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Erik Balele Sortstjerne

2×2 · top 8.8% of 186,767 all-time · competing since November 2022 · 2022SORT01

Erik Balele Sortstjerne has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.49, set at Aarhus Spring 2024, puts him in the top 8.8% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 121st in Denmark. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 5 competitions since November 2022, he has put 145 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 17% around a typical one, an early reading from 6 counted rounds. His 2×2 best has come down from 5.29 in November 2022 to 2.49, a 53% improvement. Erik has entered five competitions, more competitions than 83% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 8.8% of 186,767 all-time
2.49
signature single · Aarhus Spring 2024
145
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingDenmark
2×22.496.45
top 8.8%121 / 906
Skewb4.819.11
top 16.7%88 / 467
Pyraminx6.028.04
top 20.2%182 / 702
Clock9.1210.57
top 20.6%40 / 187
3×314.5119.38
top 22.7%287 / 1,198
Square-128.1038.30
top 45.9%88 / 185
3×3 one-handed36.0656.48
top 59.2%210 / 380
4×41:30.941:43.85
top 64.2%288 / 468

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

Aarhus Open 2022: 5.29Aarhus Spring 2023: 5.92Aarhus Spring 2024: 2.49Aarhus Summer 2025: 4.192.495.925 Nov 202215 Jun 2025

Best single per competition, 2×2. 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-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.49 away.
  • A sub-4 Skewb single — 7,977 people have one; it is 0.81 away.

Targets move as he improves.