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Erik Josefsson

3×3 · top 2.1% of 284,439 all-time · competing since October 2022 · 2022JOSE09

Erik Josefsson has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 7.60, set at Clockeborg 2024, puts him in the top 2.1% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 86th in Sweden. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 15 competitions since October 2022, he has put 917 official solves on the record across eleven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 63% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 13.77 in October 2022 to 7.60, a 45% improvement. Erik has entered 15 competitions, more competitions than 95% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 2.1% of 284,439 all-time
7.60
signature single · Clockeborg 2024
917
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 63% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingSweden
3×37.608.68
top 2.1%86 / 2,925
2×21.892.70
top 4.1%153 / 2,325
Pyraminx3.366.27
top 4.9%130 / 1,730
3×3 one-handed14.4816.10
top 7.0%69 / 868
Skewb3.546.93
top 8.0%128 / 1,173
4×437.1940.93
top 8.9%96 / 1,120
Clock8.8410.18
top 19.1%109 / 546
5×51:22.301:33.30
top 21.0%104 / 562
Square-119.5429.06
top 26.9%117 / 427
6×63:52.734:01.69
early days — 3 solves149 / 249
Megaminx2:48.25
early days — 2 solves361 / 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

Herrljunga Open 2022: 13.77Herrljunga Open 2023: 11.85Mölnlycke Open 2023: 11.96Navet Open 2023: 10.07Clockeborg 2023: 10.20Sotenäs Summer Solving 2023: 10.34Landvetter Open 2023: 10.20Lördagskuben Skillingaryd 2023: 8.51SveKub Super League VII: Herrljunga 2023: 8.54Come Back to Landvetter 2024: 7.76West Coast 2: Mölnlycke 2024: 8.10First Solves Herrljunga 2024: 8.69Cuboss Open 2024: 9.27Clockeborg 2024: 7.60Kublördag Jönköping II - 2024: 7.747.6013.7714 Oct 202220 Jul 2024

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-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 1.60 away.
  • A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.89 away.

Targets move as he improves.