People · Sweden
Noah Pihlstrand
3×3 · top 2.0% of 284,439 all-time · competing since May 2018 · 2018PIHL01
Noah Pihlstrand has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 7.54, set at Popular 'n Blind Flen 2022, puts him in the top 2.0% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 83rd in Sweden. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 13 competitions since May 2018, he has put 878 official solves on the record across 13 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 60% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His Skewb best has come down from 8.82 in May 2018 to 2.51, a 72% improvement. Noah 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 7.54 | 8.70 | top 2.0% | 83 / 2,925 | |
| Pyraminx | 2.44 | 3.84 | top 2.1% | 66 / 1,730 | |
| Skewb | 2.51 | 5.55 | top 2.9% | 49 / 1,173 | |
| 2×2 | 1.96 | 3.16 | top 4.5% | 173 / 2,325 | |
| 4×4 | 33.61 | 39.01 | top 5.5% | 62 / 1,120 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 14.73 | 19.69 | top 7.6% | 73 / 868 | |
| Megaminx | 1:01.16 | 1:07.25 | top 10.6% | 56 / 564 | |
| 5×5 | 1:10.65 | 1:15.13 | top 12.1% | 68 / 562 | |
| Square-1 | 15.14 | 20.04 | top 16.8% | 80 / 427 | |
| 6×6 | 2:30.65 | 2:53.52 | top 25.9% | 67 / 249 | |
| 7×7 | 4:12.04 | 4:31.54 | top 35.0% | 68 / 206 | |
| Clock | 13.01 | 14.42 | top 39.7% | 213 / 546 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 8:13.45 | — | early days — 1 solve | 150 / 159 |
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, Skewb. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 29 Apr 2022Five personal bests in one day at Popular 'n Blind Flen 2022.
- 31 Jan 2020Eight personal bests in one day at Popular 'n Blind Flen 2020.
- 7 Dec 2019Six personal bests in one day at SSL Final Stockholm 2019.
- 22 Jun 2019Three personal bests in one day at Swedish Decathlon Challenge 2019.
- 30 May 2019Eight personal bests in one day at Swedish Championship 2019.
- 3 May 2019First sub-10 3×3: 9.99 at Valborg Cubing 2019.
Competitions
- Popular 'n Blind Flen 2022 · 29 Apr 2022 — 5 personal bests set
- Popular 'n Blind Flen 2020 · 31 Jan 2020 — 8 personal bests set
- SSL Final Stockholm 2019 · 7 Dec 2019 — 6 personal bests set
- Swedish Decathlon Challenge 2019 · 22 Jun 2019 — 3 personal bests set
- Swedish Championship 2019 · 30 May 2019 — 8 personal bests set
- Valborg Cubing 2019 · 3 May 2019 — 6 personal bests set
- SSL 2 Skurup 2019 · 13 Apr 2019 — 9 personal bests set
- SSL 1 Åkers Styckebruk 2019 · 9 Mar 2019 — 5 personal bests set
- Kubkvarna Winter 2019 · 26 Jan 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Flen Christmas Sleepover 2018 · 30 Nov 2018 — 9 personal bests set
- Nordic Championship 2018 · 2 Nov 2018 — 8 personal bests set
- Swedish Decathlon Challenge 2018 · 30 Jun 2018 — 5 personal bests set
- Swedish Championship 2018 · 11 May 2018
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 194 rounds, finished ahead 9 times
- Elvin Thorsen — met in 176 rounds, finished ahead 10 times
- Marcus Moberg — met in 167 rounds, finished ahead 25 times
Next targets
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 1.54 away.
- A sub-2 Pyraminx single — 1,476 people have one; it is 0.44 away.
Targets move as he improves.