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Samuel Sharivker
Skewb · top 5.4% of 73,281 all-time · competing since December 2018 · 2018SHAR52
Samuel Sharivker has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the Skewb: a personal-best single of 3.08, set at Skewbadelphia Winter 2020, puts him in the top 5.4% of the 73,281 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 829th in the United States. Until February 2014, no official Skewb solve in the world had been that fast. Across 7 competitions since December 2018, he has put 117 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, an early reading from 9 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 22.55 in December 2018 to 13.12, a 42% improvement. Samuel has entered seven competitions, more competitions than 88% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Skewb | 3.08 | 8.76 | top 5.4% | 829 / 18,907 | |
| Pyraminx | 5.38 | 9.13 | top 15.6% | 4,105 / 28,708 | |
| 3×3 | 13.12 | 15.14 | top 17.8% | 9,559 / 59,724 | |
| Square-1 | 17.20 | 28.07 | top 21.4% | 1,426 / 6,743 | |
| 2×2 | 3.74 | 4.94 | top 23.2% | 9,103 / 40,951 | |
| 4×4 | 51.07 | 55.72 | top 26.0% | 4,009 / 19,072 | |
| 5×5 | 2:27.56 | 2:44.79 | top 64.6% | 5,622 / 9,401 |
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
- 10 Dec 2023Three personal bests in one day at Manhattan Mini C 2023.
- 7 Mar 2020First sub-15 3×3: 13.69 at Skewbadelphia Winter 2020.
- 7 Mar 2020Five personal bests in one day at Skewbadelphia Winter 2020.
- 6 Apr 2019First sub-20 3×3: 17.48 at Ridge Cubing 2019.
- 8 Dec 2018First competition: Penn Cube Day Fall 2018. A 22.55 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Manhattan Mini C 2023 · 10 Dec 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Skewbadelphia Winter 2020 · 7 Mar 2020 — 5 personal bests set
- Brooklyn Fall 2019 · 12 Oct 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Brooklyn 2019 · 25 May 2019
- Ridge Cubing 2019 · 6 Apr 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- New Hope Open Winter 2019 · 20 Jan 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Penn Cube Day Fall 2018 · 8 Dec 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.
- Lauren Phung — met in 20 rounds, never finished ahead
- Sameer Sethuram — met in 18 rounds, finished ahead once
- Chris Chi — met in 17 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-3 Skewb single — 3,646 people have one; it is 0.08 away.
- A sub-5 Pyraminx single — 17,019 people have one; it is 0.38 away.
Targets move as he improves.