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Dennis Nilsson

3×3 · top 48.4% of 284,439 all-time · competing since August 2004 · 2004NILS01

Dennis Nilsson has been competing for 22 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 23.21, set at Swedish Open 2006, puts him in the top 48.4% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,301st in Sweden. Across 6 competitions since August 2004, he has put 91 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 23% around a typical one, an early reading from 6 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 58.03 in August 2004 to 23.21, a 60% improvement. Dennis has entered six competitions, more competitions than 86% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 48.4% of 284,439 all-time
23.21
signature single · Swedish Open 2006
91
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingSweden
3×323.2127.19
top 48.4%1,301 / 2,925
2×26.889.40
top 59.4%1,371 / 2,325
4×41:55.003:29.23
top 79.4%768 / 1,120
Clock29.251:03.29
top 83.4%447 / 546
3×3 one-handed1:06.201:48.26
top 87.3%714 / 868
Pyraminx20.2042.11
top 93.1%1,641 / 1,730
5×56:01.447:27.15
top 98.6%548 / 562
Square-13:41.08
early days — 1 solve428 / 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

European Rubik's Games Championship 2004: 58.03Swedish Cube Day competition 2004: 46.94Chalmers Open 2005: 32.86Swedish Open 2005: 34.82Swedish Open 2006: 23.21World Rubik's Cube Championship 2007: 24.3323.2158.037 Aug 20045 Oct 2007

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-20 3×3 single — 113,584 people have one; it is 3.21 away.
  • A sub-6 2×2 single — 95,042 people have one; it is 0.88 away.

Targets move as he improves.