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Samuil Nikolov

Pyraminx · top 33.6% of 129,321 all-time · competing since November 2017 · 2017NIKO05

Samuil Nikolov has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 7.69, set at Tarnovo Open 2022, puts him in the top 33.6% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 108th in Bulgaria. Across 3 competitions since November 2017, he has put 77 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 17% around a typical one, an early reading from 5 counted rounds. His Pyraminx best has come down from 12.02 in November 2017 to 7.69, a 36% improvement. Samuil has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% of everyone who has ever competed.

Pyraminx
best event — top 33.6% of 129,321 all-time
7.69
signature single · Tarnovo Open 2022
77
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingBulgaria
Pyraminx7.6912.12
top 33.6%108 / 332
3×319.7224.21
top 39.1%223 / 567
2×26.048.35
top 51.3%222 / 407
Skewb15.8125.05
top 80.7%204 / 237
4×42:06.88
top 84.6%153 / 192

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

Craiova Rubik Open 2017: 12.02Bulgarian Open 2018: 9.53Tarnovo Open 2022: 7.697.6912.0218 Nov 20176 Aug 2022

Best single per competition, Pyraminx. 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-6 Pyraminx single — 25,870 people have one; it is 1.69 away.
  • A sub-15 3×3 single — 69,493 people have one; it is 4.72 away.

Targets move as he improves.