People · Sweden
Harald Stiff
3×3 · top 2.7% of 288,433 all-time · competing since September 2009 · 2009STIF01
Harald Stiff has been competing for 17 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 7.91, set at Stockholm Open 2014, puts him in the top 2.7% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 101st in Sweden. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 13 competitions since September 2009, he has put 573 official solves on the record across eleven 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 25.13 in September 2009 to 7.91, a 69% improvement. Harald has entered 13 competitions, more competitions than 94% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Sweden | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 7.91 | 9.35 | top 2.7% | 101 / 2,948 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 14.81 | 18.43 | top 7.8% | 77 / 870 | |
| 4×4 | 37.25 | 44.00 | top 9.0% | 99 / 1,123 | |
| 2×2 | 2.69 | 3.60 | top 10.9% | 331 / 2,338 | |
| 5×5 | 1:30.97 | 1:37.85 | top 28.2% | 136 / 567 | |
| Megaminx | 1:52.25 | 2:05.43 | top 41.7% | 207 / 569 | |
| Square-1 | 28.13 | 42.35 | top 46.0% | 199 / 430 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 40 moves | — | early days — 3 solves | 94 / 171 | |
| 6×6 | 4:05.80 | 4:19.24 | early days — 3 solves | 158 / 255 | |
| 7×7 | 6:31.34 | 6:50.66 | early days — 3 solves | 149 / 207 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 5:11.08 | — | early days — 2 solves | 134 / 160 |
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
Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 23 Nov 2013Three personal bests in one day at Swedish Cube Days 2013.
- 6 Oct 2012Three personal bests in one day at Swedish Championship 2012.
- 17 Sep 2011First sub-10 3×3: 9.13 at Swedish Championship 2011.
- 17 Sep 2011Six personal bests in one day at Swedish Championship 2011.
- 18 Jun 2011Nine personal bests in one day at Vårgårda Open 2011.
- 27 Nov 2010Five personal bests in one day at Swedish Cubedays 2010.
Competitions
- Stockholm Open 2014 · 3 May 2014 — 1 personal best set
- Hallonbergen 2014 · 8 Mar 2014 — 2 personal bests set
- Swedish Cube Days 2013 · 23 Nov 2013 — 3 personal bests set
- Swedish Championship 2013 · 14 Sep 2013 — 2 personal bests set
- Stockholm Open 2013 · 30 Mar 2013 — 1 personal best set
- Swedish Championship 2012 · 6 Oct 2012 — 3 personal bests set
- Swedish Cubedays 2011 · 26 Nov 2011 — 1 personal best set
- Swedish Championship 2011 · 17 Sep 2011 — 6 personal bests set
- Vårgårda Open 2011 · 18 Jun 2011 — 9 personal bests set
- Swedish Cubedays 2010 · 27 Nov 2010 — 5 personal bests set
- Swedish Open 2010 · 11 Sep 2010 — 5 personal bests set
- Swedish Cube Day competition 2009 · 5 Dec 2009 — 3 personal bests set
- Swedish Open 2009 · 5 Sep 2009
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.
- Gunnar Krig — met in 121 rounds, finished ahead 60 times
- Simon Westlund — met in 120 rounds, finished ahead 20 times
- Adam Kjörk — met in 87 rounds, finished ahead 69 times
Next targets
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,419 people have one; it is 1.91 away.
- A sub-12 3×3 one-handed single — 2,239 people have one; it is 2.81 away.
Targets move as he improves.