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Samuli Laine

2×2 · top 11.5% of 186,767 all-time · competing since September 2017 · 2017LAIN04

Samuli Laine has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.75, set at Finnish Championship 2018, puts him in the top 11.5% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 151st in Finland. Across 16 competitions since September 2017, he has put 250 official solves on the record across three events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 67% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 2×2 best has come down from 18.21 in September 2017 to 2.75, an 85% improvement. Samuli has entered 16 competitions, more competitions than 96% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 11.5% of 186,767 all-time
2.75
signature single · Finnish Championship 2018
250
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 67% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingFinland
2×22.756.18
top 11.5%151 / 671
Clock9.6612.06
top 23.4%70 / 194
3×318.6420.78
top 36.1%378 / 875

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

Kirkkonummi Open 2017: 18.21Oulu Open 2017: 25.03Finnish Championship 2017: 11.26Tapiola Winter Open 2018: 6.68Finnish Championship 2018: 2.75Pulmapelipäivät 2018: 5.10Vantaa Open 2018: 6.55WCA European Championship 2018: 7.53Vantaa Open 2019: 5.88Myyrmäki Spring Challenge 2019: 5.40Denmark & Friends 2019: 5.08Tietomaa Open 2019: 5.54Vantaa Back to School 2019: 3.71Nordic Championship 2019: 5.41Finnish Championship 2019: 5.00Finnish Championship 2021: 5.192.7525.0316 Sep 201730 Oct 2021

Best single per competition, 2×2. 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 0.75 away.
  • A sub-8 Clock single — 4,877 people have one; it is 1.66 away.

Targets move as he improves.