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Helmer Ekerlid

Skewb · top 0.69% of 73,281 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 73,281 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 35,811 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.

Skewb
best event — top 0.69% of 73,281 all-time
1.68
signature single · Nordic & Swedish Championship 2026
802
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 58% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingSweden
Skewb1.682.83
top 0.69%16 / 1,173
3×38.039.87
top 2.8%104 / 2,925
2×22.244.14
top 6.5%227 / 2,325
4×439.8148.38
top 11.9%119 / 1,120
Pyraminx4.948.21
top 12.8%287 / 1,730
Square-113.6920.45
top 13.5%67 / 427
Megaminx1:10.671:22.03
top 16.0%78 / 564
3×3 blindfolded1:17.60
top 18.7%37 / 159
Clock8.8710.54
top 19.3%110 / 546
5×51:23.041:27.74
top 21.6%109 / 562
3×3 one-handed22.6229.82
top 27.7%231 / 868
3×3 Multi-Blind8 of 10 cubes · 57:07
top 34.7%45 / 89
4×4 blindfolded17:34.00
early days — 1 solve43 / 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

Frösö Cubing 2022: 6.85Hudiksvall Open 2023: 4.07Tofta Summer Open 2023: 5.12Swedish Championship 2024: 3.58Norrlandsmästerskapet 2024: 2.82Norrland Tour: Kubfors 2025: 3.54Swedish Championship 2025: 2.76Norrlandsmästerskapet 2025: 2.46Dvärsätt Open 2026: 1.78Riverlake 2026: 2.51Ugnsbakad Falukorv Open 2026: 1.80Nordic & Swedish Championship 2026: 1.681.686.8519 Nov 20221 May 2026

Best single per competition, Skewb. 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-1 Skewb single — 35 people have one; it is 0.68 away.
  • A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.03 away.

Targets move as he improves.