People · Sweden
Niklas Bitén
3×3 · top 34.4% of 284,439 all-time · competing since October 2006 · 2006BITE01
Niklas Bitén has been competing for 20 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 18.09, set at Swedish Cube Day competition 2008, puts him in the top 34.4% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 893rd in Sweden. Across 10 competitions since October 2006, he has put 98 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, an early reading from 9 counted rounds. That figure sets aside his 5 DNFs. His 3×3 best has come down from 28.37 in October 2006 to 18.09, a 36% improvement. Niklas has entered ten competitions, more competitions than 92% 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 | 18.09 | 21.03 | top 34.4% | 893 / 2,925 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 36.55 | 53.39 | top 60.0% | 457 / 868 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 3:40.88 | 4:38.80 | top 63.6% | 114 / 159 | |
| 2×2 | 8.58 | 13.02 | top 71.3% | 1,621 / 2,325 | |
| 4×4 | 1:49.20 | 2:31.54 | top 76.3% | 727 / 1,120 | |
| 5×5 | 6:08.47 | — | early days — 1 solve | 550 / 562 |
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
- 15 Dec 2007First sub-20 3×3: 18.13 at Swedish Cube Day competition 2007.
- 15 Sep 2007Three personal bests in one day at Polish Open 2007.
- 25 Aug 2007Three personal bests in one day at Swedish Open 2007.
- 21 Oct 2006First competition: Swedish Open 2006. A 28.37 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Stockholm Open 2013 · 30 Mar 2013
- Swedish Cube Day competition 2009 · 5 Dec 2009
- Swedish Open 2009 · 5 Sep 2009
- Västerås Open 2009 · 25 Apr 2009
- Swedish Cube Day competition 2008 · 6 Dec 2008 — 1 personal best set
- Swedish Open 2008 · 6 Sep 2008 — 2 personal bests set
- Swedish Cube Day competition 2007 · 15 Dec 2007 — 2 personal bests set
- Polish Open 2007 · 15 Sep 2007 — 3 personal bests set
- Swedish Open 2007 · 25 Aug 2007 — 3 personal bests set
- Swedish Open 2006 · 21 Oct 2006
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.
- Daniel Lundwall — met in 23 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Gunnar Krig — met in 23 rounds, never finished ahead
- Erik Johansson — met in 22 rounds, finished ahead 10 times
Next targets
- A sub-15 3×3 single — 69,493 people have one; it is 3.09 away.
- A sub-30 3×3 one-handed single — 34,382 people have one; it is 6.55 away.
Targets move as he improves.