People · Belgium
Sam Karapinar
3×3 · top 9.8% of 284,439 all-time · competing since March 2023 · 2023KARA03
Sam Karapinar has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 10.79, set at Wommelgem Open 2023, puts him in the top 9.8% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 121st in Belgium. Until August 2006, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 4 competitions since March 2023, he has put 196 official solves on the record across ten events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 56% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. Sam has entered four competitions, more competitions than 78% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Belgium | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 10.79 | 12.76 | top 9.8% | 121 / 1,094 | |
| 2×2 | 3.17 | 4.72 | top 16.3% | 154 / 777 | |
| 4×4 | 45.32 | 51.82 | top 18.7% | 83 / 459 | |
| Pyraminx | 6.04 | 9.53 | top 20.3% | 145 / 589 | |
| Skewb | 6.26 | 9.80 | top 27.8% | 123 / 394 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 24.66 | 28.66 | top 33.3% | 95 / 314 | |
| 5×5 | 1:53.21 | 1:58.77 | top 44.8% | 95 / 246 | |
| Square-1 | 34.45 | 40.13 | top 57.5% | 79 / 150 | |
| Megaminx | 2:24.66 | 2:50.26 | top 58.7% | 114 / 197 | |
| 6×6 | 3:55.42 | 4:08.05 | early days — 3 solves | 62 / 119 |
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
- 1 Apr 2023Seven personal bests in one day at Wommelgem Open 2023.
- 11 Mar 2023First competition: Brugge Open 2023. A 11.67 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Leuven Open 2025 · 5 Apr 2025
- Koersel Sunday Open 2023 · 7 May 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Wommelgem Open 2023 · 1 Apr 2023 — 7 personal bests set
- Brugge Open 2023 · 11 Mar 2023 — 1 personal best set
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.
- Lisa Leukemans — met in 36 rounds, finished ahead 7 times
- Raphael Eduardo Kuijpers — met in 34 rounds, finished ahead 6 times
- Joran Pauwels — met in 34 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
Next targets
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 0.79 away.
- A sub-3 2×2 single — 26,570 people have one; it is 0.17 away.
Targets move as he improves.