People · United States
Samuel Chen
3×3 · top 9.2% of 284,439 all-time · competing since November 2019 · 2019CHES17
Samuel Chen has been competing for 7 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 10.59, set at Bobcat Battle Fall 2023, puts him in the top 9.2% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 5,049th in the United States. Until August 2006, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 2 competitions since November 2019, he has put 45 official solves on the record across four events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, an early reading from 5 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 12.11 in November 2019 to 10.59, a 13% improvement. Samuel has entered two competitions.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 10.59 | 13.05 | top 9.2% | 5,049 / 59,724 | |
| 2×2 | 5.17 | 6.76 | top 41.4% | 16,656 / 40,951 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 44.93 | 50.00 | top 71.5% | 10,293 / 15,683 | |
| Pyraminx | 28.61 | 35.64 | top 98.0% | 28,366 / 28,708 |
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, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 16 Nov 2019First competition: Bobcat Battle 2019. A 12.52 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Bobcat Battle Fall 2023 · 21 Oct 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Bobcat Battle 2019 · 16 Nov 2019 — 1 personal best set
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.
- Parker Chase Heggeseth — met in 9 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
- Adam Walker — met in 9 rounds, never finished ahead
- Pierson Sablan — met in 9 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 0.59 away.
- A sub-5 2×2 single — 73,413 people have one; it is 0.17 away.
Targets move as he improves.