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Alfred Karlsson
3×3 · top 3.9% of 284,439 all-time · competing since April 2023 · 2023KARL02
Alfred Karlsson has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.56, set at Swedish Championship 2025, puts him in the top 3.9% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 128th in Sweden. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 4 competitions since April 2023, he has put 81 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, an early reading from 8 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 16.48 in April 2023 to 8.56, a 48% improvement. Alfred has entered four competitions, more competitions than 78% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Sweden | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 8.56 | 9.56 | top 3.9% | 128 / 2,925 | |
| Pyraminx | 5.58 | 12.38 | top 16.9% | 371 / 1,730 | |
| 2×2 | 3.40 | 5.11 | top 19.0% | 521 / 2,325 | |
| 4×4 | 52.70 | 1:03.67 | top 28.0% | 246 / 1,120 | |
| Megaminx | 1:53.43 | 2:13.84 | top 42.3% | 207 / 564 | |
| 5×5 | 3:03.53 | — | early days — 2 solves | 387 / 562 |
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
Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 6 Jun 2025First sub-10 3×3: 8.56 at Swedish Championship 2025.
- 6 Jun 2025Three personal bests in one day at Swedish Championship 2025.
- 24 Feb 2024First sub-15 3×3: 14.75 at Uppsala Winter Cubing 2024.
- 15 Apr 2023First competition: Cuboss Open 2023. A 16.48 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Cuboss Open 2025 · 25 Oct 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Swedish Championship 2025 · 6 Jun 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Uppsala Winter Cubing 2024 · 24 Feb 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Cuboss Open 2023 · 15 Apr 2023
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.
- Filip Åström — met in 18 rounds, finished ahead 8 times
- Ludwig Ivarsson — met in 18 rounds, finished ahead once
- Daniel Wallin — met in 18 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.56 away.
- A sub-5 Pyraminx single — 17,019 people have one; it is 0.58 away.
Targets move as he improves.