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Samuel R. Clawson

Pyraminx · top 24.6% of 129,321 all-time · competing since March 2019 · 2019CLAW01

Samuel R. Clawson has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 6.59, set at Utah Summer Side Events A 2023, puts him in the top 24.6% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 6,708th in the United States. Across 9 competitions since March 2019, he has put 142 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 10% around a typical one, steadier than 94% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 26.96 in March 2019 to 15.53, a 42% improvement. Samuel has entered nine competitions, more competitions than 91% of everyone who has ever competed.

Pyraminx
best event — top 24.6% of 129,321 all-time
6.59
signature single · Utah Summer Side Events A 2023
142
official solves on the record
10%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 94% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
Pyraminx6.5912.06
top 24.6%6,708 / 28,708
3×315.5321.88
top 26.2%14,309 / 59,724
2×26.587.82
top 56.7%23,220 / 40,951
Skewb11.0018.55
top 60.8%11,186 / 18,907
Megaminx2:38.53
top 65.4%4,996 / 7,841
4×41:34.41
top 66.8%11,821 / 19,072
3×3 one-handed47.40
top 74.2%10,758 / 15,683
6×66:37.45
early days — 1 solve3,917 / 4,196

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

Utah Spring Open 2019: 26.96Utah Championship 2022: 24.37Utah Ice Cubing 2023: 25.13Utah Summer Side Events A 2023: 21.74Back to School Utah 2023: 23.73Utah Ice Cubing 2024: 22.50Utah Newcomers 2024: 18.49Cubing with Dinosaurs Lehi 2026: 15.5315.5326.9623 Mar 201921 Feb 2026

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-6 Pyraminx single — 25,870 people have one; it is 0.59 away.
  • A sub-15 3×3 single — 69,493 people have one; it is 0.53 away.

Targets move as he improves.