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Ruben Norén Gustafsson

Clock · top 0.18% of 32,048 all-time · competing since February 2024 · 2024GUST01

Ruben Norén Gustafsson has been competing for 2 years. His best event is the Clock: a personal-best single of 2.40, set at Malmö Cubing Open 2026, puts him in the top 0.18% of the 32,048 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1st in Sweden. Until April 2024, no official Clock solve in the world had been that fast. Across 37 competitions since February 2024, he has put 2,186 official solves on the record across 15 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one; 80% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 9.87 in February 2024 to 6.62, a 33% improvement. Ruben has entered 37 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

Clock
best event — top 0.18% of 32,048 all-time
2.40
signature single · Malmö Cubing Open 2026
2,186
official solves on the record
15%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 80% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingSweden
Clock2.402.91
top 0.18%1 / 546
2×20.851.31
top 0.29%13 / 2,325
3×36.628.10
top 0.96%42 / 2,925
Megaminx37.4446.04
top 1.1%11 / 564
Skewb1.944.42
top 1.2%23 / 1,173
4×428.1331.96
top 1.8%27 / 1,120
Square-17.4810.03
top 2.3%12 / 427
5×558.4259.39
top 4.7%32 / 562
3×3 one-handed13.4916.58
top 5.2%54 / 868
6×61:48.161:53.26
top 6.5%21 / 249
7×72:58.013:03.28
top 10.0%21 / 206
3×3 blindfolded52.471:48.45
top 10.7%20 / 159
3×3 Fewest Moves29 moves32.67
top 12.2%22 / 168
3×3 Multi-Blind6 of 7 cubes · 48:04
top 38.8%52 / 89
4×4 blindfolded8:16.04
early days — 3 solves23 / 52

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

West Coast 2: Mölnlycke 2024: 9.87Kublördag Jönköping I - 2024: 7.98Clockeborg 2024: 8.99Kublördag Jönköping II - 2024: 8.69Summer Cubing in Stafsinge 2024: 8.07West Coast 4: Göteborg 2024: 8.94Götalandsmästerskapet 2024: 7.94Alekuben 2024: 7.76Winter Cubing in Stafsinge 2024: 9.05Curtan Cubing Contest 2025: 8.59Rottne Winter Cubing 2025: 8.10Spring Cubing in Stafsinge 2025: 8.55Kungkuben 2025: 7.79Lundakuben 2025: 8.12Tip of Skåne 2025: 6.62Swedish Championship 2025: 7.77Kublördag Landvetter II: 2025: 8.39Clockerup i Otterup 2025: 7.52Kublördag Landvetter III: 2025: 7.19Cuboss Open 2025: 7.25Big Cubes in Little Kode 2025: 7.61Götalandsmästerskapet 2025: 7.09Curtan Cubing Contest 2026: 7.54Kublördag Jönköping X - 2026: 7.97Malmö Cubing Open 2026: 7.56Jonsered Open 2026: 6.94Hvidovre April 2026: 6.76Nordic & Swedish Championship 2026: 7.16Kublördag Landvetter IV: 2026: 8.37Sleep & Solve Landsbro 2026: 8.25Rubik's WCA European Championship 2026: 7.47Svealandsmästerskapet 2026: 7.23Dåstrup Diverse 2026: 7.21Blekinge Open 2026: 8.046.629.8724 Feb 202422 Aug 2026

Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.

The story so far

Competitions

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 413 rounds, finished ahead 178 times
  • Ville Vasilis — met in 341 rounds, finished ahead 249 times
  • Pep Edén — met in 317 rounds, finished ahead 104 times

Next targets

  • A sub-2 Clock single — 17 people have one; it is 0.40 away.
  • A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 0.62 away.

Targets move as he improves.