona Championship 2024: 22.08Bring the Heat AZ 2024: 18.7418.7427.5323 Mar 202415 Jun 2024

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.

  • Ethan French — met in 14 rounds, finished ahead 7 times
  • Thien Phan — met in 11 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
  • Ivan Vanek — met in 11 rounds, finished ahead twice

Next targets

  • A sub-6 Clock single — 2,324 people have one; it is 1.56 away.
  • A sub-4 2×2 single — 49,452 people have one; it is 0.48 away.

Targets move as he improves.