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Samuel Yakulis

3×3 · top 26.5% of 284,439 all-time · competing since February 2014 · 2014YAKU01

Samuel Yakulis has been competing for 13 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 15.60, set at Slow N Steady Summer 2018, puts him in the top 26.5% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 14,452nd in the United States. Across 3 competitions since February 2014, he has put 49 official solves on the record across five events. His 3×3 best has come down from 17.54 in July 2018 to 15.60, an 11% improvement. Samuel has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 26.5% of 284,439 all-time
15.60
signature single · Slow N Steady Summer 2018
49
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×315.6019.06
top 26.5%14,452 / 59,724
4×459.101:10.16
top 35.5%5,725 / 19,072
5×51:54.212:06.53
top 45.5%3,752 / 9,401
2×25.607.06
top 46.5%18,821 / 40,951
Pyraminx10.7022.11
top 58.4%17,113 / 28,708

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

Fredericksburg Summer Open 2018: 17.54Slow N Steady Summer 2018: 15.6015.6017.5421 Jul 20182 Sep 2018

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-15 3×3 single — 69,493 people have one; it is 0.60 away.
  • A sub-50 4×4 single — 20,746 people have one; it is 9.10 away.

Targets move as he improves.