People · Sweden
Nils Elmquist
3×3 · top 8.2% of 288,433 all-time · competing since March 2025 · 2025ELMQ03
Nils Elmquist has been competing for a year. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 10.22, set at Alekuben 2026, puts him in the top 8.2% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 234th in Sweden. Until May 2007, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 12 competitions since March 2025, he has put 495 official solves on the record across twelve events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 17% around a typical one; 95% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 18.62 in March 2025 to 10.22, a 45% improvement. Nils has entered twelve 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 10.22 | 12.67 | top 8.2% | 234 / 2,948 | |
| 2×2 | 2.45 | 3.54 | top 8.5% | 272 / 2,338 | |
| Pyraminx | 4.35 | 6.71 | top 9.4% | 222 / 1,743 | |
| Skewb | 3.87 | 5.74 | top 10.1% | 154 / 1,176 | |
| Clock | 7.02 | 9.13 | top 10.9% | 67 / 552 | |
| 4×4 | 55.53 | 59.81 | top 31.5% | 280 / 1,123 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 24.22 | 30.97 | top 32.2% | 264 / 870 | |
| 5×5 | 1:51.91 | 2:09.12 | top 44.1% | 218 / 567 | |
| Megaminx | 2:34.37 | — | top 63.4% | 318 / 569 | |
| Square-1 | 44.85 | 1:32.07 | top 70.9% | 291 / 430 | |
| 6×6 | 4:25.46 | — | early days — 3 solves | 165 / 255 | |
| 7×7 | 8:07.92 | — | early days — 2 solves | 171 / 207 |
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
- 1 May 2026Three personal bests in one day at Nordic & Swedish Championship 2026.
- 7 Feb 2026Six personal bests in one day at Alekuben 2026.
- 13 Dec 2025Three personal bests in one day at Götalandsmästerskapet 2025.
- 9 Aug 2025Four personal bests in one day at Kublördag Landvetter II: 2025.
- 2 Aug 2025Eight personal bests in one day at Come Back to Tofta 2025.
- 5 Jul 2025First sub-15 3×3: 14.50 at Kublördag Landvetter I: 2025.
Competitions
- Kublördag Landvetter IV: 2026 · 27 Jun 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Varberg Open 2026 · 23 May 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Nordic & Swedish Championship 2026 · 1 May 2026 — 3 personal bests set
- Alekuben 2026 · 7 Feb 2026 — 6 personal bests set
- Götalandsmästerskapet 2025 · 13 Dec 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Cuboss Open 2025 · 25 Oct 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Kublördag Landvetter III: 2025 · 20 Sep 2025
- Kublördag Landvetter II: 2025 · 9 Aug 2025 — 4 personal bests set
- Come Back to Tofta 2025 · 2 Aug 2025 — 8 personal bests set
- Kublördag Landvetter I: 2025 · 5 Jul 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Tip of Skåne 2025 · 12 Apr 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- First Solves Gothenburg 2025 · 29 Mar 2025 — 4 personal bests set
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.
- Eskil Munthe — met in 106 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
- Frank Lindblom — met in 96 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Alvar Solving — met in 95 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
Next targets
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,606 people have one; it is 0.22 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 9,039 people have one; it is 0.45 away.
Targets move as he improves.