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Samuel Nelson

3×3 · top 54.3% of 284,439 all-time · competing since May 2022 · 2022NELS05

Samuel Nelson has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 25.77, set at Country Roads Huntington 2022, puts him in the top 54.3% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 31,886th in the United States. Across 2 competitions since May 2022, he has put 18 official solves on the record across three events. Samuel has entered two competitions.

3×3
best event — top 54.3% of 284,439 all-time
25.77
signature single · Country Roads Huntington 2022
18
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×325.7728.07
top 54.3%31,886 / 59,724
Pyraminx13.3316.69
top 74.6%22,118 / 28,708
Skewb14.9428.28
top 78.1%14,918 / 18,907

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

Country Roads Huntington 2022: 25.77Bluegrass Bash 2023: 25.9225.7725.9228 May 20222 Apr 2023

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-25 3×3 single — 149,621 people have one; it is 0.77 away.
  • A sub-12 Pyraminx single — 86,891 people have one; it is 1.33 away.

Targets move as he improves.