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Samuel Dalton

3×3 · top 27.2% of 284,439 all-time · competing since January 2017 · 2017DALT01

Samuel Dalton has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 15.84, set at Sunmarke Dubai Open 2018, puts him in the top 27.2% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 382nd in Ireland. Across 5 competitions since January 2017, he has put 55 official solves on the record across three events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, an early reading from 6 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 57.78 in January 2017 to 15.84, a 73% improvement. Samuel has entered five competitions, more competitions than 83% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 27.2% of 284,439 all-time
15.84
signature single · Sunmarke Dubai Open 2018
55
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingIreland
3×315.8420.27
top 27.2%382 / 1,427
2×24.576.11
top 33.8%422 / 1,163
Pyraminx17.0423.94
top 87.8%833 / 911

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

Emirates Open 2017: 57.78Sunmarke Dubai Open 2017: 31.54Wellspring Open 2017: 18.10Sunmarke Dubai Open 2018: 15.84GEMS Modern Academy Open 2018: 15.8815.8457.7814 Jan 201727 Oct 2018

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-15 3×3 single — 69,493 people have one; it is 0.84 away.
  • A sub-4 2×2 single — 49,452 people have one; it is 0.57 away.

Targets move as he improves.