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Samuel Curnow
Pyraminx · top 6.7% of 129,321 all-time · competing since January 2020 · 2020CURN01
Samuel Curnow has been competing for 7 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 3.80, set at Melbourne Summer 2021, puts him in the top 6.7% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 296th in Australia. Until February 2008, no official Pyraminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 10 competitions since January 2020, he has put 224 official solves on the record across four events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 87% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 35.97 in January 2020 to 14.76, a 59% improvement. Samuel has entered ten competitions, more competitions than 92% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Australia | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pyraminx | 3.80 | 8.69 | top 6.7% | 296 / 5,993 | |
| 3×3 | 14.76 | 16.42 | top 23.6% | 2,155 / 11,709 | |
| Skewb | 7.30 | 11.93 | top 36.0% | 1,060 / 3,534 | |
| 2×2 | 5.31 | 6.03 | top 43.1% | 3,386 / 8,567 |
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
- 21 Jan 2022First sub-15 3×3: 14.76 at Melbourne Summer 2022.
- 23 Jan 2021First sub-30 3×3: 19.20 at Melbourne Summer 2021.
- 23 Jan 2021First sub-20 3×3: 19.20 at Melbourne Summer 2021.
- 23 Jan 2021Three personal bests in one day at Melbourne Summer 2021.
- 25 Jan 2020First competition: Melbourne Summer 2020. A 35.97 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Victorian Open 2023 · 1 Jul 2023 — 1 personal best set
- St Oliver's Speedy Saturday 2023 · 20 May 2023
- Kensington Summer Saturday 2023 · 11 Feb 2023
- Rubik's WCA Oceanic Championship 2022 · 15 Dec 2022
- Victorian Open 2022 · 4 Jun 2022
- Melbourne Mini Sunday 2022 · 6 Mar 2022
- Melbourne Summer 2022 · 21 Jan 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- December Series: Kensington 2021 · 19 Dec 2021 — 1 personal best set
- Melbourne Summer 2021 · 23 Jan 2021 — 3 personal bests set
- Melbourne Summer 2020 · 25 Jan 2020
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.
- Emmet Hobbs — met in 41 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
- Ziqi Ding — met in 39 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Ben Wakelin — met in 36 rounds, finished ahead once
Next targets
- A sub-3 Pyraminx single — 4,700 people have one; it is 0.80 away.
- A sub-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 2.76 away.
Targets move as he improves.