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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.

3×3
best event — top 49.5% of 284,439 all-time
23.66
signature single · Swedish Open 2009
65
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingSweden
3×323.6629.48
top 49.5%1,340 / 2,925
2×29.1512.01
top 74.2%1,672 / 2,325
Square-11:02.141:13.24
top 84.9%352 / 427
4×42:56.46
early days — 2 solves1,061 / 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

Swedish Open 2005: 37.71Swedish Cube Day competition 2005: 33.61Swedish Open 2006: 28.73Swedish Cube Day competition 2006: 24.84Swedish Open 2007: 24.91Swedish Cube Day competition 2007: 25.81Swedish Open 2009: 23.6623.6637.7110 Sep 20055 Sep 2009

Best single per competition, 3×3. 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-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.