People · Sweden
Kenneth Gustavsson
2×2 · top 37.2% of 186,767 all-time · competing since September 2005 · 2005GUST01
Kenneth Gustavsson has been competing for 21 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 4.83, set at Swedish Cubedays 2010, puts him in the top 37.2% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 906th in Sweden. Across 24 competitions since September 2005, he has put 488 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 52% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 2×2 best has come down from 14.65 in September 2005 to 4.83, a 67% improvement. Kenneth has entered 24 competitions, more competitions than 97% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Sweden | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 4.83 | 6.47 | top 37.2% | 906 / 2,325 | |
| Pyraminx | 9.11 | 12.71 | top 45.8% | 886 / 1,730 | |
| 3×3 | 22.22 | 27.02 | top 46.0% | 1,228 / 2,925 | |
| 4×4 | 1:28.25 | 1:44.24 | top 62.3% | 570 / 1,120 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 44.86 | 1:02.03 | top 71.4% | 562 / 868 | |
| 5×5 | 3:31.61 | 3:47.87 | top 86.8% | 453 / 562 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 56 moves | — | early days — 1 solve | 151 / 168 | |
| Square-1 | 1:29.41 | 1:56.21 | top 95.2% | 395 / 427 |
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, 2×2. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 6 Sep 2008Six personal bests in one day at Swedish Open 2008.
- 25 Aug 2007Three personal bests in one day at Swedish Open 2007.
- 18 Aug 2007First sub-30 3×3: 25.46 at Finnish Open 2007.
- 18 Aug 2007Five personal bests in one day at Finnish Open 2007.
- 10 Sep 2005First competition: Swedish Open 2005. A 38.01 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Stockholm Open 2013 · 30 Mar 2013
- Swedish Cubedays 2011 · 26 Nov 2011
- Swedish Championship 2011 · 17 Sep 2011
- Swedish Cubedays 2010 · 27 Nov 2010 — 2 personal bests set
- Swedish Open 2010 · 11 Sep 2010 — 1 personal best set
- Karlstad Open 2010 · 15 May 2010 — 1 personal best set
- Swedish Cube Day competition 2009 · 5 Dec 2009
- Swedish Open 2009 · 5 Sep 2009 — 1 personal best set
- Västerås Open 2009 · 25 Apr 2009 — 1 personal best set
- Helsinki Open 2009 · 7 Mar 2009 — 2 personal bests set
- Norrköping Open 2009 · 7 Feb 2009 — 2 personal bests set
- Sandö Open 2009 · 17 Jan 2009
- Swedish Open 2008 · 6 Sep 2008 — 6 personal bests set
- Västervik Cube Meeting 2008 · 8 Mar 2008 — 1 personal best set
- Helsinki Open 2008 · 23 Feb 2008 — 2 personal bests set
- Swedish Cube Day competition 2007 · 15 Dec 2007
- Swedish Open 2007 · 25 Aug 2007 — 3 personal bests set
- Finnish Open 2007 · 18 Aug 2007 — 5 personal bests set
- Helsinki Open 2007 · 13 Jan 2007 — 2 personal bests set
- Swedish Cube Day competition 2006 · 3 Dec 2006
- Swedish Open 2006 · 21 Oct 2006 — 1 personal best set
- SveKub Annual Meeting competition 2006 · 18 Mar 2006 — 1 personal best set
- Swedish Cube Day competition 2005 · 11 Dec 2005 — 1 personal best set
- Swedish Open 2005 · 10 Sep 2005
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.
- Tommy Gustavsson — met in 96 rounds, finished ahead 60 times
- Gunnar Krig — met in 87 rounds, finished ahead 6 times
- Tommy Holm — met in 77 rounds, finished ahead 54 times
Next targets
- A sub-4 2×2 single — 49,452 people have one; it is 0.83 away.
- A sub-8 Pyraminx single — 46,752 people have one; it is 1.11 away.
Targets move as he improves.