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Samuel Korn
3×3 · top 4.6% of 284,439 all-time · competing since March 2018 · 2018KORN03
Samuel Korn has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.87, set at Fleur-de-lis Fall 2018, puts him in the top 4.6% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,536th in the United States. Until May 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 4 competitions since March 2018, he has put 169 official solves on the record across ten events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 10% around a typical one, steadier than 97% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 15.80 in March 2018 to 8.87, a 44% improvement. Samuel has entered four competitions, more competitions than 78% 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 | 8.87 | 10.77 | top 4.6% | 2,536 / 59,724 | |
| 2×2 | 2.66 | 4.00 | top 10.5% | 4,132 / 40,951 | |
| Pyraminx | 5.62 | 8.90 | top 17.2% | 4,566 / 28,708 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 21.07 | 24.42 | top 23.4% | 3,005 / 15,683 | |
| 4×4 | 59.30 | 1:03.65 | top 35.7% | 5,758 / 19,072 | |
| Skewb | 8.80 | 11.57 | top 47.1% | 8,335 / 18,907 | |
| 5×5 | 2:02.37 | 2:09.43 | top 50.7% | 4,252 / 9,401 | |
| Megaminx | 2:17.59 | 2:35.55 | top 55.1% | 4,139 / 7,841 | |
| Square-1 | 48.61 | — | top 74.8% | 4,933 / 6,743 | |
| 6×6 | 5:26.24 | — | early days — 1 solve | 3,527 / 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
Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 17 Nov 2018First sub-10 3×3: 8.87 at Fleur-de-lis Fall 2018.
- 17 Nov 2018Five personal bests in one day at Fleur-de-lis Fall 2018.
- 23 Jun 2018First sub-15 3×3: 12.77 at Cajun Cube Clash 2018.
- 23 Jun 2018Three personal bests in one day at Cajun Cube Clash 2018.
- 31 Mar 2018First competition: Cubalaya 2018. A 16.97 3×3 single to start from.
- 31 Mar 2018Three personal bests in one day at Cubalaya 2018.
Competitions
- Fleur-de-lis Fall 2018 · 17 Nov 2018 — 5 personal bests set
- Bayou Back to School 2018 · 11 Aug 2018 — 1 personal best set
- Cajun Cube Clash 2018 · 23 Jun 2018 — 3 personal bests set
- Cubalaya 2018 · 31 Mar 2018 — 3 personal bests set
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.
- Ordway Persyn — met in 34 rounds, finished ahead 10 times
- Seth Talbot — met in 34 rounds, finished ahead 9 times
- RJ Gohn — met in 33 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.87 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.66 away.
Targets move as he improves.