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Melker Karlgren

2×2 · top 9.8% of 186,767 all-time · competing since April 2023 · 2023KARL04

Melker Karlgren has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.59, set at Uppsala Winter Cubing 2024, puts him in the top 9.8% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 301st in Sweden. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 11 competitions since April 2023, he has put 460 official solves on the record across 13 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 54% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 20.57 in April 2023 to 11.74, a 43% improvement. Melker has entered eleven competitions, more competitions than 93% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 9.8% of 186,767 all-time
2.59
signature single · Uppsala Winter Cubing 2024
460
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 54% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingSweden
2×22.593.88
top 9.8%301 / 2,325
3×311.7413.48
top 13.0%345 / 2,925
Clock7.629.58
top 13.4%77 / 546
Pyraminx5.119.10
top 13.9%310 / 1,730
Skewb5.759.40
top 23.8%308 / 1,173
4×41:01.591:13.93
top 38.2%346 / 1,120
3×3 one-handed27.0346.86
top 39.4%304 / 868
Megaminx1:58.862:18.48
top 45.0%224 / 564
Square-135.4338.24
top 59.1%243 / 427
5×52:17.32
top 59.5%282 / 562
6×65:12.52
early days — 2 solves188 / 249
7×79:00.29
top 93.8%181 / 206
3×3 Fewest Moves60 moves
early days — 1 solve159 / 168

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

Cuboss Open 2023: 20.57Uppsalaligan Final: Mangifera Indica - 2023: 18.68SveKub Super League VI: Ljusdal 2023: 16.06Falukorv Open 2023: 17.65SveKub Super League Final: Uppsala 2023: 17.58Uppsala Winter Cubing 2024: 13.52Borlänge Open 2024: 12.06Cuboss Open 2024: 14.74Swedish Championship 2024: 12.7424 Hours in Åker 2024: 11.74Svealandsmästerskapet 2024: 11.9211.7420.5715 Apr 20236 Sep 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-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.59 away.
  • A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 1.74 away.

Targets move as he improves.