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Saman Parvizi (سامان پرویزی)

3×3 · top 1.4% of 284,439 all-time · competing since February 2016 · 2016PARV01

Saman Parvizi (سامان پرویزی) has been competing for 11 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 7.07, set at Alborz Green Cup 2019, puts him in the top 1.4% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 19th in Iran. Until November 2010, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 15 competitions since February 2016, he has put 553 official solves on the record across ten events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 73% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 2×2 best has come down from 8.78 in February 2016 to 1.38, an 84% improvement. Saman has entered 15 competitions, more competitions than 95% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 1.4% of 284,439 all-time
7.07
signature single · Alborz Green Cup 2019
553
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 73% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingIran
3×37.078.50
top 1.4%19 / 1,569
2×21.382.25
top 1.6%4 / 856
Skewb2.806.55
top 4.0%8 / 152
3×3 one-handed14.9417.74
top 8.0%29 / 298
Pyraminx4.085.76
top 8.1%35 / 500
4×439.9643.94
top 12.1%32 / 295
5×51:37.341:52.66
top 33.3%42 / 140
6×63:16.433:26.72
early days — 3 solves17 / 34
Megaminx2:20.702:43.09
top 56.7%41 / 72
7×75:50.956:35.10
top 65.4%18 / 28

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 2016: 8.78Iran Open 2017: 2.00Chekaad Summer 2017: 2.32Golden Rubik's Cube 2017: 2.12Aftab Cubing Days 2018: 1.99Chekaad Summer 2018: 1.85Iran Academy 2018: 1.41Alborz Green Cup 2019: 1.90Tehran Summer 2019: 1.85Chekaad Summer 2019: 1.38Mashhad Winter 2024: 2.33Semums Cubing 2024: 1.73Hooshinoo Open 2024: 2.07Fardis Cubing 2024: 2.23Yalda Cubing 2024: 1.431.388.7818 Feb 201620 Dec 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 1.07 away.
  • A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.38 away.

Targets move as he improves.