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Niklas von Schantz

Clock · top 5.6% of 32,048 all-time · competing since April 2022 · 2022SCHA04

Niklas von Schantz has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the Clock: a personal-best single of 5.44, set at Uppsalaligan 5: Pouch - 2026, puts him in the top 5.6% of the 32,048 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 20th in Finland. Until December 2011, no official Clock solve in the world had been that fast. Across 47 competitions since April 2022, he has put 1,469 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 19% around a typical one; 99% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 34.47 in April 2022 to 15.25, a 56% improvement. Niklas has entered 47 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

Clock
best event — top 5.6% of 32,048 all-time
5.44
signature single · Uppsalaligan 5: Pouch - 2026
1,469
official solves on the record
19%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 99% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingFinland
Clock5.447.24
top 5.6%20 / 194
2×22.425.39
top 8.1%110 / 671
Pyraminx4.467.75
top 10.0%96 / 551
Skewb5.309.78
top 20.5%132 / 405
3×315.2518.61
top 25.3%274 / 875
4×41:00.381:11.21
top 36.8%161 / 388
Megaminx2:09.762:33.88
top 51.1%106 / 188
5×52:47.974:02.20
top 73.9%171 / 232

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

Kirkkonummen Kuutionvääntelyt 2022: 34.47Fyris Cubing 2022: 25.92Warm Up Stockholm 2022: 28.60Swedish Championship 2022: 28.86Level Up Uusimaa 2022: 25.93Kubsala Winter 2023: 24.37Kirkkonummi Time Trial 2023: 20.16Clockholm Open 2023: 20.39SveKub Super League III: Stockholm 2023: 19.18Nacka Open 2023: 22.22SveKub Super League V: Uppsala 2023: 19.88Björneborg Weekend 2023: 20.20Willimiehen Kuutiopäivät 2023: 16.79Finnish Championship 2023: 21.04SveKub Super League Final: Uppsala 2023: 19.70Kirkkonummen Kuutionvääntelyt 2024: 19.17Stockholmsligan 388: Piratens Hämnd - 2024: 20.36Lahen Cubefest 2024: 17.65Swedish Championship 2024: 18.64Stockholmsligan 413: Kalle i Kubik - 2024: 16.55Tallinn Open 2024: 16.36Rubik's WCA European Championship 2024: 17.40Svealandsmästerskapet 2024: 16.79Finnish Championship 2024: 17.47Solvermalm 2024: 17.42Stockholmsligan Tatu - Nyati 2025: 18.86Cubing at the Coast Långsand 2025: 17.70Stockholmsligan Nne - Kifaru 2025: 20.48STHLM Spin 2025: 16.99Kampin Kuutiopäivät 2025: 16.32Swedish Championship 2025: 16.72Rubik's WCA World Championship 2025: 18.55Norwegian Championship 2025: 19.61Finnish Championship 2025: 16.30Stockholmsligan Tatu - Mamba 2025: 17.78Kamppi Cube Weekend 2025: 16.99Kirkkonummen Jouluvääntelyt 2025: 15.25Uppsalaligan 1: Bean - 2026: 15.65Stockholmsligan 1: Skids - 2026: 17.01Kirkkonummen Kuutionvääntelyt 2026: 16.75Stockholmsligan 5: Zoo - 2026: 18.26Nordic & Swedish Championship 2026: 19.64Kampin Kuutiopäivät 2026: 16.06Uppsalaligan 5: Pouch - 2026: 18.96Åland Open 2026: 15.94Rubik's WCA European Championship 2026: 19.41Clockholm City Open 2026: 15.6215.2534.4715 Apr 20221 Aug 2026

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-5 Clock single — 1,421 people have one; it is 0.44 away.
  • A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.42 away.

Targets move as he improves.