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Samuel Li

3×3 · top 17.4% of 284,439 all-time · competing since August 2021 · 2021LISA01

Samuel Li has been competing for 5 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 13.00, set at New Zealand Nationals 2022, puts him in the top 17.4% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 365th in New Zealand. Across 2 competitions since August 2021, he has put 60 official solves on the record across four events. His 3×3 best has come down from 15.94 in August 2021 to 13.00, an 18% improvement. Samuel has entered two competitions.

3×3
best event — top 17.4% of 284,439 all-time
13.00
signature single · New Zealand Nationals 2022
60
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingNew Zealand
3×313.0016.63
top 17.4%365 / 2,095
Pyraminx5.688.76
top 17.6%253 / 1,141
2×23.424.88
top 19.2%359 / 1,615
Skewb15.7921.97
top 80.7%567 / 666

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

NZ North Island Championship 2021: 15.94New Zealand Nationals 2022: 13.0013.0015.9413 Aug 20219 Dec 2022

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.

  • Kerem Yaprak — met in 12 rounds, finished ahead 7 times
  • Jules Graham — met in 12 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
  • Tim Xie — met in 12 rounds, finished ahead twice

Next targets

  • A sub-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 1.00 away.
  • A sub-5 Pyraminx single — 17,019 people have one; it is 0.68 away.

Targets move as he improves.