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Samuel Omena Simões

2×2 · top 8.7% of 186,767 all-time · competing since October 2015 · 2015SIMO06

Samuel Omena Simões has been competing for 11 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.48, set at Manaus Cubo Plaza Open 2019, puts him in the top 8.7% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 284th in Brazil. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 10 competitions since October 2015, he has put 364 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one; 86% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 28.74 in October 2015 to 13.24, a 54% improvement. Samuel has entered ten competitions, more competitions than 92% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 8.7% of 186,767 all-time
2.48
signature single · Manaus Cubo Plaza Open 2019
364
official solves on the record
15%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 86% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingBrazil
2×22.484.59
top 8.7%284 / 5,137
3×313.2416.73
top 18.3%1,014 / 9,644
3×3 one-handed27.3935.22
top 40.4%623 / 1,992
Pyraminx8.6610.46
top 41.9%1,022 / 3,208
Skewb11.4815.73
top 63.4%827 / 1,463
4×41:34.131:54.00
top 66.6%1,051 / 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

CBPS Open 2015: 28.74Big Pine Open 2015: 22.13Manaus Plaza Open 2016: 17.20Manaus Plaza Open 2017: 20.31Manaus Plaza Open II 2017: 13.38Tambaqui Plaza Open 2018: 15.89Manaus Cubo Plaza Open 2018: 13.24Manaus Cubo Plaza Open 2019: 15.32Manaus Plaza Open 2020: 15.60Manaus Plaza Open 2022: 17.6513.2428.743 Oct 201519 Feb 2022

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-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.48 away.
  • A sub-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 1.24 away.

Targets move as he improves.