People · United States
Sammy Tawakkol
2×2 · top 5.7% of 186,767 all-time · competing since January 2013 · 2013TAWA01
Sammy Tawakkol has been competing for 14 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.13, set at Keep Austin Weird 2014, puts him in the top 5.7% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,260th in the United States. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 16 competitions since January 2013, he has put 548 official solves on the record across 13 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 53% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 34.55 in January 2013 to 10.70, a 69% improvement. Sammy has entered 16 competitions, more competitions than 96% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 2.13 | 3.84 | top 5.7% | 2,260 / 40,951 | |
| 3×3 | 10.70 | 13.89 | top 9.6% | 5,203 / 59,724 | |
| Clock | 7.48 | 9.09 | top 12.9% | 979 / 8,927 | |
| Pyraminx | 5.44 | 9.23 | top 16.1% | 4,241 / 28,708 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 19.21 | 26.50 | top 18.4% | 2,367 / 15,683 | |
| 4×4 | 54.27 | 1:03.95 | top 29.8% | 4,682 / 19,072 | |
| Skewb | 8.40 | 12.34 | top 44.3% | 7,793 / 18,907 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 39 moves | — | top 44.7% | 969 / 2,040 | |
| 5×5 | 1:57.54 | 2:04.75 | top 47.7% | 3,982 / 9,401 | |
| Square-1 | 31.00 | 40.36 | top 51.2% | 3,354 / 6,743 | |
| Megaminx | 2:22.08 | — | top 57.5% | 4,323 / 7,841 | |
| 6×6 | 4:19.86 | 4:49.59 | top 71.7% | 2,831 / 4,196 | |
| 7×7 | 6:48.14 | — | top 78.1% | 2,441 / 3,184 |
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
- 18 Jun 2016Four personal bests in one day at Slow N Steady Spring 2016.
- 2 Jan 2016Five personal bests in one day at South East Texas Open 2016.
- 14 Nov 2015Four personal bests in one day at HOOAH SMA 2015.
- 10 Jul 2015Six personal bests in one day at Michigan 2015.
- 13 Jun 2015Three personal bests in one day at Texas Two-Day Showdown 2015.
- 18 Oct 2014First sub-15 3×3: 14.51 at Rice University 2014.
Competitions
- College Station Qualifier 2017 · 11 Mar 2017 — 1 personal best set
- Dallas Winter Variation 2017 · 18 Feb 2017 — 2 personal bests set
- Slow N Steady Spring 2016 · 18 Jun 2016 — 4 personal bests set
- South East Texas Open 2016 · 2 Jan 2016 — 5 personal bests set
- HOOAH SMA 2015 · 14 Nov 2015 — 4 personal bests set
- Michigan 2015 · 10 Jul 2015 — 6 personal bests set
- Texas Two-Day Showdown 2015 · 13 Jun 2015 — 3 personal bests set
- SMA Winter 2015 · 7 Feb 2015 — 1 personal best set
- Austin Cubing Limits 2015 · 3 Jan 2015 — 2 personal bests set
- Rice University 2014 · 18 Oct 2014 — 4 personal bests set
- US Nationals 2014 · 1 Aug 2014 — 5 personal bests set
- Keep Austin Weird 2014 · 19 Jul 2014 — 4 personal bests set
- Remember The Alamo 2014 · 17 May 2014 — 5 personal bests set
- Houston Winter Open 2014 · 4 Jan 2014 — 4 personal bests set
- Tree Town 2013 · 13 Jul 2013 — 4 personal bests set
- Houston Winter 2013 · 5 Jan 2013
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.
- Shonathon Collins — met in 95 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
- Ryan Przybocki — met in 74 rounds, finished ahead 12 times
- Sumeet Agarwal — met in 69 rounds, finished ahead once
Next targets
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.13 away.
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 0.70 away.
Targets move as he improves.