People · United States
Samuel Pottinger
Skewb · top 3.7% of 73,281 all-time · competing since October 2023 · 2023POTT07
Samuel Pottinger has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the Skewb: a personal-best single of 2.72, set at Eastwood Cubing 2024, puts him in the top 3.7% of the 73,281 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 581st in the United States. Until February 2014, no official Skewb solve in the world had been that fast. Across 4 competitions since October 2023, he has put 168 official solves on the record across ten events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, an early reading from 8 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 11.61 in October 2023 to 10.27, a 12% improvement. Samuel has entered four competitions, more competitions than 78% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Skewb | 2.72 | 8.20 | top 3.7% | 581 / 18,907 | |
| 3×3 | 10.27 | 12.75 | top 8.3% | 4,553 / 59,724 | |
| Pyraminx | 4.40 | 6.88 | top 9.7% | 2,514 / 28,708 | |
| 2×2 | 2.84 | 3.51 | top 12.4% | 4,890 / 40,951 | |
| Clock | 8.80 | 10.77 | top 18.9% | 1,443 / 8,927 | |
| Square-1 | 17.25 | 22.67 | top 21.5% | 1,434 / 6,743 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 21.72 | 24.18 | top 25.2% | 3,254 / 15,683 | |
| Megaminx | 1:48.77 | 2:06.11 | top 39.6% | 2,862 / 7,841 | |
| 4×4 | 1:04.53 | 1:09.24 | top 41.3% | 6,747 / 19,072 | |
| 5×5 | 2:37.70 | — | top 69.4% | 6,092 / 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
- 6 Apr 2024Three personal bests in one day at Plum Puzzles 2024.
- 17 Feb 2024Five personal bests in one day at Eastwood Cubing 2024.
- 7 Oct 2023First competition: Lake Erie Showdown 2023. A 11.61 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Pennsylvania Championship 2024 · 21 Jun 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Plum Puzzles 2024 · 6 Apr 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Eastwood Cubing 2024 · 17 Feb 2024 — 5 personal bests set
- Lake Erie Showdown 2023 · 7 Oct 2023
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.
- Xavier Ye — met in 38 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
- Gabriel Gowman — met in 38 rounds, finished ahead once
- Mark Gowman — met in 34 rounds, finished ahead 9 times
Next targets
- A sub-2 Skewb single — 1,013 people have one; it is 0.72 away.
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 0.27 away.
Targets move as he improves.