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Emil Zaya

2×2 · top 7.9% of 186,767 all-time · competing since May 2016 · 2016ZAYA01

Emil Zaya has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.39, set at SSL 1 Jönköping 2017, puts him in the top 7.9% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 256th in Sweden. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 2 competitions since May 2016, he has put 31 official solves on the record across four events. His 3×3 best has come down from 20.36 in May 2016 to 13.05, a 36% improvement. Emil has entered two competitions.

2×2
best event — top 7.9% of 186,767 all-time
2.39
signature single · SSL 1 Jönköping 2017
31
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingSweden
2×22.396.94
top 7.9%256 / 2,325
3×313.0518.16
top 17.6%442 / 2,925
Pyraminx7.049.06
top 28.2%574 / 1,730
4×43:09.34
early days — 2 solves1,083 / 1,120

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

Swedish Decathlon Challenge 2016: 20.36SSL 1 Jönköping 2017: 13.0513.0520.367 May 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-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.39 away.
  • A sub-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 1.05 away.

Targets move as he improves.