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Samuel Adrián Pérez Loya

3×3 · top 4.4% of 284,439 all-time · competing since March 2013 · 2013LOYA01

Samuel Adrián Pérez Loya has been competing for 14 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.81, set at Clásico 2015, puts him in the top 4.4% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 221st in Mexico. Until May 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 6 competitions since March 2013, he has put 323 official solves on the record across ten events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 10% around a typical one, steadier than 97% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 2×2 best has come down from 3.41 in March 2013 to 1.95, a 43% improvement. Samuel has entered six competitions, more competitions than 86% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 4.4% of 284,439 all-time
8.81
signature single · Clásico 2015
323
official solves on the record
10%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 97% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingMexico
3×38.8110.74
top 4.4%221 / 4,263
2×21.952.71
top 4.4%154 / 3,018
3×3 one-handed16.4820.99
top 11.3%198 / 1,672
4×443.1850.41
top 16.0%361 / 1,845
3×3 blindfolded1:15.281:24.22
top 17.9%33 / 251
Pyraminx5.807.84
top 18.5%456 / 2,003
3×3 Multi-Blind8 of 8 cubes · 44:59
top 22.2%18 / 87
5×51:48.731:54.48
top 41.7%467 / 1,010
7×76:58.08
early days — 2 solves367 / 472
6×65:24.31
early days — 1 solve449 / 510

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

Goku Open 2013: 3.41Tree Town 2013: 2.81Fénix 2014: 2.59US Nationals 2014: 2.41CUCEI Championship 2014: 2.12Clásico 2015: 1.951.953.4124 Mar 20134 Apr 2015

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-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.81 away.
  • A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.95 away.

Targets move as he improves.