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Samuel Cooper

3×3 · top 28.8% of 284,439 all-time · competing since January 2023 · 2023COOP01

Samuel Cooper has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 16.32, set at Cubing Knights IV 2023, puts him in the top 28.8% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 15,822nd in the United States. Across 3 competitions since January 2023, he has put 52 official solves on the record across six events. His 3×3 best has come down from 19.75 in January 2023 to 16.32, a 17% improvement. Samuel has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 28.8% of 284,439 all-time
16.32
signature single · Cubing Knights IV 2023
52
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×316.3221.11
top 28.8%15,822 / 59,724
2×25.037.84
top 39.7%15,940 / 40,951
4×41:12.961:26.04
top 49.7%8,357 / 19,072
Skewb12.1518.08
top 66.7%12,468 / 18,907
Pyraminx14.3315.18
top 79.2%23,466 / 28,708
5×53:16.39
early days — 2 solves7,622 / 9,401

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

Pegasus 2023: 19.75Cubing Knights IV 2023: 16.32Cubing Knights V 2023: 19.9316.3219.937 Jan 202316 Dec 2023

Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.

The story so far

  • 7 Jan 2023First competition: Pegasus 2023. A 19.75 3×3 single to start from.

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-15 3×3 single — 69,493 people have one; it is 1.32 away.
  • A sub-5 2×2 single — 73,413 people have one; it is 0.03 away.

Targets move as he improves.