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Samuel Dang

3×3 · top 9.1% of 284,439 all-time · competing since April 2023 · 2023DANG04

Samuel Dang has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 10.54, set at Leersum Algs 24 Hours in 2024, puts him in the top 9.1% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 255th in the Netherlands. Until August 2006, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 11 competitions since April 2023, he has put 116 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one; 88% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. That figure sets aside his 3 DNFs. His 3×3 best has come down from 15.54 in April 2023 to 10.54, a 32% improvement. Samuel has entered eleven competitions, more competitions than 93% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 9.1% of 284,439 all-time
10.54
signature single · Leersum Algs 24 Hours in 2024
116
official solves on the record
15%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 88% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingNetherlands
3×310.5411.77
top 9.1%255 / 2,294
2×23.425.49
top 19.2%441 / 1,665
Square-118.1026.61
top 23.6%81 / 407
4×41:00.601:05.61
top 37.1%354 / 1,000
3×3 blindfolded2:17.04—
early days — 3 solves45 / 132
3×3 one-handed27.6030.42
top 40.9%275 / 726

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

Ermelo Cubing A 2023: 15.54Leersum Algs 2024: 13.78Dutch Winter South 2024: 13.19Arnhem Open A 2024: 11.87Leersum Algs 24 Hours in 2024: 10.54Dutch Nationals 2024: 10.7910.5415.5422 Apr 202315 Nov 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.

Next targets

  • A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 0.54 away.
  • A sub-3 2×2 single — 26,570 people have one; it is 0.42 away.

Targets move as he improves.