People · Finland
Sampo Saukkola
3×3 one-handed · top 8.5% of 73,695 all-time · competing since March 2018 · 2018SAUK01
Sampo Saukkola has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the 3×3 one-handed: a personal-best single of 15.17, set at Myyrmäki Summer Challenge 2019, puts him in the top 8.5% of the 73,695 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 41st in Finland. Until May 2008, no official 3×3 one-handed solve in the world had been that fast. Across 6 competitions since March 2018, he has put 181 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 9% around a typical one, steadier than 99% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 23.90 in March 2018 to 11.26, a 53% improvement. Sampo has entered six competitions, more competitions than 86% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Finland | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 one-handed | 15.17 | 18.92 | top 8.5% | 41 / 314 | |
| 3×3 | 11.26 | 12.79 | top 11.3% | 145 / 875 | |
| 4×4 | 41.81 | 44.86 | top 14.3% | 74 / 388 | |
| Pyraminx | 5.68 | 7.00 | top 17.6% | 168 / 551 | |
| 2×2 | 4.03 | 5.32 | top 26.9% | 279 / 671 | |
| 5×5 | 1:41.62 | 1:48.13 | top 36.6% | 95 / 232 |
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
- 24 May 2019Five personal bests in one day at Myyrmäki Summer Challenge 2019.
- 1 Mar 2019Three personal bests in one day at Myyrmäki Spring Challenge 2019.
- 9 Feb 2019Four personal bests in one day at Vantaa Open 2019.
- 24 Aug 2018First sub-15 3×3: 14.17 at Ark 2018.
- 24 Aug 2018Four personal bests in one day at Ark 2018.
- 30 Jun 2018First sub-20 3×3: 15.79 at Vantaa Open 2018.
Competitions
- Myyrmäki Summer Challenge 2019 · 24 May 2019 — 5 personal bests set
- Myyrmäki Spring Challenge 2019 · 1 Mar 2019 — 3 personal bests set
- Vantaa Open 2019 · 9 Feb 2019 — 4 personal bests set
- Ark 2018 · 24 Aug 2018 — 4 personal bests set
- Vantaa Open 2018 · 30 Jun 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- Finnish Open 2018 · 23 Mar 2018
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.
- Callum McArthur-Mortell — met in 37 rounds, finished ahead 10 times
- Niko Ronkainen — met in 37 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
- Pessi Ansaranta — met in 37 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
Next targets
- A sub-15 3×3 one-handed single — 5,987 people have one; it is 0.17 away.
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 1.26 away.
Targets move as he improves.