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Erik Bryland

2×2 · top 1.2% of 186,767 all-time · competing since March 2018 · 2018BRYL02

Erik Bryland has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.24, set at Skottegårdsskolen Open 2018, puts him in the top 1.2% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 58th in Sweden. Until November 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 11 competitions since March 2018, he has put 883 official solves on the record across twelve events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 52% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. Erik has entered eleven competitions, more competitions than 93% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 1.2% of 186,767 all-time
1.24
signature single · Skottegårdsskolen Open 2018
883
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 52% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingSweden
2×21.243.50
top 1.2%58 / 2,325
3×37.829.25
top 2.5%97 / 2,925
4×430.3736.92
top 3.0%36 / 1,120
3×3 one-handed12.2115.58
top 3.3%39 / 868
5×559.721:04.71
top 5.4%35 / 562
Pyraminx3.595.80
top 5.8%150 / 1,730
Megaminx1:09.291:20.89
top 15.2%73 / 564
Skewb4.976.60
top 17.9%245 / 1,173
6×62:20.532:31.90
top 20.7%54 / 249
Square-117.9622.10
top 23.3%104 / 427
7×73:44.523:59.14
top 25.1%50 / 206
3×3 Fewest Moves40 moves
early days — 1 solve94 / 168

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

Royal Corner Twist 2018: 8.09Swedish Championship 2018: 8.98Danish Open 2018: 9.63Skottegårdsskolen Open 2018: 7.95Østerhøj Christmas by Vote 2018: 7.94Kubkvarna Winter 2019: 8.16Denmark & Friends 2019: 7.82SSL 2 Skurup 2019: 8.13Swedish Championship 2019: 8.78Nordic Championship 2019: 8.01Malmö Cube Contest 2022: 8.057.829.6331 Mar 201811 Dec 2022

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-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.24 away.
  • A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 1.82 away.

Targets move as he improves.