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Steve S. Solkela

4×4 · top 93.1% of 83,917 all-time · competing since February 2023 · 2023SOLK01

Steve S. Solkela has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 4×4: a personal-best single of 2:36.53, set at Minnesota Meetup III Thursday 2024, puts him in the top 93.1% of the 83,917 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 17,822nd in the United States. Across 2 competitions since February 2023, he has put 24 official solves on the record across four events. Steve has entered two competitions.

4×4
best event — top 93.1% of 83,917 all-time
2:36.53
signature single · Minnesota Meetup III Thursday 2024
24
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
4×42:36.53
top 93.1%17,822 / 19,072
3×31:13.481:19.80
top 95.6%57,885 / 59,724
Skewb40.5658.54
top 99.1%18,841 / 18,907
2×233.801:54.06
top 99.2%40,786 / 40,951

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

Frozen Lake Minnesota 2023: 1:13.48Minnesota Meetup III Thursday 2024: 1:19.331:13.481:19.3311 Feb 20234 Jan 2024

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-2:00 4×4 single — 68,574 people have one; it is 36.53 away.
  • A sub-1:00 3×3 single — 260,367 people have one; it is 13.48 away.

Targets move as he improves.