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Elias Nordlund

3×3 · top 6.5% of 284,439 all-time · competing since October 2022 · 2022NORD05

Elias Nordlund has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.64, set at Swisscubing Cup II 2023, puts him in the top 6.5% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 188th in Sweden. Until November 2007, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 5 competitions since October 2022, he has put 124 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, an early reading from 9 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 13.91 in October 2022 to 9.64, a 31% improvement. Elias has entered five competitions, more competitions than 83% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 6.5% of 284,439 all-time
9.64
signature single · Swisscubing Cup II 2023
124
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingSweden
3×39.6410.97
top 6.5%188 / 2,925
2×22.573.72
top 9.6%298 / 2,325
Skewb4.936.71
top 17.6%240 / 1,173
5×51:22.661:59.01
top 21.3%106 / 562
4×448.6154.25
top 22.9%206 / 1,120
Pyraminx6.507.04
top 23.8%492 / 1,730
3×3 one-handed23.9025.57
top 31.2%255 / 868

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

Swisscubing Cup V 2022: 13.91Swiss Science Open 2022: 10.68Swisscubing Cup Finale 2022: 11.43Swisscubing Cup II 2023: 9.64Swisscubing Cup III 2023: 10.609.6413.918 Oct 202213 May 2023

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 1.64 away.
  • A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.57 away.

Targets move as he improves.