People · United States
Emilian Samkovich
2×2 · top 4.5% of 189,179 all-time · competing since July 2022 · 2022SAMK01
Emilian Samkovich has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.96, set at Pegasus 2023, puts him in the top 4.5% of the 189,179 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,835th in the United States. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 12 competitions since July 2022, he has put 341 official solves on the record across ten events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 62% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 17.57 in December 2022 to 13.47, a 23% improvement. Emilian has entered twelve competitions, more competitions than 94% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 1.96 | 4.25 | top 4.5% | 1,835 / 41,674 | |
| Clock | 6.12 | 6.89 | top 7.6% | 605 / 9,172 | |
| Skewb | 4.37 | 7.52 | top 13.6% | 2,129 / 19,164 | |
| 3×3 | 13.47 | 15.40 | top 19.2% | 10,451 / 60,666 | |
| Pyraminx | 5.89 | 8.35 | top 19.2% | 5,205 / 29,168 | |
| 4×4 | 1:16.27 | 1:28.09 | top 52.8% | 9,073 / 19,354 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 35.67 | 44.53 | top 58.6% | 8,281 / 15,900 | |
| 5×5 | 2:23.08 | — | top 62.6% | 5,489 / 9,537 | |
| Megaminx | 2:36.32 | 2:44.64 | top 64.4% | 5,020 / 8,026 | |
| Square-1 | 52.04 | 1:04.48 | top 77.9% | 5,243 / 6,846 |
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 2023First sub-15 3×3: 13.96 at CubingUSA Southeast Championship 2023.
- 15 Apr 2023Nine personal bests in one day at CubingUSA Southeast Championship 2023.
- 7 Jan 2023Three personal bests in one day at Pegasus 2023.
- 3 Dec 2022First sub-20 3×3: 17.57 at FSUbers 3.0 2022.
- 3 Dec 2022Three personal bests in one day at FSUbers 3.0 2022.
- 24 Jul 2022First competition: GA Cubers Warm Up 2022.
Competitions
- Thrice as Nice Miami 2025 · 14 Dec 2025
- Concord Summer 2025 · 7 Sep 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Rubik's WCA World Championship 2025 · 3 Jul 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Finger Lakes Fingertricks 2024 · 7 Dec 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Miami Skewbed 2024 · 16 Nov 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Rubik's WCA North American Championship 2024 · 18 Jul 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Algorithms on Abercorn 2023 · 19 Nov 2023
- CubingUSA Nationals 2023 · 27 Jul 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- CubingUSA Southeast Championship 2023 · 15 Apr 2023 — 9 personal bests set
- Pegasus 2023 · 7 Jan 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- FSUbers 3.0 2022 · 3 Dec 2022 — 3 personal bests set
- GA Cubers Warm Up 2022 · 24 Jul 2022
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.
- Carter Bitz — met in 60 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
- Kellan Butler — met in 57 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
- Daniel Guerra — met in 47 rounds, finished ahead twice
Next targets
- A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,050 people have one; it is 0.96 away.
- A sub-6 Clock single — 2,366 people have one; it is 0.12 away.
Targets move as he improves.