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Albert Alstrup Palm

Square-1 · top 0.49% of 25,272 all-time · competing since February 2023 · 2023PALM03

Albert Alstrup Palm has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the Square-1: a personal-best single of 5.52, set at Clockerup i Otterup 2025, puts him in the top 0.49% of the 25,272 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 3rd in Denmark. Until July 2018, no official Square-1 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 36 competitions since February 2023, he has put 1,283 official solves on the record across eleven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 55% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 15.63 in February 2023 to 8.36, a 47% improvement. Albert has entered 36 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

Square-1
best event — top 0.49% of 25,272 all-time
5.52
signature single · Clockerup i Otterup 2025
1,283
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 55% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingDenmark
Square-15.528.88
top 0.49%3 / 185
Skewb2.114.92
top 1.7%13 / 467
2×21.472.74
top 2.0%29 / 906
3×38.369.66
top 3.4%55 / 1,198
Megaminx49.1358.01
top 4.7%15 / 232
4×439.0247.23
top 11.0%48 / 468
Pyraminx4.646.35
top 11.0%108 / 702
3×3 one-handed19.2622.74
top 18.5%76 / 380
Clock9.4110.92
top 22.0%45 / 187
5×51:38.451:54.36
top 34.2%81 / 269
3×3 Fewest Moves48 moves—
early days — 1 solve79 / 96

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

Kensington Summer Saturday 2023: 15.63Hverdagscubing V - Hvidovre Marts 2023: 12.20Forårscubing i Hvidovre 2023: 15.12Rødovre Cubing 2023: 12.63Blandede Bolsjer i Lejre 2023: 13.98Danish Championship 2023: 10.27Hverdagscubing VII - Roskilde 2023: 10.53Hvidovre Fall 2023: 11.35First Solves at Fisketorvet 2023: 12.32Efterårscubing i Hvidovre 2023: 11.24Cubing at The Cube 2024: 10.94DSF Generalforsamlingen 2024: 11.13Vintercubing i Hvidovre 2024: 9.47Alle Mod Alle i Allerød 2024: 10.15Ishøj Introduktion 2024: 10.00Festlige Terninger Østervang 2024: 9.67En Lille Søndag i Ishøj 2024: 10.69Danish Championship 2024: 9.28Efterårscubing i Hvidovre 2024: 8.36Risbjerg Februar 2025: 9.31Rubik's WCA World Championship 2025: 10.59Hvidovre Open 2025: 8.38Hvidovre Liga V - Finale 2025: 9.00Hvidovre for Alle 2026: 8.85Pi Cubing Hvidovre 2026: 8.47Nordic & Swedish Championship 2026: 9.308.3615.6311 Feb 20231 May 2026

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-5 Square-1 single — 68 people have one; it is 0.52 away.
  • A sub-2 Skewb single — 1,013 people have one; it is 0.11 away.

Targets move as he improves.