People · Sweden
Lars Örström
3×3 · top 49.5% of 284,439 all-time · competing since September 2005 · 2005ORST01
Lars Örström has been competing for 21 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 23.66, set at Swedish Open 2009, puts him in the top 49.5% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,340th in Sweden. Across 7 competitions since September 2005, he has put 65 official solves on the record across four events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, an early reading from 9 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 37.71 in September 2005 to 23.66, a 37% improvement. Lars has entered seven competitions, more competitions than 88% 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 | 23.66 | 29.48 | top 49.5% | 1,340 / 2,925 | |
| 2×2 | 9.15 | 12.01 | top 74.2% | 1,672 / 2,325 | |
| Square-1 | 1:02.14 | 1:13.24 | top 84.9% | 352 / 427 | |
| 4×4 | 2:56.46 | — | early days — 2 solves | 1,061 / 1,120 |
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
- 21 Oct 2006First sub-30 3×3: 28.73 at Swedish Open 2006.
- 10 Sep 2005First competition: Swedish Open 2005. A 37.71 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Swedish Open 2009 · 5 Sep 2009 — 1 personal best set
- Swedish Cube Day competition 2007 · 15 Dec 2007
- Swedish Open 2007 · 25 Aug 2007
- Swedish Cube Day competition 2006 · 3 Dec 2006 — 1 personal best set
- Swedish Open 2006 · 21 Oct 2006 — 2 personal bests 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 12 rounds, finished ahead 9 times
- Gunnar Krig — met in 12 rounds, never finished ahead
- Erik Johansson — met in 11 rounds, finished ahead twice
Next targets
- A sub-20 3×3 single — 113,584 people have one; it is 3.66 away.
- A sub-8 2×2 single — 126,624 people have one; it is 1.15 away.
Targets move as he improves.