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Ilya Samarin

3×3 · top 13.1% of 284,439 all-time · competing since November 2010 · 2010SAMA02

Ilya Samarin has been competing for 16 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 11.77, set at Rubikaz 10th Anniversary Open 2012, puts him in the top 13.1% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 586th in Russia. Across 5 competitions since November 2010, he has put 100 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, an early reading from 7 counted rounds. His 3×3 one-handed best has come down from 41.05 in November 2010 to 19.33, a 53% improvement. Ilya has entered five competitions, more competitions than 83% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 13.1% of 284,439 all-time
11.77
signature single · Rubikaz 10th Anniversary Open 2012
100
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingRussia
3×311.7714.48
top 13.1%586 / 6,475
3×3 one-handed19.3324.61
top 18.7%286 / 1,770
2×25.227.11
top 42.1%1,730 / 4,782
Pyraminx9.3813.71
top 48.0%1,778 / 3,777
4×41:36.441:51.19
top 68.2%1,253 / 2,080
6×65:22.86
early days — 1 solve274 / 343

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

MPEI Open 2010: 41.05Moscow North-West Open 2011: 24.21MPEI Open 2011: 20.53Rubikaz 10th Anniversary Open 2012: 19.44Moscow North-West Open 2012: 19.3319.3341.0520 Nov 201011 Aug 2012

Best single per competition, 3×3 one-handed. 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-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 1.77 away.
  • A sub-15 3×3 one-handed single — 5,987 people have one; it is 4.33 away.

Targets move as he improves.