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Roman Samvelyan (Роман Самвелян)

3×3 one-handed · top 16.1% of 73,695 all-time · competing since June 2018 · 2018SAMV01

Roman Samvelyan (Роман Самвелян) has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the 3×3 one-handed: a personal-best single of 18.37, set at MPEI Open 2019, puts him in the top 16.1% of the 73,695 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 238th in Russia. Across 5 competitions since June 2018, he has put 76 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 8% around a typical one, an early reading from 6 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 15.12 in June 2018 to 12.72, a 16% improvement. Roman has entered five competitions, more competitions than 83% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3 one-handed
best event — top 16.1% of 73,695 all-time
18.37
signature single · MPEI Open 2019
76
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingRussia
3×3 one-handed18.3723.07
top 16.1%238 / 1,770
3×312.7214.38
top 16.5%756 / 6,475
2×23.625.55
top 21.7%833 / 4,782
Pyraminx9.6710.24
top 50.4%1,857 / 3,777
4×41:22.39
early days — 2 solves1,033 / 2,080
Skewb10.7512.75
top 59.4%1,116 / 2,264

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

Svetlye Gory Open 2018: 15.12CCC Open Moscow 2019: 13.73YJ Fest Moscow 2019: 15.31Ramenskoe Open 2019: 12.72MPEI Open 2019: 13.2212.7215.3129 Jun 201822 Nov 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-15 3×3 one-handed single — 5,987 people have one; it is 3.37 away.
  • A sub-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 0.72 away.

Targets move as he improves.