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Samuel McGowan

2×2 · top 51.4% of 186,767 all-time · competing since January 2019 · 2019MCGO01

Samuel McGowan has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 6.05, set at Westcoast Woodvale Weekends 2019, puts him in the top 51.4% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 4,081st in Australia. Across 4 competitions since January 2019, he has put 44 official solves on the record across three events. His 3×3 best has come down from 32.11 in January 2019 to 25.77, a 20% improvement. Samuel has entered four competitions, more competitions than 78% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 51.4% of 186,767 all-time
6.05
signature single · Westcoast Woodvale Weekends 2019
44
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingAustralia
2×26.059.45
top 51.4%4,081 / 8,567
3×325.7732.03
top 54.3%5,753 / 11,709
Pyraminx21.3545.03
top 94.4%5,743 / 5,993

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

Perth Puzzle Party 2019: 32.11Koalafication Perth 2019: 25.77Westcoast Woodvale Weekends 2019: 31.92Perth Late Night 2020: 34.5225.7734.5212 Jan 20199 Aug 2020

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.

Next targets

  • A sub-6 2×2 single — 95,042 people have one; it is 0.05 away.
  • A sub-25 3×3 single — 149,621 people have one; it is 0.77 away.

Targets move as he improves.