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Samuel John

3×3 · top 22.6% of 284,439 all-time · competing since December 2023 · 2023JOHN69

Samuel John has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 14.47, set at Kensington May Saturday 2024, puts him in the top 22.6% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,050th in Australia. Across 5 competitions since December 2023, he has put 93 official solves on the record across three events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 18% around a typical one, an early reading from 8 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 34.93 in December 2023 to 14.47, a 59% improvement. Samuel has entered five competitions, more competitions than 83% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 22.6% of 284,439 all-time
14.47
signature single · Kensington May Saturday 2024
93
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingAustralia
3×314.4719.62
top 22.6%2,050 / 11,709
2×24.447.41
top 32.2%2,527 / 8,567
Pyraminx11.0014.15
top 60.5%3,571 / 5,993

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

Mildura Madness 2023: 34.93Melbourne Summer 2024: 25.23Don't Inverloch Up 2024: 24.38Brilliant Ballarat 2024: 19.06Kensington May Saturday 2024: 14.4714.4734.932 Dec 202311 May 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-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 2.47 away.
  • A sub-4 2×2 single — 49,452 people have one; it is 0.44 away.

Targets move as he improves.