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Samuel Zieschang

2×2 · top 10.9% of 186,767 all-time · competing since January 2017 · 2017ZIES01

Samuel Zieschang has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.70, set at Bundle Up Broomfield 2023, puts him in the top 10.9% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 4,307th in the United States. Across 19 competitions since January 2017, he has put 523 official solves on the record across 14 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one; 88% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 19.47 in March 2022 to 11.52, a 41% improvement. Samuel has entered 19 competitions, more competitions than 97% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 10.9% of 186,767 all-time
2.70
signature single · Bundle Up Broomfield 2023
523
official solves on the record
15%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 88% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
2×22.705.36
top 10.9%4,307 / 40,951
3×311.5214.56
top 12.2%6,581 / 59,724
Clock9.8311.14
top 24.2%1,859 / 8,927
5×51:29.071:42.81
top 26.5%2,072 / 9,401
3×3 one-handed23.1033.52
top 29.0%3,753 / 15,683
Megaminx1:34.021:37.00
top 30.7%2,160 / 7,841
4×456.591:09.41
top 32.6%5,181 / 19,072
7×74:20.464:28.98
top 37.8%1,057 / 3,184
Skewb7.7412.22
top 39.3%6,763 / 18,907
Pyraminx8.5110.94
top 40.6%11,638 / 28,708
6×63:03.683:17.45
top 42.8%1,588 / 4,196
Square-129.2638.59
top 48.0%3,127 / 6,743
3×3 blindfolded4:36.17
early days — 2 solves1,566 / 2,092
3×3 Fewest Moves62 moves
early days — 2 solves1,956 / 2,040

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

PLU NxN 2022: 19.47Cubing in Craig 2022: 17.03Colorado Cubing Weekend 2022: 16.48School's Out PLU 2022: 16.14Slopeside Solving 2022: 17.57Cubing for Charity Colorado 2022: 11.52Summit Big Cube Showdown 2022: 15.19Cubing in The Springs 2022: 15.71Loveland Fall 2022: 17.39Bundle Up Broomfield 2023: 14.33High Plains Solving 2023: 12.20Sleepless in Seattle 2023: 13.55Happy Crew Cubing CO 2023: 13.99Colorado Mountain Tour - Frisco 2023: 16.43CubingUSA Rocky Mountain Championship 2023: 13.63Denver Dash 2024: 14.8611.5219.4719 Mar 20229 Dec 2024

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-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.70 away.
  • A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 1.52 away.

Targets move as he improves.