People · Denmark
Emil Engberg Havsteen
2×2 · top 1.3% of 186,767 all-time · competing since May 2022 · 2022HAVS01
Emil Engberg Havsteen has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.29, set at Roskilde For Alle 2023, puts him in the top 1.3% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 18th in Denmark. Until November 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 16 competitions since May 2022, he has put 882 official solves on the record across 14 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one; 86% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. That figure sets aside his 13 DNFs. His 3×3 best has come down from 13.97 in July 2022 to 7.63, a 45% improvement. Emil has entered 16 competitions, more competitions than 96% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Denmark | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 1.29 | 1.99 | top 1.3% | 18 / 906 | |
| 3×3 | 7.63 | 10.35 | top 2.2% | 41 / 1,198 | |
| Pyraminx | 2.83 | 4.45 | top 3.1% | 29 / 702 | |
| Skewb | 2.88 | 7.07 | top 4.4% | 26 / 467 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 13.71 | 16.61 | top 5.6% | 31 / 380 | |
| Clock | 6.15 | 7.51 | top 7.7% | 14 / 187 | |
| 4×4 | 44.44 | 49.50 | top 17.6% | 78 / 468 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 1:31.59 | 1:39.13 | top 23.6% | 18 / 80 | |
| 5×5 | 1:26.71 | 1:44.45 | top 24.7% | 56 / 269 | |
| Megaminx | 1:24.63 | 1:41.97 | top 24.7% | 58 / 232 | |
| Square-1 | 20.93 | 26.35 | top 30.0% | 56 / 185 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 38 moves | 42.33 | top 40.9% | 50 / 96 | |
| 6×6 | 3:25.54 | 3:31.08 | top 53.0% | 57 / 126 | |
| 7×7 | 6:07.14 | 6:26.70 | top 69.5% | 67 / 116 |
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
Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 20 Oct 2023Five personal bests in one day at Roskilde For Alle 2023.
- 8 Sep 2023Four personal bests in one day at Danish Championship 2023.
- 12 Aug 2023Six personal bests in one day at Odense Classic Cubing 2023.
- 24 Jun 2023Seven personal bests in one day at Odsherred Sommercubing 2023.
- 10 Jun 2023Four personal bests in one day at Rødovre Cubing 2023.
- 6 May 2023Ten personal bests in one day at Østervang Open 2023.
Competitions
- Østervang Open 2024 · 19 Oct 2024
- Roskilde For Alle 2023 · 20 Oct 2023 — 5 personal bests set
- Danish Championship 2023 · 8 Sep 2023 — 4 personal bests set
- Odense Classic Cubing 2023 · 12 Aug 2023 — 6 personal bests set
- Odsherred Sommercubing 2023 · 24 Jun 2023 — 7 personal bests set
- Rødovre Cubing 2023 · 10 Jun 2023 — 4 personal bests set
- Østervang Open 2023 · 6 May 2023 — 10 personal bests set
- Roskilde by Night 2023 · 15 Apr 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Holmegårdsskolen Februar 2023 · 25 Feb 2023 — 10 personal bests set
- Hverdagscubing III - Risbjerggaard 2023 · 31 Jan 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Tre Gange Tre Gange Tre på Biblioteket 2022 · 17 Dec 2022
- Aarhus Open 2022 · 5 Nov 2022 — 5 personal bests set
- Danish Championship 2022 · 2 Sep 2022 — 8 personal bests set
- Sønderjysk Sommercubing 2022 · 5 Aug 2022 — 6 personal bests set
- Fast Faster Falster 2022 · 2 Jul 2022 — 3 personal bests set
- Ringsted Side Events 2022 · 22 May 2022
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.
- Daniel Vædele Egdal — met in 221 rounds, finished ahead once
- Martin Vædele Egdal — met in 212 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
- Ida Exner — met in 165 rounds, finished ahead 86 times
Next targets
- A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.29 away.
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 1.63 away.
Targets move as he improves.