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Gustav Wälivaara

3×3 · top 1.3% of 288,433 all-time · competing since October 2016 · 2016WALI01

Gustav Wälivaara has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 6.93, set at Fyris Cubing 2022, puts him in the top 1.3% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 51st in Sweden. Until November 2010, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 24 competitions since October 2016, he has put 2,060 official solves on the record across 13 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 73% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 13.94 in October 2016 to 6.93, a 50% improvement. Gustav has entered 24 competitions, more competitions than 97% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 1.3% of 288,433 all-time
6.93
signature single · Fyris Cubing 2022
2,060
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 73% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingSweden
3×36.938.65
top 1.3%51 / 2,948
4×428.4932.82
top 2.0%32 / 1,123
5×553.2358.81
top 2.8%21 / 567
Pyraminx2.825.31
top 3.1%89 / 1,743
6×61:36.691:46.21
top 3.3%12 / 255
2×21.773.01
top 3.5%131 / 2,338
3×3 one-handed12.7417.43
top 4.1%45 / 870
7×72:35.992:46.49
top 4.8%12 / 207
Skewb3.094.91
top 5.5%97 / 1,176
Square-112.7016.76
top 11.3%56 / 430
Megaminx1:04.421:12.15
top 12.3%67 / 569
Clock12.3814.79
top 36.8%196 / 552
3×3 Fewest Moves45 moves51.00
top 65.7%125 / 171

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

ÅF Swedish Cube Open 2016: 13.94Kubvasan 2016: 13.62SSL 1 Jönköping 2017: 10.04SSL 2 Stockholm 2017: 9.31Twist and Shout Summer 2017: 9.71SSL 3 Kungsbacka 2017: 10.30SSL 4 Mora 2017: 9.55SSL Final Borås 2017: 10.94Northern Lights Open 2018: 8.55Nordic Championship 2018: 8.88Swedish Championship 2019: 8.49SSL 4 Sundsvall 2019: 8.95SSL Final Stockholm 2019: 7.13Flen - Stora Manschetten 2021: 8.28Swedish Championship 2021: 7.92Vännäs & Friends 2022: 7.50Fyris Cubing 2022: 6.93Rubik's WCA European Championship 2022: 7.40Swedish Championship 2022: 8.34Vännäs & Friends 2024: 8.21Jukkasjärvi Midnight Sun 2024: 8.07Norrlandsmästerskapet 2024: 8.44Norrland Tour: Umekuben 2025: 6.95Norrlandsmästerskapet 2025: 7.216.9313.9415 Oct 201629 Nov 2025

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 — 1,419 people have one; it is 0.93 away.
  • A sub-25 4×4 single — 614 people have one; it is 3.49 away.

Targets move as he improves.