Sunday 6 September 2026 Rebuilt nightly from the WCA's official results · export of 6 September 2026 · About
The Middle Three
People → Sweden → Hannes Holmström Helander

People · Sweden

Hannes Holmström Helander

3×3 · top 4.3% of 284,439 all-time · competing since October 2016 · 2016HELA01

Hannes Holmström Helander has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.76, set at Popular 'n Blind Flen 2020, puts him in the top 4.3% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 142nd in Sweden. Until May 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 12 competitions since October 2016, he has put 476 official solves on the record across nine events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 53% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 27.80 in October 2016 to 8.76, a 68% improvement. Hannes has entered twelve competitions, more competitions than 94% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 4.3% of 284,439 all-time
8.76
signature single · Popular 'n Blind Flen 2020
476
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 53% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingSweden
3×38.7611.42
top 4.3%142 / 2,925
2×22.184.36
top 6.0%210 / 2,325
4×440.4848.21
top 12.7%125 / 1,120
Pyraminx4.937.58
top 12.8%284 / 1,730
Skewb5.597.95
top 22.6%296 / 1,173
5×51:31.991:43.77
top 28.9%143 / 562
3×3 one-handed25.7930.14
top 36.2%283 / 868
Square-139.4444.68
top 64.7%267 / 427
Megaminx3:34.49
top 84.7%457 / 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

ÅF Swedish Cube Open 2016: 27.80SSL 1 Åkers Styckebruk 2019: 14.47Swedish Championship 2019: 13.27Swedish Decathlon Challenge 2019: 11.74SSL 3 Varberg 2019: 11.26Norrkubing 2019: 12.12SSL 4 Sundsvall 2019: 11.40SSL Final Stockholm 2019: 10.18Södertälje New Year 2020: 11.06Popular 'n Blind Flen 2020: 8.76Fyris Cubing 2022: 11.83Cuboss Open 2024: 12.488.7627.8015 Oct 20166 Apr 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-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.76 away.
  • A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.18 away.

Targets move as he improves.