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Ivan Samsonov (Иван Самсонов)

3×3 · top 15.5% of 284,439 all-time · competing since September 2018 · 2018SAMS04

Ivan Samsonov (Иван Самсонов) has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 12.45, set at Pskov Open 2019, puts him in the top 15.5% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 709th in Russia. Across 4 competitions since September 2018, he has put 90 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, an early reading from 9 counted rounds. Ivan has entered four competitions, more competitions than 78% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 15.5% of 284,439 all-time
12.45
signature single · Pskov Open 2019
90
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingRussia
3×312.4515.02
top 15.5%709 / 6,475
Pyraminx7.9810.79
top 36.0%1,288 / 3,777
Megaminx1:49.622:05.39
top 40.1%262 / 998
3×3 one-handed33.4536.74
top 54.3%916 / 1,770
Square-139.77
early days — 3 solves432 / 759
Skewb15.8118.36
top 80.7%1,674 / 2,264
3×3 Fewest Moves51 moves
early days — 2 solves292 / 366

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

Speedcubes Fest in SPB 2018: 13.73Welcome to Academy 2018: 12.96Tartu Open 2018: 12.83Pskov Open 2019: 12.4512.4513.7329 Sep 20182 Feb 2019

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-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 0.45 away.
  • A sub-6 Pyraminx single — 25,870 people have one; it is 1.98 away.

Targets move as he improves.