People · Sweden
Nils Ek
3×3 · top 49.4% of 284,439 all-time · competing since September 2019 · 2019EKNI01
Nils Ek has been competing for 7 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 23.61, set at Swedish Championship 2021, puts him in the top 49.4% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,337th in Sweden. Across 6 competitions since September 2019, he has put 92 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 10% around a typical one, an early reading from 8 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 30.63 in September 2019 to 23.61, a 23% improvement. Nils has entered six competitions, more competitions than 86% 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 | 23.61 | 28.02 | top 49.4% | 1,337 / 2,925 | |
| 2×2 | 6.39 | 8.15 | top 54.9% | 1,258 / 2,325 | |
| Pyraminx | 11.62 | 15.38 | top 64.8% | 1,191 / 1,730 | |
| 4×4 | 2:01.72 | — | top 82.4% | 820 / 1,120 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 1:26.89 | — | early days — 2 solves | 793 / 868 |
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
- 5 Oct 2019First sub-30 3×3: 26.53 at Värnamo Cube Days 2019.
- 5 Oct 2019Four personal bests in one day at Värnamo Cube Days 2019.
- 13 Sep 2019First competition: Norrkubing 2019. A 30.63 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Kubkvarna 2022 · 5 Mar 2022 — 1 personal best set
- Swedish Championship 2021 · 5 Nov 2021 — 2 personal bests set
- Norrkubing 2021 · 2 Oct 2021 — 1 personal best set
- Södertälje New Year 2020 · 4 Jan 2020 — 2 personal bests set
- Värnamo Cube Days 2019 · 5 Oct 2019 — 4 personal bests set
- Norrkubing 2019 · 13 Sep 2019
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 Wallin — met in 22 rounds, never finished ahead
- Anders Berggren — met in 18 rounds, never finished ahead
- Theo Skoog — met in 18 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-20 3×3 single — 113,584 people have one; it is 3.61 away.
- A sub-6 2×2 single — 95,042 people have one; it is 0.39 away.
Targets move as he improves.