People · Sweden
Helmer Ekerlid
Skewb · top 0.69% of 74,164 all-time · competing since November 2022 · 2022EKER01
Helmer Ekerlid has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the Skewb: a personal-best single of 1.68, set at Nordic & Swedish Championship 2026, puts him in the top 0.69% of the 74,164 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 16th in Sweden. Until July 2015, no official Skewb solve in the world had been that fast. Across 12 competitions since November 2022, he has put 802 official solves on the record across 13 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 58% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His Skewb best has come down from 6.85 in November 2022 to 1.68, a 75% improvement. Helmer has entered twelve 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Skewb | 1.68 | 2.83 | top 0.69% | 16 / 1,176 | |
| 3×3 | 8.03 | 9.87 | top 2.9% | 106 / 2,948 | |
| 2×2 | 2.24 | 4.14 | top 6.6% | 229 / 2,338 | |
| 4×4 | 39.81 | 48.38 | top 12.0% | 122 / 1,123 | |
| Pyraminx | 4.94 | 8.21 | top 12.8% | 289 / 1,743 | |
| Square-1 | 13.69 | 20.45 | top 13.6% | 67 / 430 | |
| Megaminx | 1:10.67 | 1:22.03 | top 16.0% | 81 / 569 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 1:17.60 | — | top 18.7% | 37 / 160 | |
| Clock | 8.87 | 10.54 | top 19.2% | 110 / 552 | |
| 5×5 | 1:23.04 | 1:27.74 | top 21.7% | 109 / 567 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 22.62 | 29.82 | top 27.8% | 240 / 870 | |
| 3×3 Multi-Blind | 8 of 10 cubes · 57:07 | — | top 34.9% | 46 / 90 | |
| 4×4 blindfolded | 17:34.00 | — | early days — 1 solve | 43 / 52 |
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, Skewb. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 10 Jan 2026Seven personal bests in one day at Dvärsätt Open 2026.
- 29 Nov 2025Seven personal bests in one day at Norrlandsmästerskapet 2025.
- 6 Jun 2025Five personal bests in one day at Swedish Championship 2025.
- 6 Apr 2025Four personal bests in one day at Norrland Tour: Kubfors 2025.
- 8 Nov 2024Five personal bests in one day at Norrlandsmästerskapet 2024.
- 10 May 2024First sub-10 3×3: 9.73 at Swedish Championship 2024.
Competitions
- Nordic & Swedish Championship 2026 · 1 May 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Ugnsbakad Falukorv Open 2026 · 17 Apr 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Riverlake 2026 · 6 Mar 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Dvärsätt Open 2026 · 10 Jan 2026 — 7 personal bests set
- Norrlandsmästerskapet 2025 · 29 Nov 2025 — 7 personal bests set
- Swedish Championship 2025 · 6 Jun 2025 — 5 personal bests set
- Norrland Tour: Kubfors 2025 · 6 Apr 2025 — 4 personal bests set
- Norrlandsmästerskapet 2024 · 8 Nov 2024 — 5 personal bests set
- Swedish Championship 2024 · 10 May 2024 — 6 personal bests set
- Tofta Summer Open 2023 · 12 Aug 2023 — 4 personal bests set
- Hudiksvall Open 2023 · 25 Mar 2023 — 7 personal bests set
- Frösö Cubing 2022 · 19 Nov 2022 — 2 personal bests set
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.
- Daniel Wallin — met in 168 rounds, finished ahead 16 times
- Peter Hugosson-Miller — met in 109 rounds, finished ahead 106 times
- Simon Nilsson — met in 103 rounds, finished ahead 18 times
Next targets
- A sub-1 Skewb single — 35 people have one; it is 0.68 away.
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 8,101 people have one; it is 0.03 away.
Targets move as he improves.