People · Australia
Samuel Tie
3×3 · top 3.1% of 284,439 all-time · competing since April 2019 · 2019TIES01
Samuel Tie has been competing for 7 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.16, set at Melbourne Summer 2020, puts him in the top 3.1% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 302nd in Australia. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 8 competitions since April 2019, he has put 346 official solves on the record across ten events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 76% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 11.45 in April 2019 to 8.16, a 29% improvement. Samuel has entered eight competitions, more competitions than 90% 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 | 8.16 | 10.25 | top 3.1% | 302 / 11,709 | |
| 2×2 | 1.95 | 2.83 | top 4.4% | 343 / 8,567 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 13.72 | 19.32 | top 5.6% | 126 / 2,659 | |
| Pyraminx | 4.35 | 6.73 | top 9.4% | 432 / 5,993 | |
| 4×4 | 42.51 | 48.14 | top 15.1% | 379 / 3,051 | |
| Skewb | 5.06 | 7.79 | top 18.6% | 480 / 3,534 | |
| 5×5 | 1:29.72 | 1:39.22 | top 27.1% | 368 / 1,356 | |
| Megaminx | 1:45.85 | 2:05.12 | top 38.1% | 475 / 1,277 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 41 moves | 42.00 | early days — 3 solves | 229 / 468 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 4:39.09 | — | early days — 3 solves | 321 / 394 |
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
- 25 Jan 2020Five personal bests in one day at Melbourne Summer 2020.
- 5 Oct 2019Three personal bests in one day at Altona Algorithms 2019.
- 18 May 2019First sub-10 3×3: 9.48 at Koalafication Melbourne 2019.
- 18 May 2019Four personal bests in one day at Koalafication Melbourne 2019.
- 28 Apr 2019First competition: Cube for Cambodia 2019. A 11.45 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- VIC State Championship 2025 · 31 May 2025
- Melbourne Cube Days 2024 · 30 Nov 2024
- Melbourne Mini Saturday 2022 · 5 Mar 2022 — 1 personal best set
- Melbourne Summer 2021 · 23 Jan 2021 — 2 personal bests set
- Melbourne Summer 2020 · 25 Jan 2020 — 5 personal bests set
- Altona Algorithms 2019 · 5 Oct 2019 — 3 personal bests set
- Koalafication Melbourne 2019 · 18 May 2019 — 4 personal bests set
- Cube for Cambodia 2019 · 28 Apr 2019
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.
- Myles Jarman — met in 69 rounds, finished ahead 29 times
- Riley Dexter — met in 68 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
- Divnoor Bajwa — met in 65 rounds, finished ahead 23 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.16 away.
- A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.95 away.
Targets move as he improves.