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Samuel Peters

2×2 · top 14.8% of 186,767 all-time · competing since November 2017 · 2017PETE17

Samuel Peters has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 3.05, set at Cape Town Summer 2020, puts him in the top 14.8% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 149th in South Africa. Across 5 competitions since November 2017, he has put 138 official solves on the record across three events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 93% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 20.52 in November 2017 to 12.55, a 39% improvement. Samuel has entered five competitions, more competitions than 83% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 14.8% of 186,767 all-time
3.05
signature single · Cape Town Summer 2020
138
official solves on the record
11%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 93% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingSouth Africa
2×23.054.72
top 14.8%149 / 1,510
3×312.5514.42
top 15.8%183 / 2,164
Pyraminx6.5210.38
top 24.0%183 / 946

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

Speedcubes Cape Town 2017: 20.52Speedcubes Cape Town 2018: 19.13Speedcubes Cape Town 2019: 17.05Cape Town Spring 2019: 14.03Cape Town Summer 2020: 12.5512.5520.525 Nov 201714 Mar 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-3 2×2 single — 26,570 people have one; it is 0.05 away.
  • A sub-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 0.55 away.

Targets move as he improves.