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Anders Arnsten

3×3 · top 2.6% of 284,439 all-time · competing since August 2022 · 2022ARNS01

Anders Arnsten has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 7.90, set at UCSD Maybe 2025, puts him in the top 2.6% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,514th in the United States. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 34 competitions since August 2022, he has put 811 official solves on the record across nine events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one; 79% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 22.05 in August 2022 to 7.90, a 64% improvement. Anders has entered 34 competitions, more competitions than 98% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 2.6% of 284,439 all-time
7.90
signature single · UCSD Maybe 2025
811
official solves on the record
15%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 79% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×37.9010.12
top 2.6%1,514 / 59,724
4×436.7440.47
top 8.4%1,266 / 19,072
2×22.613.62
top 10.0%3,938 / 40,951
3×3 one-handed16.8421.30
top 12.2%1,582 / 15,683
Skewb5.469.57
top 21.7%3,456 / 18,907
Pyraminx6.438.96
top 23.3%6,292 / 28,708
5×51:25.501:38.77
top 23.7%1,839 / 9,401
Megaminx1:37.821:51.31
top 33.2%2,355 / 7,841
Square-145.52—
top 71.7%4,708 / 6,743

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

Marshall Middle Slice 2022: 22.05Diamond Bar September 2022: 24.79San Diego's Final Cube-Down 2022: 17.21Chula Vista Winter 2023: 15.01Oak Valley Winter A 2023: 15.22Marshall Cubing Spring 2023: 14.26Westview Cubing Favorites 2023: 12.79UCSD For Hemophilia 2023: 12.22Poway Summer Cubing 2023: 11.59CubingUSA Nationals 2023: 10.90UCSD Summer 2023: 9.69Corona Summer 2023: 10.05UCSD Unofficial Events 2023: 11.08UCSD Extravaganza 2023: 9.84Nub Open Mission Viejo 2023: 10.35Beckman Gets Big 2023: 9.92UCSD Winter 2023: 9.46UCSD Winter 2024: 9.15Poway Cubing Winter 2024: 10.07Triton Tricubealon 2024: 9.49Orange County Newcomers 2024: 9.47San Diego Big Cub 2024: 9.54Temecula Valley Spring 2024: 9.50Westview Cubing Favorites 2024: 9.33CubingUSA Western Championship 2024: 8.99Super Duper San Diego 2024: 9.04Temecula Valley Fall 2024: 9.58UCSD Fall 2024: 8.37SoCal Speedcubing at Super STEM Saturday 2025: 9.08UCSD Maybe 2025: 7.90Westview Cubing Favorites 2025: 9.75Rubik's WCA World Championship 2025: 9.88Super Duper San Diego 2026: 9.257.9024.7927 Aug 20229 Jan 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 1.90 away.
  • A sub-30 4×4 single — 2,388 people have one; it is 6.74 away.

Targets move as he improves.