People · United States
Samuel Zhu
3×3 · top 17.6% of 284,439 all-time · competing since April 2015 · 2015ZHUS01
Samuel Zhu has been competing for 11 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 13.04, set at Berkeley Fall 2017, puts him in the top 17.6% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 9,407th in the United States. Across 11 competitions since April 2015, he has put 96 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 79% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 21.94 in April 2015 to 13.04, a 41% improvement. Samuel has entered eleven competitions, more competitions than 93% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 13.04 | 15.19 | top 17.6% | 9,407 / 59,724 | |
| 2×2 | 4.78 | 6.59 | top 36.5% | 14,600 / 40,951 | |
| Pyraminx | 8.40 | 11.48 | top 39.7% | 11,340 / 28,708 | |
| 4×4 | 2:07.83 | — | early days — 2 solves | 16,000 / 19,072 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 1:03.63 | — | early days — 2 solves | 12,962 / 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
Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 15 Apr 2017First sub-15 3×3: 13.08 at Berkeley Spring 2017.
- 11 Jul 2015First sub-20 3×3: 19.25 at BASC 7 2015.
- 19 Apr 2015First competition: SPCS Stanford Spring 2015. A 21.94 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- West Coast Cubing Tour - Cupertino 2018 · 15 Jul 2018
- Berkeley Fall 2017 · 18 Nov 2017 — 1 personal best set
- Berkeley Summer 2017 · 16 Sep 2017
- San Ramon 2017 · 15 Jul 2017 — 1 personal best set
- 6.25 Bay Area 2017 · 24 Jun 2017
- Berkeley Spring 2017 · 15 Apr 2017 — 1 personal best set
- Bay Area Speedcubin' 9 2016 · 25 Jun 2016 — 1 personal best set
- Bay Area Speedcubin' 8 2016 · 3 Jan 2016 — 1 personal best set
- Berkeley Summer 2015 · 12 Sep 2015 — 1 personal best set
- BASC 7 2015 · 11 Jul 2015 — 1 personal best set
- SPCS Stanford Spring 2015 · 19 Apr 2015
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.
- Riley Woo — met in 20 rounds, never finished ahead
- Ryan Jew — met in 18 rounds, never finished ahead
- Alex Johnson — met in 18 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 1.04 away.
- A sub-4 2×2 single — 49,452 people have one; it is 0.78 away.
Targets move as he improves.