People · United States
Sean Snaider
3×3 · top 2.7% of 288,433 all-time · competing since October 2016 · 2016SNAI01
Sean Snaider has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 7.91, set at Cardinal Cube Day 2024, puts him in the top 2.7% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,568th in the United States. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 4 competitions since October 2016, he has put 95 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one, an early reading from 8 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 14.66 in October 2016 to 7.91, a 46% improvement. Sean has entered four competitions, more competitions than 78% 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 | 7.91 | 10.18 | top 2.7% | 1,568 / 60,666 | |
| 2×2 | 2.20 | 3.47 | top 6.3% | 2,530 / 41,674 | |
| 4×4 | 54.61 | 59.09 | top 30.4% | 4,830 / 19,354 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 28.13 | 32.30 | top 42.3% | 5,762 / 15,900 | |
| Pyraminx | 9.77 | 12.00 | top 51.2% | 15,123 / 29,168 |
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
- 2 Sep 2023Three personal bests in one day at Pretzel Mania Summer 2023.
- 31 Mar 2019First sub-10 3×3: 9.86 at SBU Spring 2019.
- 22 Oct 2016First competition: Princeton Fall 2016. A 14.66 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Cardinal Cube Day 2024 · 24 Feb 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Pretzel Mania Summer 2023 · 2 Sep 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- SBU Spring 2019 · 31 Mar 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Princeton Fall 2016 · 22 Oct 2016 — 1 personal best set
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.
- Luke Galioto — met in 13 rounds, finished ahead 9 times
- Corey Sakowski — met in 11 rounds, finished ahead 6 times
- Eric Zhao — met in 11 rounds, finished ahead twice
Next targets
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,419 people have one; it is 1.91 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 9,039 people have one; it is 0.20 away.
Targets move as he improves.