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Samuel Ylinen

2×2 · top 19.4% of 186,767 all-time · competing since June 2017 · 2017YLIN01

Samuel Ylinen has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 3.44, set at Oulu Open 2017, puts him in the top 19.4% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 223rd in Finland. Across 3 competitions since June 2017, he has put 61 official solves on the record across six events. His 3×3 best has come down from 33.11 in June 2017 to 23.61, a 29% improvement. Samuel has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 19.4% of 186,767 all-time
3.44
signature single · Oulu Open 2017
61
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingFinland
2×23.446.13
top 19.4%223 / 671
Pyraminx6.9715.56
top 27.6%234 / 551
Skewb7.7717.82
top 39.5%214 / 405
3×323.6126.34
top 49.4%513 / 875
Megaminx2:43.29
top 67.4%136 / 188
5×54:03.38
early days — 2 solves218 / 232

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

Pulmapelipäivät 2017: 33.11Oulu Open 2017: 24.30Pulmapelipäivät 2018: 23.6123.6133.119 Jun 20178 Jun 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-3 2×2 single — 26,570 people have one; it is 0.44 away.
  • A sub-6 Pyraminx single — 25,870 people have one; it is 0.97 away.

Targets move as he improves.