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Sameel Arif

2×2 · top 32.3% of 186,767 all-time · competing since January 2016 · 2016ARIF01

Sameel Arif has been competing for 11 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 4.45, set at No Place For DNF Spring 2018, puts him in the top 32.3% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 12,833rd in the United States. Across 7 competitions since January 2016, he has put 50 official solves on the record across two events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 23% around a typical one, an early reading from 7 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 45.89 in January 2016 to 20.91, a 54% improvement. Sameel has entered seven competitions, more competitions than 88% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 32.3% of 186,767 all-time
4.45
signature single · No Place For DNF Spring 2018
50
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
2×24.455.74
top 32.3%12,833 / 40,951
3×320.9127.81
top 42.5%24,306 / 59,724

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

Red Cross Cubing Open 2016: 45.89Slow N Steady Winter 2016: 37.93Incredible Pencil Mania 2018: 28.43Rutgers Spring 2018: 20.91No Place For DNF Spring 2018: 26.46Princeton Fall 2018: 30.14Liberty Science Center Open 2018: 23.9020.9145.899 Jan 20168 Dec 2018

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-4 2×2 single — 49,452 people have one; it is 0.45 away.
  • A sub-20 3×3 single — 113,584 people have one; it is 0.91 away.

Targets move as he improves.