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Elias Nordlund

3×3 · top 4.2% of 284,439 all-time · competing since December 2019 · 2019NORD06

Elias Nordlund has been competing for 7 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.70, set at Swedish Championship 2024, puts him in the top 4.2% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 138th in Sweden. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 52 competitions since December 2019, he has put 2,596 official solves on the record across 16 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 55% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 46.81 in December 2019 to 8.70, an 81% improvement. Elias has entered 52 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 4.2% of 284,439 all-time
8.70
signature single · Swedish Championship 2024
2,596
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 55% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingSweden
3×38.7010.39
top 4.2%138 / 2,925
2×22.033.71
top 4.9%185 / 2,325
Pyraminx3.666.72
top 6.1%154 / 1,730
4×437.7342.66
top 9.5%100 / 1,120
5×51:10.541:22.30
top 12.0%67 / 562
3×3 blindfolded1:03.641:39.51
top 14.2%29 / 159
Megaminx1:08.981:16.79
top 15.0%72 / 564
Clock8.3311.14
top 16.7%93 / 546
Skewb4.988.28
top 17.9%247 / 1,173
3×3 one-handed19.8928.16
top 20.2%178 / 868
3×3 Fewest Moves32 moves40.00
top 20.4%41 / 168
6×62:25.372:37.20
top 23.3%60 / 249
3×3 Multi-Blind6 of 6 cubes · 47:34—
top 32.3%37 / 89
7×74:05.414:18.41
top 32.8%62 / 206
Square-133.4051.50
top 55.8%224 / 427
4×4 blindfolded14:04.00—
early days — 2 solves37 / 52

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

SSL Final Stockholm 2019: 46.81Popular 'n Blind Flen 2020: 35.56Norrkubing 2021: 20.99Swedish Championship 2021: 16.15Stockholm VRG 2021: 18.24Rubik's WCA European Championship 2022: 15.31Herrljunga Open 2022: 17.59Swedish Championship 2022: 12.85That's Odd Trondheim 2022: 14.19Frösö Cubing 2022: 16.15Vardagscubing I - Uppsala 2022: 16.03Top 75 Percent Proceed in Sala 2022: 12.66Vardagscubing II - Hive A 2022: 12.75Kubsala Winter 2023: 17.73SveKub Super League I: Falkenberg 2023: 13.80SveKub Super League II: Hässleholm 2023: 13.76Hudiksvall Open 2023: 12.33SveKub Super League III: Stockholm 2023: 14.64Cuboss Open 2023: 12.59SveKub Super League IV: Flen 2023: 12.49Swedish Championship 2023: 11.42SveKub Super League V: Uppsala 2023: 11.76Uppsalaligan Final: Mangifera Indica - 2023: 13.2224 Hours in Flen 2023: 14.03SveKub Super League VI: Ljusdal 2023: 11.47SveKub Super League VII: Herrljunga 2023: 11.34SveKub Super League VIII: Jönköping 2023: 10.03Falukorv Open 2023: 10.96Björneborg Winter 2023: 11.34SveKub Super League Final: Uppsala 2023: 9.21Curtan Cubing Contest 2024: 9.84All Events in Stockholm 2024: 10.80Uppsala Winter Cubing 2024: 11.22Uppsalaligan 2: Leap - 2024: 10.05Borlänge Open 2024: 8.76Cuboss Open 2024: 10.69Gutekuben 2024: 10.18Swedish Championship 2024: 8.70Jukkasjärvi Midnight Sun 2024: 10.3024 Hours in Åker 2024: 10.58Rubik's WCA European Championship 2024: 11.66Svealandsmästerskapet 2024: 8.99Porfyrkuben 2024: 8.86Stekt Falukorv Open 2024: 10.65Cubing at the Coast Långsand 2025: 9.328.7046.817 Dec 201922 Feb 2025

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-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.70 away.
  • A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.03 away.

Targets move as he improves.