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Samuel Wright

3×3 · top 32.3% of 284,439 all-time · competing since February 2016 · 2016WRIG01

Samuel Wright has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 17.42, set at Bluegrass Spring 2017, puts him in the top 32.3% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 17,904th in the United States. Across 4 competitions since February 2016, he has put 58 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 17% around a typical one, an early reading from 5 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 21.48 in February 2016 to 17.42, a 19% improvement. Samuel has entered four competitions, more competitions than 78% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 32.3% of 284,439 all-time
17.42
signature single · Bluegrass Spring 2017
58
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×317.4223.99
top 32.3%17,904 / 59,724
2×25.326.61
top 43.2%17,430 / 40,951
Pyraminx11.0814.51
top 61.1%17,963 / 28,708
4×41:37.07
early days — 2 solves12,249 / 19,072
Skewb13.8225.45
top 74.1%13,992 / 18,907
5×53:02.46
early days — 2 solves7,150 / 9,401
3×3 one-handed1:11.47
early days — 1 solve13,681 / 15,683

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

Mishawaka 3x3 Day 2016: 21.48Summit City Open 2016: 20.73Dayton Winter 2017: 21.11Bluegrass Spring 2017: 17.4217.4221.4827 Feb 20164 Mar 2017

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-15 3×3 single — 69,493 people have one; it is 2.42 away.
  • A sub-5 2×2 single — 73,413 people have one; it is 0.32 away.

Targets move as he improves.