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Emanuel Skålberg

2×2 · top 0.13% of 186,767 all-time · competing since June 2022 · 2022SKAL01

Emanuel Skålberg has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 0.71, set at Solvermalm 2026, puts him in the top 0.13% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 6th in Sweden. Until November 2011, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 68 competitions since June 2022, he has put 2,632 official solves on the record across eleven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 67% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 14.95 in June 2022 to 5.09, a 66% improvement. Emanuel has entered 68 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 0.13% of 186,767 all-time
0.71
signature single · Solvermalm 2026
2,632
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 67% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingSweden
2×20.712.02
top 0.13%6 / 2,325
3×35.096.93
top 0.14%6 / 2,925
4×421.5725.13
top 0.15%2 / 1,120
Pyraminx1.595.15
top 0.53%19 / 1,730
5×547.5750.25
top 1.2%9 / 562
Skewb2.864.22
top 4.3%77 / 1,173
6×61:58.052:05.01
top 10.2%28 / 249
3×3 one-handed17.7822.72
top 14.5%130 / 868
7×73:20.393:22.05
top 16.4%39 / 206
Clock9.5111.02
top 22.6%128 / 546
Megaminx1:34.541:51.54
top 31.0%154 / 564

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

Fyris Cubing 2022: 14.95Warm Up Stockholm 2022: 11.79Swedish Championship 2022: 8.75Top 75 Percent Proceed in Sala 2022: 8.79Nyköping Winter Cubing 2023: 10.21Kubsala Winter 2023: 9.06Stockholmsligan 2: Spurs - 2023: 10.72SveKub Super League III: Stockholm 2023: 9.56Cuboss Open 2023: 8.65Nacka Open 2023: 9.39Tumba Open 2023: 9.36Swedish Championship 2023: 8.94SveKub Super League V: Uppsala 2023: 8.41SveKub Super League Final: Uppsala 2023: 9.90Strängnäs Open 2024: 8.32Stockholmsligan 358: Snabba Pengar - 2024: 10.05Stockholmsligan 255: Den Gåtfulla Masken - 2024: 7.73Cuboss Open 2024: 7.37Squockholm Open 2024: 7.19Stockholmsligan 432: Fel Färg i Ankeborg - 2024: 8.27Swedish Championship 2024: 8.1650 Years of Cubing - Vallentuna 2024: 6.90Bromma Open 2024: 7.48Uppsala Summer Cubing 2024: 6.71Rubik's WCA European Championship 2024: 6.45Stockholmsligan 414: Kampen Börjar - 2024: 7.30Svealandsmästerskapet 2024: 7.73Stockholmsligan 295: En Andra Chans - 2024: 7.53Stockholmsligan 279: Ett Hälsosamt Val - 2024: 7.17Uppsala Open 2024: 7.42Stockholmsligan 306: Ofrivillig Spion - 2024: 6.49Kublördag Västerås V - 2024: 5.82Stockholmsligan 393: Ankornas Kamp - 2024: 6.77Stekt Falukorv Open 2024: 7.11Solvermalm 2024: 6.92Stockholmsligan 435: Mäktig Jul - 2024: 6.86Stockholmsligan Moja - Simba 2025: 8.03Curtan Cubing Contest 2025: 6.04Stockholmsligan Mbili - Chui 2025: 6.78Stockholmsligan Tatu - Nyati 2025: 7.10Stockholmsligan Nne - Kifaru 2025: 7.21STHLM Spin 2025: 6.77Stockholmsligan Sita - Kiboko 2025: 6.21Stockholmsligan Saba - Nyani 2025: 8.06Swedish Championship 2025: 5.82Svealandsmästerskapet 2025: 6.50Kublördag Uppsala II - 2025: 5.86Stockholmsligan Mbili - Mbwa 2025: 7.67Cuboss Open 2025: 6.46Stockholmsligan Nne - Samaki 2025: 8.14Stockholmsligan Tano - Mbuzi 2025: 6.47Götalandsmästerskapet 2025: 7.02Curtan Cubing Contest 2026: 6.17Stockholmsligan 2: Djungelvrål - 2026: 7.47Ekerö Open 2026: 5.26ÅkersKuba 2026: 6.58Stockholmsligan 3: Surskallar - 2026: 6.71Riverlake 2026: 5.09Solvermalm 2026: 5.97Stockholmsligan 4: Bilar - 2026: 6.83Ugnsbakad Falukorv Open 2026: 6.85Stockholmsligan 6: Blandat - 2026: 6.31Nordic & Swedish Championship 2026: 6.41Cooldown Uppsala 2026: 5.93Oslo Open 2026: 6.13Rubik's WCA European Championship 2026: 5.91Svealandsmästerskapet 2026: 5.73Stockholmsligan 2: Kex - 2026: 6.825.0914.9511 Jun 202227 Aug 2026

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-5 3×3 single — 344 people have one; it is 0.09 away.
  • A sub-20 4×4 single — 42 people have one; it is 1.57 away.

Targets move as he improves.