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Samuel Pursell
Pyraminx · top 39.3% of 129,321 all-time · competing since May 2024 · 2024PURS02
Samuel Pursell has been competing for 2 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 8.36, set at Minnesota Newcomer Saturday 2025, puts him in the top 39.3% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 11,241st in the United States. Across 4 competitions since May 2024, he has put 104 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, an early reading from 7 counted rounds. That figure sets aside his 2 DNFs. His 3×3 best has come down from 26.01 in May 2024 to 20.03, a 23% 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pyraminx | 8.36 | 13.53 | top 39.3% | 11,241 / 28,708 | |
| 3×3 | 20.03 | 27.41 | top 40.0% | 22,708 / 59,724 | |
| 2×2 | 5.49 | 7.33 | top 45.2% | 18,252 / 40,951 | |
| Skewb | 8.81 | 14.46 | top 47.2% | 8,350 / 18,907 | |
| Clock | 30.32 | — | early days — 3 solves | 7,531 / 8,927 |
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
- 22 Mar 2025Five personal bests in one day at Minnesota Newcomer Saturday 2025.
- 11 May 2024First competition: Minnesota Cube Melt 2024. A 26.01 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Minnesota Newcomer Saturday 2025 · 22 Mar 2025 — 5 personal bests set
- Minnesota Championship 2024 · 30 Nov 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Minnesota Warm Up 2024 · 13 Jul 2024
- Minnesota Cube Melt 2024 · 11 May 2024
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.
- Peter Schwoch — met in 22 rounds, finished ahead once
- Walker Welch — met in 22 rounds, never finished ahead
- Shain Papalotl Longbehn — met in 22 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-8 Pyraminx single — 46,752 people have one; it is 0.36 away.
- A sub-20 3×3 single — 113,584 people have one; it is 0.03 away.
Targets move as he improves.