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Samuel Du

2×2 · top 3.2% of 186,767 all-time · competing since November 2018 · 2018DUSA01

Samuel Du has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.73, set at TJHSST Fall 2019, puts him in the top 3.2% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,253rd in the United States. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 21 competitions since November 2018, he has put 569 official solves on the record across 14 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one; 87% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 14.84 in November 2018 to 9.11, a 39% improvement. Samuel has entered 21 competitions, more competitions than 97% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 3.2% of 186,767 all-time
1.73
signature single · TJHSST Fall 2019
569
official solves on the record
15%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 87% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
2×21.732.87
top 3.2%1,253 / 40,951
Skewb2.955.37
top 4.8%740 / 18,907
3×39.1111.04
top 5.1%2,856 / 59,724
Pyraminx4.428.25
top 9.8%2,538 / 28,708
Megaminx1:00.141:09.95
top 10.1%696 / 7,841
4×438.7044.06
top 10.6%1,562 / 19,072
3×3 one-handed17.9421.76
top 14.9%1,931 / 15,683
Square-114.7717.96
top 15.9%1,074 / 6,743
Clock10.2511.32
top 26.4%2,032 / 8,927
5×51:36.181:44.55
top 32.4%2,571 / 9,401
3×3 Fewest Moves40 moves—
early days — 1 solve1,031 / 2,040
3×3 blindfolded3:28.82—
early days — 3 solves1,271 / 2,092
7×76:42.92—
early days — 1 solve2,406 / 3,184
6×65:24.97—
early days — 1 solve3,515 / 4,196

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

TJHSST Fall 2018: 14.84Northern Neck Winter 2019: 12.65CubingUSA Northeast Championship 2019: 13.72Woodberry Forest School Cubing 2019: 11.09Virginia Qualifier 2019: 11.14River Hill Spring 2019: 10.63CubingUSA Nationals 2019: 11.12Slow N Steady Summer 2019: 11.10TJHSST Fall 2019: 9.84Potomac Speedcubing 2020: 9.13Slow N Steady Fall 2021: 11.47Slow N Steady Spring 2022: 10.97River Hill Spring 2022: 10.16Silver Spring Summer 2022: 10.03Slow N Steady Fall 2022: 12.14CubingUSA Nationals 2023: 10.35Slow N Steady Fall 2023: 10.46UMBC Winter 2024: 9.88Slow N Steady Spring 2024: 9.71River Hill Spring 2024: 9.119.1114.843 Nov 201827 Apr 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-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.73 away.
  • A sub-2 Skewb single — 1,013 people have one; it is 0.95 away.

Targets move as he improves.