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Samuel Hansen

Pyraminx · top 59.7% of 129,321 all-time · competing since August 2018 · 2018HANS09

Samuel Hansen has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 10.88, set at Sioux Falls Saturday 2023, puts him in the top 59.7% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 17,510th in the United States. Across 17 competitions since August 2018, he has put 138 official solves on the record across three events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 17% around a typical one; 96% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 44.62 in August 2018 to 34.23, a 23% improvement. Samuel has entered 17 competitions, more competitions than 96% of everyone who has ever competed.

Pyraminx
best event — top 59.7% of 129,321 all-time
10.88
signature single · Sioux Falls Saturday 2023
138
official solves on the record
17%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 96% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
Pyraminx10.8831.76
top 59.7%17,510 / 28,708
3×334.2340.09
top 69.4%41,921 / 59,724
2×29.1914.12
top 74.4%30,813 / 40,951

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

Sioux Falls Summer 2018: 44.62Cubetcha 2018: 45.24Fargo Fall 2018: 47.41Sioux Falls Winter 2019: 42.04Sioux Fall 2019: 34.23Cubetcha 2019: 39.97Fargo Fall 2019: 42.87Mega Minnesota Winter 2019: 37.55Minnesota Cube Days 2020: 35.00Sioux Falls Spring 2022: 37.66NxN Minnesota 2022: 38.33North Star Cubing Challenge 2023: 34.94Minnesota Cube Melt 2023: 39.17Sioux Falls Summer 2023: 38.92Sioux Falls Saturday 2023: 42.31NxN Minnesota 2023: 41.60Fast in Fargo 2026: 41.8934.2347.4111 Aug 201830 May 2026

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 Pyraminx single — 68,530 people have one; it is 0.88 away.
  • A sub-30 3×3 single — 177,856 people have one; it is 4.23 away.

Targets move as he improves.