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Samuel Moran

Pyraminx · top 4.5% of 129,321 all-time · competing since June 2015 · 2015MORA08

Samuel Moran has been competing for 11 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 3.26, set at Husky Showdown 2018, puts him in the top 4.5% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,186th in the United States. Until February 2008, no official Pyraminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 29 competitions since June 2015, he has put 582 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 65% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 23.52 in June 2015 to 11.12, a 53% improvement. Samuel has entered 29 competitions, more competitions than 98% of everyone who has ever competed.

Pyraminx
best event — top 4.5% of 129,321 all-time
3.26
signature single · Husky Showdown 2018
582
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 65% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
Pyraminx3.265.78
top 4.5%1,186 / 28,708
2×22.174.04
top 6.0%2,387 / 40,951
3×311.1215.61
top 10.9%5,875 / 59,724
Skewb4.818.46
top 16.7%2,641 / 18,907
3×3 one-handed23.9434.11
top 31.3%4,060 / 15,683
Square-122.8236.70
top 34.3%2,231 / 6,743
4×41:07.151:19.95
top 44.1%7,285 / 19,072
5×53:15.43—
top 82.8%7,584 / 9,401

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

Indiana 2015: 23.52Dayton 2015: 21.73Cubic Catastrophe 2015: 19.50Michigan Cubing Club Delta 2015: 22.85Shaker Heights 2016: 20.49Summit City Open 2016: 17.83Petoskey Cubing 2016: 20.52Shaker Fall 2016: 19.93Michigan Cubing Club Beta 2017: 16.25Shaker Spring 2017: 18.32Queen City 2017: 11.12Michigan Cubing Club Gamma 2017: 13.71CubingUSA Nationals 2017: 15.40Michigan 2017: 14.73Glass City Open 2017: 11.28Wildcat Holiday 2017: 13.49Michigan Cubing Club Alpha 2018: 14.39Husky Showdown 2018: 12.59Michigan Cubing Club Beta 2018: 14.00CubingUSA Great Lakes Championship 2018: 13.29Michigan Cubing Club Delta 2018: 13.91Imagination Station 2018: 15.99Blue Water Winter 2019: 13.68Michigan Cubing Club Beta 2019: 14.47Battle for Toledo 2019: 15.76CubingUSA Nationals 2019: 16.3711.1223.5212 Jun 20151 Aug 2019

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-3 Pyraminx single — 4,700 people have one; it is 0.26 away.
  • A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.17 away.

Targets move as he improves.