People · Canada
Samuel Lan
3×3 · top 5.8% of 284,439 all-time · competing since August 2019 · 2019LANS03
Samuel Lan has been competing for 7 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.40, set at Battle of Waterloo 2024, puts him in the top 5.8% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 562nd in Canada. Until February 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 7 competitions since August 2019, he has put 101 official solves on the record across four events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one; 86% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. That figure sets aside his 4 DNFs. His 3×3 best has come down from 36.59 in August 2019 to 9.40, a 74% improvement. Samuel has entered seven competitions, more competitions than 88% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 9.40 | 12.12 | top 5.8% | 562 / 10,392 | |
| 2×2 | 3.65 | 4.55 | top 22.1% | 1,476 / 7,173 | |
| Megaminx | 2:16.86 | — | early days — 1 solve | 629 / 1,375 | |
| Pyraminx | 13.48 | 16.25 | top 75.4% | 3,775 / 4,858 |
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
- 21 Oct 2023First sub-10 3×3: 9.94 at Pickering Fall A 2023.
- 24 Sep 2022First sub-30 3×3: 14.38 at Richmond Hill 2022.
- 24 Sep 2022First sub-20 3×3: 14.38 at Richmond Hill 2022.
- 24 Sep 2022First sub-15 3×3: 14.38 at Richmond Hill 2022.
- 24 Aug 2019First competition: Cubing in the 6ix 2019. A 36.59 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Pickering Mini Morning 2024 · 21 Sep 2024
- Battle of Waterloo 2024 · 8 Jun 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Greater Toronto 2024 · 18 Feb 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Pickering Fall A 2023 · 21 Oct 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Pickering D 2023 · 26 Mar 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Richmond Hill 2022 · 24 Sep 2022 — 1 personal best set
- Cubing in the 6ix 2019 · 24 Aug 2019
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.
- Nolan Jeanneret — met in 17 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
- Aidan Xu — met in 16 rounds, finished ahead 10 times
- Adam Lyne — met in 16 rounds, finished ahead 7 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.40 away.
- A sub-3 2×2 single — 26,570 people have one; it is 0.65 away.
Targets move as he improves.