People · Australia
Samuel Smith
3×3 · top 10.4% of 284,439 all-time · competing since June 2022 · 2022SMIT23
Samuel Smith has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 10.96, set at Rubik's WCA Oceanic Championship 2022, puts him in the top 10.4% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 915th in Australia. Across 6 competitions since June 2022, he has put 102 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one; 84% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 18.55 in June 2022 to 10.96, a 41% improvement. Samuel has entered six competitions, more competitions than 86% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Australia | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 10.96 | 15.42 | top 10.4% | 915 / 11,709 | |
| 2×2 | 2.97 | 4.75 | top 13.9% | 1,065 / 8,567 | |
| Pyraminx | 8.88 | 10.78 | top 43.8% | 2,408 / 5,993 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 32.81 | — | top 52.9% | 1,231 / 2,659 | |
| 4×4 | 1:38.59 | — | top 69.7% | 2,024 / 3,051 | |
| Square-1 | 59.21 | — | early days — 1 solve | 778 / 899 | |
| Megaminx | 3:52.46 | — | early days — 1 solve | 1,206 / 1,277 |
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
- 15 Dec 2022Three personal bests in one day at Rubik's WCA Oceanic Championship 2022.
- 27 Aug 2022First sub-15 3×3: 12.49 at Sydney Winter Saturday 2022.
- 11 Jun 2022First competition: NSW Open 2022. A 18.55 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Marrickville Many May Open 2023 · 20 May 2023
- North Sydney Cube Day 2023 · 5 Mar 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Cubing at The Cube Saturday 2023 · 21 Jan 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Rubik's WCA Oceanic Championship 2022 · 15 Dec 2022 — 3 personal bests set
- Sydney Winter Saturday 2022 · 27 Aug 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- NSW Open 2022 · 11 Jun 2022
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.
- Noah Smith — met in 29 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Jolina Chen — met in 24 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Bryan Eng — met in 24 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 0.96 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.97 away.
Targets move as he improves.