People · United States
Samuel Knoll
3×3 · top 1.3% of 284,439 all-time · competing since July 2015 · 2015KNOL01
Samuel Knoll has been competing for 11 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 7.01, set at Clash at Carlisle Fall 2019, puts him in the top 1.3% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 820th in the United States. Until November 2010, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 39 competitions since July 2015, he has put 1,333 official solves on the record across 14 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 60% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 35.59 in July 2015 to 7.01, an 80% improvement. Samuel has entered 39 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 7.01 | 9.06 | top 1.3% | 820 / 59,724 | |
| 2×2 | 1.79 | 3.12 | top 3.5% | 1,386 / 40,951 | |
| Skewb | 2.77 | 6.19 | top 3.9% | 612 / 18,907 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 13.39 | 19.11 | top 5.1% | 717 / 15,683 | |
| 5×5 | 59.09 | 1:05.27 | top 5.1% | 424 / 9,401 | |
| 4×4 | 33.42 | 38.17 | top 5.3% | 820 / 19,072 | |
| Square-1 | 11.15 | 12.67 | top 8.3% | 596 / 6,743 | |
| 7×7 | 3:06.93 | 3:23.15 | top 12.4% | 340 / 3,184 | |
| Pyraminx | 5.10 | 8.15 | top 13.8% | 3,602 / 28,708 | |
| 6×6 | 2:07.19 | 2:12.55 | top 14.2% | 517 / 4,196 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 31 moves | 37.67 | top 17.4% | 385 / 2,040 | |
| Clock | 10.68 | 14.04 | top 28.5% | 2,206 / 8,927 | |
| Megaminx | 1:31.77 | 1:41.94 | top 29.3% | 2,051 / 7,841 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 4:08.85 | — | early days — 1 solve | 1,460 / 2,092 |
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
Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 28 Sep 2019Four personal bests in one day at Clash at Carlisle Fall 2019.
- 26 Jul 2019Seven personal bests in one day at Massachusetts Championship 2019.
- 8 Dec 2018Five personal bests in one day at Penn Cube Day Fall 2018.
- 17 Nov 2018Four personal bests in one day at CubingUSA New Jersey Championship 2018.
- 17 Aug 2018Three personal bests in one day at Pennsylvania 2018.
- 2 Jun 2018Four personal bests in one day at CubingUSA Northeast Championship 2018.
Competitions
- Flower City Cube Fest 2022 · 30 Jul 2022 — 1 personal best set
- Skewbadelphia Winter 2020 · 7 Mar 2020
- Scranton Scramble 2020 · 18 Jan 2020 — 2 personal bests set
- No Place For DNF Fall 2019 · 9 Nov 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Clash at Carlisle Fall 2019 · 28 Sep 2019 — 4 personal bests set
- CubingUSA Nationals 2019 · 1 Aug 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Massachusetts Championship 2019 · 26 Jul 2019 — 7 personal bests set
- Arcadia Summer 2019 · 22 Jun 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Bala Big and Blind 2019 · 18 May 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- George School Open 2019 · 11 May 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Meadowlands 2019 · 4 May 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Penn Cube Day Spring 2019 · 20 Apr 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- No Place For DNF Spring 2019 · 6 Apr 2019 — 1 personal best set
- CubingUSA Northeast Championship 2019 · 16 Feb 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Princeton Winter 2019 · 9 Feb 2019
- New Hope Open Winter 2019 · 20 Jan 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Penn Cube Day Fall 2018 · 8 Dec 2018 — 5 personal bests set
- CubingUSA New Jersey Championship 2018 · 17 Nov 2018 — 4 personal bests set
- Lower Moreland Fall 2018 · 10 Nov 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- Princeton Fall 2018 · 29 Sep 2018
- Pennsylvania 2018 · 17 Aug 2018 — 3 personal bests set
- New Hope Open Spring 2018 · 16 Jun 2018
- CubingUSA Northeast Championship 2018 · 2 Jun 2018 — 4 personal bests set
- North Plainfield Open 2018 · 19 May 2018
- Lower Moreland Spring 2018 · 12 May 2018 — 7 personal bests set
- Slow N Steady Winter 2018 · 17 Feb 2018 — 6 personal bests set
- UPenn Cube Day Fall 2017 · 22 Oct 2017 — 2 personal bests set
- Maryland 2017 · 7 Oct 2017 — 2 personal bests set
- Sharon Summer 2017 · 5 Aug 2017 — 4 personal bests set
- NovaCube 2017 · 29 Apr 2017 — 3 personal bests set
- Slow N Steady Spring 2017 · 2 Apr 2017 — 4 personal bests set
- Rockville Winter 2017 · 14 Jan 2017 — 3 personal bests set
- Severna Park Fall 2016 · 29 Oct 2016 — 4 personal bests set
- Slow N Steady Fall 2016 · 24 Sep 2016 — 2 personal bests set
- Big Apple Spring 2016 · 21 May 2016 — 6 personal bests set
- Slow N Steady Winter 2016 · 30 Jan 2016 — 1 personal best set
- Liberty Science 2015 · 19 Dec 2015 — 3 personal bests set
- Slow n Steady Fall 2015 · 26 Sep 2015 — 1 personal best set
- US Nationals 2015 · 31 Jul 2015
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.
- Livia Kleiner — met in 218 rounds, finished ahead 14 times
- AJ Kamal — met in 215 rounds, finished ahead 25 times
- Will Callan — met in 199 rounds, finished ahead 16 times
Next targets
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 1.01 away.
- A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.79 away.
Targets move as he improves.