People · United States
Samuel O'Sullivan
3×3 · top 7.9% of 284,439 all-time · competing since September 2018 · 2018OSUL02
Samuel O'Sullivan has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 10.16, set at Empire State Summer B 2021, puts him in the top 7.9% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 4,371st in the United States. Until May 2007, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 12 competitions since September 2018, he has put 294 official solves on the record across nine events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 50% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 25.90 in September 2018 to 10.16, a 61% improvement. Samuel has entered twelve competitions, more competitions than 94% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 10.16 | 11.93 | top 7.9% | 4,371 / 59,724 | |
| 2×2 | 2.75 | 4.81 | top 11.5% | 4,506 / 40,951 | |
| Square-1 | 14.05 | 18.47 | top 14.3% | 970 / 6,743 | |
| Skewb | 5.11 | 9.00 | top 19.0% | 3,026 / 18,907 | |
| 4×4 | 46.86 | 1:00.17 | top 20.6% | 3,134 / 19,072 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 21.01 | 24.67 | top 23.3% | 2,985 / 15,683 | |
| Pyraminx | 7.08 | 12.29 | top 28.5% | 7,872 / 28,708 | |
| Megaminx | 2:26.49 | — | top 59.5% | 4,475 / 7,841 | |
| 5×5 | 3:34.82 | — | early days — 2 solves | 8,140 / 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
Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 29 Feb 2020Three personal bests in one day at Babylon Winter 2020.
- 24 Aug 2019Three personal bests in one day at Quabbin Summer 2019.
- 1 Aug 2019Four personal bests in one day at CubingUSA Nationals 2019.
- 8 Jun 2019Four personal bests in one day at Colonie Spring 2019.
- 18 May 2019Three personal bests in one day at STMHS Spring 2019.
- 20 Apr 2019First sub-15 3×3: 12.58 at Empire State Spring 2019.
Competitions
- Empire State Summer B 2021 · 1 Aug 2021 — 1 personal best set
- Babylon Winter 2020 · 29 Feb 2020 — 3 personal bests set
- Canandaigua Winter 2020 · 11 Jan 2020 — 2 personal bests set
- Empire State Fall 2019 · 12 Oct 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Quabbin Summer 2019 · 24 Aug 2019 — 3 personal bests set
- CubingUSA Nationals 2019 · 1 Aug 2019 — 4 personal bests set
- Colonie Spring 2019 · 8 Jun 2019 — 4 personal bests set
- STMHS Spring 2019 · 18 May 2019 — 3 personal bests set
- Empire State Spring 2019 · 20 Apr 2019 — 5 personal bests set
- Boston University Winter 2019 · 12 Jan 2019 — 3 personal bests set
- New York City Fall 2018 · 21 Oct 2018 — 1 personal best set
- Quinnipiac 2018 · 8 Sep 2018
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.
- James Donahue — met in 42 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
- Daniel Gutierrez — met in 39 rounds, finished ahead once
- Jackey Zheng — met in 38 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
Next targets
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 0.16 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.75 away.
Targets move as he improves.