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Sam Mehmani (سام مهمانی)

2×2 · top 0.36% of 186,767 all-time · competing since February 2017 · 2017MEHM02

Sam Mehmani (سام مهمانی) has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 0.89, set at Championnat Québécois 2024, puts him in the top 0.36% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2nd in Iran. Until November 2011, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 28 competitions since February 2017, he has put 1,007 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 72% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 2×2 best has come down from 7.02 in February 2017 to 0.89, an 87% improvement. Sam has entered 28 competitions, more competitions than 98% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 0.36% of 186,767 all-time
0.89
signature single · Championnat Québécois 2024
1,007
official solves on the record
14%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 72% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingIran
2×20.891.72
top 0.36%2 / 856
3×37.369.21
top 1.8%24 / 1,569
Pyraminx2.695.97
top 2.7%18 / 500
3×3 Fewest Moves26 moves34.33
top 6.2%4 / 55
4×434.9238.36
top 6.6%22 / 295
3×3 one-handed14.3118.08
top 6.7%25 / 298
Skewb3.766.41
top 9.3%13 / 152
5×51:33.031:35.64
top 29.9%38 / 140

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

Iran Open 2017: 7.02Chekaad Summer 2017: 2.72Golden Rubik's Cube 2017: 2.24Sunmarke Dubai Open II 2017: 2.21Aftab Cubing Days 2018: 2.35Marmara Spring 2018: 2.35Chekaad Summer 2018: 2.66Icy Summer 2018: 1.98Iran Academy 2018: 1.36Alborz Green Cup 2019: 1.91Sina International 2019: 1.61Tehran Summer 2019: 1.31Chekaad Summer 2019: 1.56Welcome Back Iran 2022: 1.74ViraCup 2023: 1.33Kerman Summer 2023: 1.82Edukent Weekend 2023: 1.36Hooshinoo Summer 2023: 1.21100 Years Republic İstanbul 2023: 1.33Chekaad Autumn 2023: 1.31Défi Jeunesse Montréal 2023: 1.45Pas de 3x3 à Gatineau 2024: 1.32Nouveaux Venus à Montréal A 2024: 1.61Ottawa Favourites 2024: 1.27Championnat Québécois 2024: 0.890.897.0216 Feb 20174 Oct 2024

Best single per competition, 2×2. 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-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 1.36 away.
  • A sub-2 Pyraminx single — 1,476 people have one; it is 0.69 away.

Targets move as he improves.