People · Sweden
Axel Östling
2×2 · top 2.9% of 189,179 all-time · competing since May 2016 · 2016OSTL01
Axel Östling has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.65, set at SSL 3 Kungsbacka 2017, puts him in the top 2.9% of the 189,179 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 116th in Sweden. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 13 competitions since May 2016, he has put 445 official solves on the record across nine events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 88% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 2×2 best has come down from 6.07 in May 2016 to 1.65, a 73% improvement. Axel 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 1.65 | 3.81 | top 2.9% | 116 / 2,338 | |
| Pyraminx | 3.11 | 6.02 | top 4.0% | 110 / 1,743 | |
| 3×3 | 11.10 | 13.62 | top 10.8% | 282 / 2,948 | |
| Skewb | 4.68 | 7.98 | top 15.8% | 223 / 1,176 | |
| 4×4 | 1:02.56 | 1:14.54 | top 39.3% | 356 / 1,123 | |
| Megaminx | 2:35.35 | — | early days — 2 solves | 321 / 569 | |
| 5×5 | 2:27.45 | 2:51.01 | top 64.7% | 317 / 567 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 40.56 | — | early days — 2 solves | 523 / 870 | |
| Square-1 | 55.26 | — | top 80.6% | 337 / 430 |
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, 2×2. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 30 Sep 2017Three personal bests in one day at SSL 3 Kungsbacka 2017.
- 29 Jul 2017Four personal bests in one day at Twist and Shout Summer 2017.
- 19 Nov 2016First sub-15 3×3: 13.59 at Tårnby Cube Træf 2016.
- 19 Nov 2016Six personal bests in one day at Tårnby Cube Træf 2016.
- 15 Oct 2016First sub-20 3×3: 18.88 at ÅF Swedish Cube Open 2016.
- 15 Oct 2016Three personal bests in one day at ÅF Swedish Cube Open 2016.
Competitions
- Swedish Championship 2018 · 11 May 2018
- SSL Final Borås 2017 · 2 Dec 2017
- Latvian Open 2017 · 4 Nov 2017 — 1 personal best set
- SSL 3 Kungsbacka 2017 · 30 Sep 2017 — 3 personal bests set
- Anders Larsson Memorial 2017 · 17 Sep 2017
- Twist and Shout Summer 2017 · 29 Jul 2017 — 4 personal bests set
- SSL 2 Stockholm 2017 · 8 Apr 2017 — 1 personal best set
- SSL 1 Jönköping 2017 · 4 Mar 2017 — 1 personal best set
- Lucia Open 2016 · 10 Dec 2016 — 1 personal best set
- Tårnby Cube Træf 2016 · 19 Nov 2016 — 6 personal bests set
- ÅF Swedish Cube Open 2016 · 15 Oct 2016 — 3 personal bests set
- Gothenburg Cube Open 2016 · 18 Jun 2016 — 5 personal bests set
- Swedish Decathlon Challenge 2016 · 7 May 2016
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.
- Elvin Thorsen — met in 72 rounds, finished ahead 16 times
- Anders Berggren — met in 68 rounds, finished ahead 15 times
- Daniel Wallin — met in 66 rounds, finished ahead once
Next targets
- A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,050 people have one; it is 0.65 away.
- A sub-3 Pyraminx single — 4,783 people have one; it is 0.11 away.
Targets move as he improves.