People · United Kingdom
Samuel Lai
3×3 · top 5.7% of 284,439 all-time · competing since October 2017 · 2017LAIS01
Samuel Lai has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.35, set at UK Championship 2017, puts him in the top 5.7% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 424th in the United Kingdom. Until February 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 1 competition since October 2017, he has put 20 official solves on the record across two events.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United Kingdom | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 9.35 | 12.48 | top 5.7% | 424 / 6,689 | |
| 4×4 | 41.01 | 49.06 | top 13.3% | 310 / 2,071 |
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 story so far
- 27 Oct 2017First competition: UK Championship 2017. A 9.63 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- UK Championship 2017 · 27 Oct 2017 — 1 personal best 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.
- David Lim — met in 4 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
- Bertie Cartwright — met in 4 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
- Cormac Farrell — met in 4 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.35 away.
- A sub-40 4×4 single — 10,180 people have one; it is 1.01 away.
Targets move as he improves.