People · Sweden
Axel Skoglund
Pyraminx · top 5.3% of 129,321 all-time · competing since January 2017 · 2017SKOG01
Axel Skoglund has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 3.46, set at Nordic Championship 2018, puts him in the top 5.3% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 135th in Sweden. Until February 2008, no official Pyraminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 11 competitions since January 2017, he has put 527 official solves on the record across twelve events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 63% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 20.69 in January 2017 to 10.21, a 51% improvement. Axel has entered eleven competitions, more competitions than 93% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Sweden | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pyraminx | 3.46 | 5.30 | top 5.3% | 135 / 1,730 | |
| 3×3 | 10.21 | 11.81 | top 8.1% | 229 / 2,925 | |
| 2×2 | 2.55 | 4.19 | top 9.4% | 293 / 2,325 | |
| 4×4 | 46.84 | 55.15 | top 20.6% | 190 / 1,120 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 21.10 | 22.60 | top 23.5% | 205 / 868 | |
| Square-1 | 20.14 | 27.03 | top 28.3% | 123 / 427 | |
| Megaminx | 1:30.32 | 1:44.76 | top 28.4% | 141 / 564 | |
| Skewb | 6.37 | 9.78 | top 28.7% | 367 / 1,173 | |
| 5×5 | 1:33.76 | 1:55.17 | top 30.5% | 151 / 562 | |
| 6×6 | 4:26.90 | 4:38.62 | top 73.7% | 164 / 249 | |
| Clock | 25.83 | 42.70 | top 78.2% | 417 / 546 | |
| 7×7 | 7:40.97 | — | early days — 1 solve | 163 / 206 |
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
- 2 Nov 2019Six personal bests in one day at SSL 4 Sundsvall 2019.
- 22 Jun 2019Five personal bests in one day at Swedish Decathlon Challenge 2019.
- 9 Mar 2019Four personal bests in one day at SSL 1 Åkers Styckebruk 2019.
- 2 Nov 2018Eight personal bests in one day at Nordic Championship 2018.
- 11 May 2018Eight personal bests in one day at Swedish Championship 2018.
- 11 Nov 2017First sub-15 3×3: 14.18 at SSL 4 Mora 2017.
Competitions
- SSL Final Stockholm 2019 · 7 Dec 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- SSL 4 Sundsvall 2019 · 2 Nov 2019 — 6 personal bests set
- Swedish Decathlon Challenge 2019 · 22 Jun 2019 — 5 personal bests set
- SSL 1 Åkers Styckebruk 2019 · 9 Mar 2019 — 4 personal bests set
- Nordic Championship 2018 · 2 Nov 2018 — 8 personal bests set
- Swedish Championship 2018 · 11 May 2018 — 8 personal bests set
- SSL 4 Mora 2017 · 11 Nov 2017 — 6 personal bests set
- Anders Larsson Memorial 2017 · 17 Sep 2017 — 4 personal bests set
- Swedish Championship 2017 · 26 May 2017 — 6 personal bests set
- Swedish Decathlon Challenge 2017 · 29 Apr 2017 — 3 personal bests set
- Flen New Year's Blind 2017 · 14 Jan 2017
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 121 rounds, never finished ahead
- Leo Lindqvist — met in 114 rounds, finished ahead 11 times
- Elvin Thorsen — met in 111 rounds, finished ahead once
Next targets
- A sub-3 Pyraminx single — 4,700 people have one; it is 0.46 away.
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 0.21 away.
Targets move as he improves.