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Einar Karlberg

Skewb · top 8.0% of 73,281 all-time · competing since May 2017 · 2017KARL02

Einar Karlberg has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the Skewb: a personal-best single of 3.54, set at Nordic Championship 2018, puts him in the top 8.0% of the 73,281 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 128th in Sweden. Until February 2014, no official Skewb solve in the world had been that fast. Across 9 competitions since May 2017, he has put 269 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 10% around a typical one, steadier than 94% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. That figure sets aside his 3 DNFs. His Skewb best has come down from 8.10 in May 2018 to 3.54, a 56% improvement. Einar has entered nine competitions, more competitions than 91% of everyone who has ever competed.

Skewb
best event — top 8.0% of 73,281 all-time
3.54
signature single · Nordic Championship 2018
269
official solves on the record
10%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 94% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingSweden
Skewb3.547.76
top 8.0%128 / 1,173
3×311.0014.10
top 10.5%273 / 2,925
2×23.304.86
top 17.8%490 / 2,325
Pyraminx7.108.89
top 28.7%582 / 1,730
4×41:01.421:09.48
top 38.0%344 / 1,120
Megaminx1:49.942:15.10
top 40.3%194 / 564
3×3 one-handed29.1634.67
top 44.7%350 / 868
5×52:41.51
early days — 3 solves348 / 562

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

Swedish Championship 2018: 8.10Swedish Decathlon Challenge 2018: 5.98Nordic Championship 2018: 3.54Flen Christmas Sleepover 2018: 5.88Kubkvarna Winter 2019: 7.34SSL 1 Åkers Styckebruk 2019: 7.03Popular 'n Blind Flen 2022: 5.183.548.1011 May 201829 Apr 2022

Best single per competition, Skewb. 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-3 Skewb single — 3,646 people have one; it is 0.54 away.
  • A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 1.00 away.

Targets move as he improves.