People · Sweden
Arvid Sandström
3×3 · top 4.7% of 288,433 all-time · competing since September 2013 · 2013SAND03
Arvid Sandström has been competing for 13 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.93, set at Swedish Championship 2019, puts him in the top 4.7% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 154th in Sweden. Until May 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 13 competitions since September 2013, he has put 608 official solves on the record across 13 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 72% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 26.61 in September 2013 to 8.93, a 66% improvement. Arvid has entered 13 competitions, more competitions than 94% 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 | 8.93 | 12.43 | top 4.7% | 154 / 2,948 | |
| Pyraminx | 4.11 | 8.31 | top 8.3% | 194 / 1,743 | |
| Megaminx | 1:07.49 | 1:17.89 | top 14.2% | 71 / 569 | |
| 2×2 | 3.22 | 4.70 | top 16.9% | 470 / 2,338 | |
| Skewb | 4.96 | 8.20 | top 17.9% | 242 / 1,176 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 20.73 | 22.12 | top 22.6% | 201 / 870 | |
| 4×4 | 51.81 | 54.37 | top 27.0% | 238 / 1,123 | |
| 5×5 | 1:31.10 | 1:41.64 | top 28.3% | 137 / 567 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 38 moves | 46.33 | top 41.0% | 81 / 171 | |
| Square-1 | 28.16 | 33.75 | top 46.1% | 200 / 430 | |
| 6×6 | 3:43.20 | 3:47.58 | top 60.0% | 145 / 255 | |
| 7×7 | 5:39.85 | 5:57.15 | top 62.7% | 120 / 207 | |
| Clock | 22.02 | 25.89 | top 70.2% | 385 / 552 |
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
- 30 May 2019First sub-10 3×3: 8.93 at Swedish Championship 2019.
- 30 May 2019Seven personal bests in one day at Swedish Championship 2019.
- 2 Dec 2017Six personal bests in one day at SSL Final Borås 2017.
- 4 Mar 2017Seven personal bests in one day at SSL 1 Jönköping 2017.
- 15 Oct 2016Six personal bests in one day at ÅF Swedish Cube Open 2016.
- 7 May 2016Ten personal bests in one day at Swedish Decathlon Challenge 2016.
Competitions
- Vardagscubing IV - Gamla Uppsala 2023 · 7 Mar 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Swedish Championship 2019 · 30 May 2019 — 7 personal bests set
- SSL Final Borås 2017 · 2 Dec 2017 — 6 personal bests set
- SSL 1 Jönköping 2017 · 4 Mar 2017 — 7 personal bests set
- ÅF Swedish Cube Open 2016 · 15 Oct 2016 — 6 personal bests set
- Swedish Decathlon Challenge 2016 · 7 May 2016 — 10 personal bests set
- Swedish Championship 2015 · 5 Dec 2015 — 2 personal bests set
- Norrkubing 2015 · 16 Aug 2015 — 4 personal bests set
- Swedish Decathlon Challenge 2015 · 2 May 2015 — 12 personal bests set
- Swedish Championship 2014 · 20 Sep 2014 — 5 personal bests set
- Rubik's Cube European Championships 2014 · 8 Aug 2014 — 2 personal bests set
- Stockholm Open 2014 · 3 May 2014 — 4 personal bests set
- Swedish Championship 2013 · 14 Sep 2013
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.
- Daniel Wallin — met in 155 rounds, finished ahead once
- Anders Berggren — met in 145 rounds, finished ahead 22 times
- Nathaniel Berg — met in 114 rounds, finished ahead 10 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 8,101 people have one; it is 0.93 away.
- A sub-4 Pyraminx single — 10,050 people have one; it is 0.11 away.
Targets move as he improves.