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Mattias Claesson

3×3 · top 4.0% of 288,433 all-time · competing since December 2007 · 2007CLAE03

Mattias Claesson has been competing for 19 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.63, set at Swedish Cubedays 2011, puts him in the top 4.0% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 133rd in Sweden. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 20 competitions since December 2007, he has put 729 official solves on the record across twelve events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 60% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 22.16 in December 2007 to 8.63, a 61% improvement. Mattias has entered 20 competitions, more competitions than 97% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 4.0% of 288,433 all-time
8.63
signature single · Swedish Cubedays 2011
729
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 60% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingSweden
3×38.6314.02
top 4.0%133 / 2,948
Square-112.5622.55
top 11.0%54 / 430
Pyraminx4.959.60
top 12.9%292 / 1,743
2×23.695.94
top 22.6%610 / 2,338
Megaminx1:21.261:23.69
top 22.7%115 / 569
3×3 one-handed22.6825.63
top 28.0%242 / 870
4×459.971:06.90
top 36.5%324 / 1,123
5×52:08.072:22.03
top 54.4%263 / 567
6×64:21.24—
top 72.2%163 / 255
3×3 Fewest Moves48 moves—
early days — 1 solve131 / 171
3×3 blindfolded5:00.13—
early days — 2 solves133 / 160
7×78:33.26—
early days — 1 solve178 / 207

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 Cube Day competition 2007: 22.16Västervik Cube Meeting 2008: 17.86Swedish Open 2008: 16.18Sandö Open 2009: 12.61Norrköping Open 2009: 12.21Västerås Open 2009: 16.46Kristianstad Open 2009: 14.68World Rubik's Cube Championship 2009: 17.02Swedish Cube Day competition 2009: 12.52Swedish Cubedays 2011: 8.63Uppsala Winter Cubing 2024: 13.94Kanonkuben 2024: 12.962:a Lördagskuben i Västerås 2024: 13.65Cuboss Open 2024: 12.73Swedish Championship 2024: 11.743:e Lördagskuben i Västerås 2024: 11.75Uppsala Summer Cubing 2024: 11.15Uppsalaligan 6: O2 - 2024: 12.7224 Hours in Åker 2024: 12.26Kublördag Västerås IV - 2024: 13.038.6322.1615 Dec 200724 Aug 2024

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-8 3×3 single — 8,101 people have one; it is 0.63 away.
  • A sub-12 Square-1 single — 2,552 people have one; it is 0.56 away.

Targets move as he improves.