People · Iceland
Pálmi Erlendsson
3×3 · top 88.1% of 288,433 all-time · competing since March 2025 · 2025ERLE02
Pálmi Erlendsson has been competing for a year. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 53.19, set at Íslandsmótið 2026, puts him in the top 88.1% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 165th in Iceland. Across 5 competitions since March 2025, he has put 42 official solves on the record across two events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 16% around a typical one, an early reading from 5 counted rounds. That figure sets aside his 2 DNFs. His 3×3 best has come down from 1:22.57 in March 2025 to 53.19, a 36% improvement. He has entered five competitions, more competitions than 83% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Iceland | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 53.19 | 59.33 | top 88.1% | 165 / 202 | |
| 2×2 | 15.03 | 24.40 | top 90.6% | 127 / 152 |
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
- 10 May 2025First sub-60 3×3: 54.76 at Puzzling Papatoetoe 2025.
- 21 Mar 2025First competition: Iceland Open 2025. A 1:22.57 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Íslandsmótið 2026 · 16 Oct 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Íslandsmótið í Töfrateningum 2025 · 30 Aug 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Wellington Skewb Showdown 2025 · 17 May 2025
- Puzzling Papatoetoe 2025 · 10 May 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Iceland Open 2025 · 21 Mar 2025
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.
- Stefán Dagur Pálmason — met in 9 rounds, never finished ahead
- Óskar Pétursson — met in 5 rounds, never finished ahead
- Nathan Ingi Arnberg — met in 5 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-50 3×3 single — 248,268 people have one; it is 3.19 away.
- A sub-15 2×2 single — 171,206 people have one; it is 0.03 away.
Targets move as he improves.