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Samuel Yanover
Pyraminx · top 7.1% of 129,321 all-time · competing since August 2024 · 2024YANO01
Samuel Yanover has been competing for 2 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 3.89, set at Waterloo Winter 2025, puts him in the top 7.1% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 251st in Canada. Until February 2008, no official Pyraminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 4 competitions since August 2024, he has put 106 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, an early reading from 7 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 22.34 in August 2024 to 13.36, a 40% improvement. Samuel has entered four competitions, more competitions than 78% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pyraminx | 3.89 | 6.66 | top 7.1% | 251 / 4,858 | |
| Skewb | 3.40 | 7.57 | top 7.1% | 137 / 2,907 | |
| 3×3 | 13.36 | 18.38 | top 18.7% | 1,768 / 10,392 | |
| Megaminx | 1:23.51 | 1:43.38 | top 24.0% | 219 / 1,375 | |
| 2×2 | 4.39 | 6.68 | top 31.5% | 2,149 / 7,173 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 32.16 | 34.70 | top 51.5% | 1,194 / 2,620 |
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
- 25 Jan 2025First sub-15 3×3: 13.36 at Waterloo Winter 2025.
- 25 Jan 2025Four personal bests in one day at Waterloo Winter 2025.
- 19 Oct 2024First sub-20 3×3: 17.75 at Kitchener Mini Morning 2024.
- 9 Aug 2024First competition: Ontario Championship 2024. A 24.08 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Waterloo Winter 2025 · 25 Jan 2025 — 4 personal bests set
- Pickering Favourites Autumn 2024 · 30 Nov 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Kitchener Mini Morning 2024 · 19 Oct 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Ontario Championship 2024 · 9 Aug 2024 — 2 personal bests set
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.
- Aidan Xu — met in 22 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
- Lucas Lopez — met in 17 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Burno Li Chak Kwan (李澤堃) — met in 17 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-3 Pyraminx single — 4,700 people have one; it is 0.89 away.
- A sub-3 Skewb single — 3,646 people have one; it is 0.40 away.
Targets move as he improves.