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Sebastian Yem

3×3 · top 21.5% of 284,439 all-time · competing since May 2016 · 2016YEMS01

Sebastian Yem has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 14.15, set at Maybe Melrose Spring 2017, puts him in the top 21.5% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 11,600th in the United States. Across 5 competitions since May 2016, he has put 98 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, an early reading from 6 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 40.57 in May 2016 to 14.15, a 65% improvement. Sebastian has entered five competitions, more competitions than 83% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 21.5% of 284,439 all-time
14.15
signature single · Maybe Melrose Spring 2017
98
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×314.1520.99
top 21.5%11,600 / 59,724
Pyraminx7.8012.12
top 34.5%9,760 / 28,708
2×24.986.50
top 39.1%15,694 / 40,951
Skewb11.2013.08
top 61.9%11,420 / 18,907
Square-144.75
early days — 2 solves4,647 / 6,743
4×41:46.42
early days — 3 solves13,586 / 19,072
3×3 one-handed49.221:03.17
top 76.0%11,074 / 15,683

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

Northeastern Spring 2016: 40.57Phillips Exeter Cube Day 2016: 22.18South Berwick Open 2016: 16.76WPI Winter Cube Day 2017: 18.27Maybe Melrose Spring 2017: 14.1514.1540.5728 May 201629 Apr 2017

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-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 2.15 away.
  • A sub-6 Pyraminx single — 25,870 people have one; it is 1.80 away.

Targets move as he improves.