People · Denmark
Christian Smedegaard
3×3 · top 2.5% of 284,439 all-time · competing since June 2015 · 2015SMED01
Christian Smedegaard has been competing for 11 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 7.82, set at Aarhus Winter 2025, puts him in the top 2.5% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 47th in Denmark. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 34 competitions since June 2015, he has put 1,961 official solves on the record across 13 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 84% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 22.44 in June 2015 to 7.82, a 65% improvement. Christian has entered 34 competitions, more competitions than 98% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Denmark | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 7.82 | 9.89 | top 2.5% | 47 / 1,198 | |
| Skewb | 2.67 | 7.16 | top 3.5% | 22 / 467 | |
| 2×2 | 1.98 | 3.45 | top 4.6% | 62 / 906 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 15.71 | 18.96 | top 9.6% | 46 / 380 | |
| 4×4 | 40.17 | 48.11 | top 12.3% | 54 / 468 | |
| Pyraminx | 4.86 | 6.37 | top 12.3% | 117 / 702 | |
| Square-1 | 14.89 | 20.22 | top 16.2% | 29 / 185 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 33 moves | 33.67 | top 23.4% | 34 / 96 | |
| 5×5 | 1:29.94 | 1:38.54 | top 27.3% | 64 / 269 | |
| Clock | 11.25 | 12.79 | top 31.4% | 62 / 187 | |
| Megaminx | 1:45.49 | 1:58.46 | top 37.8% | 79 / 232 | |
| 6×6 | 3:10.54 | 3:35.03 | top 46.0% | 52 / 126 | |
| 7×7 | 5:17.17 | 5:34.70 | top 56.0% | 49 / 116 |
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
- 22 Feb 2025Three personal bests in one day at Aarhus Winter 2025.
- 22 Nov 2019Three personal bests in one day at Tårnby Cube Træf 2019.
- 10 Aug 2018Three personal bests in one day at Dåstrup Sleepover 2018.
- 15 Jun 2018Three personal bests in one day at Tårnby Cube Træf 2018.
- 17 Jun 2017Three personal bests in one day at Kvissel Open 2017.
- 19 May 2017First sub-10 3×3: 9.50 at Danish Open 2017.
Competitions
- Speedcubing Aarhus Generalforsamling 2026 · 12 Apr 2026
- Aarhus Winter 2026 · 31 Jan 2026
- Sej Sejere Sejs 2025 · 27 Sep 2025
- Aarhus Winter 2025 · 22 Feb 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Aarhus Christmas 2024 · 14 Dec 2024
- Aarhus Advent 2024 · 1 Dec 2024
- Aarhus Spring 2024 · 17 Mar 2024
- Bjerringbro Open 2023 · 18 Nov 2023
- Aarhus Spring 2023 · 25 Mar 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Aarhus Open 2022 · 5 Nov 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- Rubik's WCA European Championship 2022 · 14 Jul 2022
- Danish Championship 2021 · 8 Oct 2021 — 2 personal bests set
- DSF Generalforsamlingen 2020 · 9 Feb 2020
- Aarhus Christmas 2019 · 14 Dec 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Tårnby Cube Træf 2019 · 22 Nov 2019 — 3 personal bests set
- Danish Open 2019 · 13 Sep 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- DSF Generalforsamlingen 2019 · 9 Feb 2019
- Kvissel Fall 2018 · 10 Nov 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- Dåstrup Sleepover 2018 · 10 Aug 2018 — 3 personal bests set
- WCA European Championship 2018 · 19 Jul 2018
- Tårnby Cube Træf 2018 · 15 Jun 2018 — 3 personal bests set
- Generalforsamlingen 2018 · 27 Jan 2018 — 1 personal best set
- Vestegnen Open 2017 · 10 Sep 2017 — 1 personal best set
- World Rubik's Cube Championship 2017 · 13 Jul 2017 — 1 personal best set
- Kvissel Open 2017 · 17 Jun 2017 — 3 personal bests set
- Danish Open 2017 · 19 May 2017 — 10 personal bests set
- Kongens Lyngby Open 2017 · 8 Apr 2017 — 1 personal best set
- Hamburg Open 2017 · 25 Feb 2017 — 6 personal bests set
- Generalforsamlingen 2017 · 14 Jan 2017 — 3 personal bests set
- Vinderup Open 2016 · 8 Oct 2016 — 7 personal bests set
- Danish Open 2016 · 10 Jun 2016 — 7 personal bests set
- Roskilde by Vote 2016 · 13 Mar 2016 — 5 personal bests set
- Danish Special 2015 · 5 Dec 2015 — 6 personal bests set
- Danish Open Championships 2015 · 20 Jun 2015
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.
- Rasmus Stub Detlefsen — met in 384 rounds, finished ahead 16 times
- Daniel Vædele Egdal — met in 357 rounds, finished ahead 7 times
- Martin Vædele Egdal — met in 356 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
Next targets
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 1.82 away.
- A sub-2 Skewb single — 1,013 people have one; it is 0.67 away.
Targets move as he improves.