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Alvar Nylén

2×2 · top 0.54% of 186,767 all-time · competing since September 2017 · 2017NYLE01

Alvar Nylén has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 0.99, set at Nyköping Winter Cubing 2023, puts him in the top 0.54% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 26th in Sweden. Until November 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 50 competitions since September 2017, he has put 3,196 official solves on the record across 16 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 58% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 26.24 in September 2017 to 6.34, a 76% improvement. Alvar has entered 50 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 0.54% of 186,767 all-time
0.99
signature single · Nyköping Winter Cubing 2023
3,196
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 58% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingSweden
2×20.992.54
top 0.54%26 / 2,325
3×36.347.67
top 0.71%34 / 2,925
Square-15.9712.92
top 0.79%5 / 427
Pyraminx1.833.76
top 0.87%30 / 1,730
4×426.4830.89
top 1.1%18 / 1,120
5×548.4855.16
top 1.4%10 / 562
6×61:26.801:37.55
top 1.4%5 / 249
7×72:21.442:29.19
top 2.5%6 / 206
3×3 one-handed12.1516.62
top 3.2%38 / 868
Skewb2.635.49
top 3.4%56 / 1,173
Megaminx51.601:02.67
top 5.8%37 / 564
Clock6.308.47
top 8.3%55 / 546
3×3 blindfolded1:42.232:29.95
top 27.4%56 / 159
3×3 Fewest Moves39 moves—
early days — 2 solves87 / 168
3×3 Multi-Blind2 of 2 cubes · 14:26—
early days — 2 solves64 / 89
4×4 blindfolded17:42.00—
early days — 1 solve44 / 52

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

Anders Larsson Memorial 2017: 26.24SSL 4 Mora 2017: 17.42Swedish Decathlon Challenge 2018: 19.89Nordic Championship 2018: 10.87Flen Christmas Sleepover 2018: 12.55Kubkvarna Winter 2019: 9.90SSL 1 Åkers Styckebruk 2019: 12.69Valborg Cubing 2019: 10.22Swedish Championship 2019: 10.43Swedish Decathlon Challenge 2019: 10.01Norrkubing 2019: 7.50SSL 4 Sundsvall 2019: 7.95SSL Final Stockholm 2019: 9.63Södertälje New Year 2020: 8.58Popular 'n Blind Flen 2020: 9.49Welcome Back Jönköping 2020: 8.12Flen - Lilla Manschetten 2021: 8.43Norrkubing 2021: 6.97Stockholm VRG 2021: 7.18Kubkvarna 2022: 7.80Popular 'n Blind Flen 2022: 8.02Fyris Cubing 2022: 7.22Rubik's WCA European Championship 2022: 7.98Top 75 Percent Proceed in Sala 2022: 8.21Nyköping Winter Cubing 2023: 6.99Kubsala Winter 2023: 7.31Stockholmsligan 1: The Gunners - 2023: 8.17Vardagscubing III - Ålidenskolan Open B 2023: 7.82Stockholmsligan 3: The Hammers - 2023: 7.98Clockholm Open 2023: 7.21Stockholmsligan 5: The Reds 2023: 7.51SveKub Super League III: Stockholm 2023: 6.49Squockholm Open 2023: 6.98SveKub Super League IV: Flen 2023: 7.92Stockholmsligan 8: The Cottagers - 2023: 7.03Stockholmsligan 9: The Foxes - 2023: 8.46Swedish Championship 2023: 7.28Stockholmsligan Final 2023: 7.69Björneborg Weekend 2023: 7.44Stockholmsligan 1: Floorball - 2023: 7.67Stockholmsligan 2: Table Tennis - 2023: 6.34All Events in Stockholm 2024: 7.81Swedish Championship 2024: 6.89Swedish Championship 2025: 6.90Riverlake 2026: 9.266.3426.2417 Sep 20176 Mar 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-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 0.34 away.
  • A sub-5 Square-1 single — 68 people have one; it is 0.97 away.

Targets move as he improves.