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Bernard Gårdenborg

2×2 · top 7.2% of 186,767 all-time · competing since December 2022 · 2022GARD08

Bernard Gårdenborg has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.32, set at Cuboss Open 2023, puts him in the top 7.2% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 243rd in Sweden. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 15 competitions since December 2022, he has put 300 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 36.36 in December 2022 to 12.34, a 66% improvement. Bernard has entered 15 competitions, more competitions than 95% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 7.2% of 186,767 all-time
2.32
signature single · Cuboss Open 2023
300
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 standingSweden
2×22.325.36
top 7.2%243 / 2,325
Pyraminx5.098.11
top 13.7%306 / 1,730
3×312.3416.53
top 15.1%386 / 2,925
Skewb7.4710.35
top 37.2%464 / 1,173
Clock15.0118.65
top 48.0%260 / 546
3×3 one-handed34.8640.08
top 57.0%432 / 868
4×41:26.541:47.49
top 61.0%555 / 1,120
5×53:00.33
early days — 2 solves383 / 562
Square-11:16.011:36.76
top 91.4%382 / 427

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

Top 75 Percent Proceed in Sala 2022: 36.36Kubsala Winter 2023: 28.75Stockholmsligan 2: Spurs - 2023: 25.55Vardagscubing IV - Gamla Uppsala 2023: 20.79Cuboss Open 2023: 17.11Uppsalaligan 1: Lycium Barbarum - 2023: 17.84Uppsalaligan 2: Malus Domestica - 2023: 16.32Uppsalaligan 3: Vaccinium Oxycoccos - 2023: 15.77Uppsalaligan Final: Mangifera Indica - 2023: 16.03Uppsalaligan 1: Troy 3D Star - 2023: 13.79Uppsalaligan 2: Five Axis Cube - 2023: 16.57SveKub Super League Final: Uppsala 2023: 15.56Uppsalaligan 1: Mixup - 2024: 12.34Swedish Championship 2024: 14.43Uppsalaligan 5: Clover - 2024: 14.6412.3436.3617 Dec 202230 May 2024

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-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.32 away.
  • A sub-5 Pyraminx single — 17,019 people have one; it is 0.09 away.

Targets move as he improves.