People · Finland
Otto Sahlberg
2×2 · top 5.6% of 186,767 all-time · competing since August 2023 · 2023SAHL01
Otto Sahlberg has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.12, set at Nimble Newborough 2025, puts him in the top 5.6% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 69th in Finland. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 6 competitions since August 2023, he has put 120 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 19% around a typical one, an early reading from 7 counted rounds. His 2×2 best has come down from 3.06 in August 2023 to 2.12, a 31% improvement. Otto 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 | Finland | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 2.12 | 3.39 | top 5.6% | 69 / 671 | |
| Pyraminx | 3.75 | 7.61 | top 6.5% | 64 / 551 | |
| 3×3 | 10.71 | 18.57 | top 9.6% | 125 / 875 | |
| Skewb | 4.68 | 13.52 | top 15.8% | 106 / 405 | |
| 4×4 | 1:41.40 | 2:03.43 | top 71.5% | 295 / 388 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 1:06.54 | — | early days — 3 solves | 283 / 314 | |
| Clock | 36.16 | — | early days — 2 solves | 182 / 194 |
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, 2×2. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 15 Nov 2025First sub-20 3×3: 10.71 at Nimble Newborough 2025.
- 15 Nov 2025First sub-15 3×3: 10.71 at Nimble Newborough 2025.
- 15 Nov 2025Three personal bests in one day at Nimble Newborough 2025.
- 18 Oct 2025Four personal bests in one day at Apollo Bay Cubing 2025.
- 27 Sep 2025First sub-30 3×3: 26.46 at Puzzling Pakenham Saturday 2025.
- 26 Aug 2023First competition: Melbourne Cubing for Kids Saturday 2023. A 31.62 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Melbourne Cube Days 2025 · 29 Nov 2025
- Nimble Newborough 2025 · 15 Nov 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Apollo Bay Cubing 2025 · 18 Oct 2025 — 4 personal bests set
- Puzzling Pakenham Saturday 2025 · 27 Sep 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Cubing with Penguins by Phillip Island 2023 · 16 Sep 2023
- Melbourne Cubing for Kids Saturday 2023 · 26 Aug 2023 — 1 personal best 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.
- Phoenix Patterson — met in 29 rounds, never finished ahead
- Emmet Hobbs — met in 25 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Charlie Handley — met in 25 rounds, finished ahead once
Next targets
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.12 away.
- A sub-3 Pyraminx single — 4,700 people have one; it is 0.75 away.
Targets move as he improves.