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Samuel Souza

2×2 · top 5.7% of 186,767 all-time · competing since July 2022 · 2022SOUZ06

Samuel Souza has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.13, set at Kubsala Winter 2023, puts him in the top 5.7% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 200th in Sweden. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 2 competitions since July 2022, he has put 76 official solves on the record across four events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, an early reading from 7 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 12.20 in July 2022 to 10.28, a 16% improvement. Samuel has entered two competitions.

2×2
best event — top 5.7% of 186,767 all-time
2.13
signature single · Kubsala Winter 2023
76
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingSweden
2×22.134.36
top 5.7%200 / 2,325
3×310.2812.05
top 8.3%235 / 2,925
Pyraminx7.589.04
top 32.7%657 / 1,730
3×3 one-handed46.59
early days — 2 solves580 / 868

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

Warm Up Stockholm 2022: 12.20Kubsala Winter 2023: 10.2810.2812.209 Jul 202213 Jan 2023

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 0.13 away.
  • A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 0.28 away.

Targets move as he improves.