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Samuel McKinnon

3×3 · top 27.7% of 284,439 all-time · competing since April 2017 · 2017MCKI01

Samuel McKinnon has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 15.96, set at Crossroads Cubing 2018, puts him in the top 27.7% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 15,154th in the United States. Across 5 competitions since April 2017, he has put 71 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 19% around a typical one, an early reading from 6 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 25.87 in May 2017 to 15.96, a 38% improvement. Samuel has entered five competitions, more competitions than 83% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 27.7% of 284,439 all-time
15.96
signature single · Crossroads Cubing 2018
71
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×315.9621.38
top 27.7%15,154 / 59,724
Skewb7.759.92
top 39.4%6,782 / 18,907
Pyraminx9.1814.04
top 46.4%13,347 / 28,708
2×26.607.84
top 57.0%23,304 / 40,951
3×3 one-handed38.2042.96
top 62.7%8,854 / 15,683
Megaminx3:16.02
early days — 2 solves6,286 / 7,841

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

Crossroads Cubing Spring 2017: 25.87Hendersonville Fall 2017: 16.94Carolina Cubers United 2018: 19.73Crossroads Cubing 2018: 15.9615.9625.8713 May 201730 Jun 2018

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-15 3×3 single — 69,493 people have one; it is 0.96 away.
  • A sub-6 Skewb single — 18,841 people have one; it is 1.75 away.

Targets move as he improves.