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Samuel Zabbo

2×2 · top 16.1% of 186,767 all-time · competing since January 2016 · 2016ZABB01

Samuel Zabbo has been competing for 11 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 3.16, set at Lexington Summer 2016, puts him in the top 16.1% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 6,312th in the United States. Across 6 competitions since January 2016, he has put 115 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 16% around a typical one, an early reading from 6 counted rounds. His 2×2 best has come down from 7.53 in January 2016 to 3.16, a 58% improvement. Samuel has entered six competitions, more competitions than 86% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 16.1% of 186,767 all-time
3.16
signature single · Lexington Summer 2016
115
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
2×23.165.67
top 16.1%6,312 / 40,951
Pyraminx6.5814.22
top 24.5%6,675 / 28,708
3×316.6919.64
top 30.0%16,499 / 59,724
Skewb9.4419.85
top 51.4%9,224 / 18,907
3×3 one-handed50.641:03.19
top 77.3%11,307 / 15,683
4×42:26.612:42.73
top 90.9%17,380 / 19,072

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

Sharon Winter 2016: 7.53Weston Spring 2016: 5.14MIT Spring 2016: 6.34Northeastern Spring 2016: 4.51Lexington Summer 2016: 3.16Cubing with the Viking 2017: 3.633.167.5330 Jan 201610 Dec 2017

Best single per competition, 2×2. 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.

  • Alex Cohen — met in 25 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
  • Justin Wu — met in 25 rounds, finished ahead twice
  • Eric Zhao — met in 25 rounds, finished ahead once

Next targets

  • A sub-3 2×2 single — 26,570 people have one; it is 0.16 away.
  • A sub-6 Pyraminx single — 25,870 people have one; it is 0.58 away.

Targets move as he improves.