People · Sweden
Neo Friberg
2×2 · top 1.5% of 186,767 all-time · competing since October 2015 · 2015FRIB01
Neo Friberg has been competing for 11 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.34, set at Come Back to Landvetter 2024, puts him in the top 1.5% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 68th in Sweden. Until November 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 13 competitions since October 2015, he has put 458 official solves on the record across 13 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 53% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 19.18 in October 2015 to 8.86, a 54% improvement. Neo has entered 13 competitions, more competitions than 94% 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 | 1.34 | 3.82 | top 1.5% | 68 / 2,325 | |
| 3×3 | 8.86 | 11.03 | top 4.5% | 149 / 2,925 | |
| 4×4 | 36.26 | 42.79 | top 7.9% | 86 / 1,120 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 54.74 | — | top 11.4% | 21 / 159 | |
| 5×5 | 1:12.46 | 1:19.22 | top 13.4% | 74 / 562 | |
| Pyraminx | 5.96 | 9.40 | top 19.7% | 420 / 1,730 | |
| 6×6 | 2:34.71 | 2:39.44 | top 28.1% | 69 / 249 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 23.04 | 42.36 | top 28.9% | 243 / 868 | |
| Skewb | 6.90 | 9.75 | top 32.9% | 411 / 1,173 | |
| 7×7 | 4:28.66 | 4:35.89 | top 40.6% | 71 / 206 | |
| Clock | 15.41 | 20.19 | top 49.6% | 275 / 546 | |
| Megaminx | 2:17.21 | — | top 54.9% | 262 / 564 | |
| 3×3 Multi-Blind | 5 of 8 cubes · 54:37 | — | early days — 2 solves | 74 / 89 |
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
- 17 Feb 2024Four personal bests in one day at Big Cubes in Stafsinge 2024.
- 13 Jan 2024Three personal bests in one day at Come Back to Landvetter 2024.
- 5 Aug 2023Four personal bests in one day at Landvetter Open 2023.
- 25 Mar 2023First sub-10 3×3: 9.80 at Navet Open 2023.
- 18 Mar 2023Four personal bests in one day at Mölnlycke Open 2023.
- 18 Jun 2016First sub-15 3×3: 12.47 at Gothenburg Cube Open 2016.
Competitions
- West Coast 2: Mölnlycke 2024 · 24 Feb 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Big Cubes in Stafsinge 2024 · 17 Feb 2024 — 4 personal bests set
- Come Back to Landvetter 2024 · 13 Jan 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Jönköpingsligan 5: Calzone 2023 · 28 Nov 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Tofta Autumn Open 2023 · 4 Nov 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Landvetter Open 2023 · 5 Aug 2023 — 4 personal bests set
- Clockeborg 2023 · 20 May 2023
- Jönköpingsligan 3: Fångad av en stormvind 2023 · 2 May 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Navet Open 2023 · 25 Mar 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Mölnlycke Open 2023 · 18 Mar 2023 — 4 personal bests set
- Gothenburg Cube Open 2016 · 18 Jun 2016 — 6 personal bests set
- Swedish Championship 2015 · 5 Dec 2015 — 5 personal bests set
- ÅF Cube Days 2015 · 17 Oct 2015
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.
- Rasmus Händén — met in 75 rounds, finished ahead 32 times
- Pep Edén — met in 73 rounds, finished ahead 8 times
- Eskil Munthe — met in 68 rounds, finished ahead 30 times
Next targets
- A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.34 away.
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.86 away.
Targets move as he improves.