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Samuel Antônio Araújo de Jesus

Pyraminx · top 0.84% of 129,321 all-time · competing since October 2011 · 2011JESU01

Samuel Antônio Araújo de Jesus has been competing for 15 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 1.81, set at Brasilia Open 2015, puts him in the top 0.84% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 17th in Brazil. Until April 2012, no official Pyraminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 23 competitions since October 2011, he has put 747 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 18% around a typical one; 98% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His Pyraminx best has come down from 5.90 in October 2011 to 1.81, a 69% improvement. Samuel has entered 23 competitions, more competitions than 97% of everyone who has ever competed.

Pyraminx
best event — top 0.84% of 129,321 all-time
1.81
signature single · Brasilia Open 2015
747
official solves on the record
18%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 98% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingBrazil
Pyraminx1.813.58
top 0.84%17 / 3,208
3×3 one-handed17.6522.68
top 14.2%194 / 1,992
3×312.1514.59
top 14.4%758 / 9,644
2×23.214.23
top 16.7%573 / 5,137
3×3 Fewest Moves37 moves50.67
top 37.3%117 / 360
Megaminx2:25.053:05.71
top 58.9%530 / 1,062
Skewb10.8013.73
top 59.7%769 / 1,463
4×41:27.561:38.37
top 61.8%963 / 1,855

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

Goiania Open 2011: 5.90Lagarto Open 2012: 4.33Torneio DRACO de Cubo Mágico 2012: 4.50Goiânia Open 2012: 2.84DRACO 2013: 2.19Campeonato Brasileiro de Cubo Mágico 2013: 2.81Novo Hamburgo Open III 2013: 3.62Goiânia Open 2013: 3.52Faria Brito Open 2014: 2.64Brasilia Open 2014: 3.27Brasileiro Etapa de Inverno 2014: 3.27Pré-Mundial 2015: 2.54Brasilia Open 2015: 1.81Esquenta para o Mundial 2015: 2.75World Rubik's Cube Championship 2015: 3.47Brasilia Spring 2015: 1.99Brasília Open 2016: 3.31Brasileiro 2016: 3.63Brasília Spring 2016: 3.13Brasileiro 2017: 3.54Brasília Spring 2017: 2.97Brasília Open 2018: 3.47Arena BSB de Cubo Mágico 2019: 3.661.815.908 Oct 201118 May 2019

Best single per competition, Pyraminx. 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-1 Pyraminx single — 49 people have one; it is 0.81 away.
  • A sub-15 3×3 one-handed single — 5,987 people have one; it is 2.65 away.

Targets move as he improves.