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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.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Sweden | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clock | 2.40 | 2.91 | top 0.18% | 1 / 546 | |
| 2×2 | 0.85 | 1.31 | top 0.29% | 13 / 2,325 | |
| 3×3 | 6.62 | 8.10 | top 0.96% | 42 / 2,925 | |
| Megaminx | 37.44 | 46.04 | top 1.1% | 11 / 564 | |
| Skewb | 1.94 | 4.42 | top 1.2% | 23 / 1,173 | |
| 4×4 | 28.13 | 31.96 | top 1.8% | 27 / 1,120 | |
| Square-1 | 7.48 | 10.03 | top 2.3% | 12 / 427 | |
| 5×5 | 58.42 | 59.39 | top 4.7% | 32 / 562 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 13.49 | 16.58 | top 5.2% | 54 / 868 | |
| 6×6 | 1:48.16 | 1:53.26 | top 6.5% | 21 / 249 | |
| 7×7 | 2:58.01 | 3:03.28 | top 10.0% | 21 / 206 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 52.47 | 1:48.45 | top 10.7% | 20 / 159 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 29 moves | 32.67 | top 12.2% | 22 / 168 | |
| 3×3 Multi-Blind | 6 of 7 cubes · 48:04 | — | top 38.8% | 52 / 89 | |
| 4×4 blindfolded | 8:16.04 | — | early days — 3 solves | 23 / 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
Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 16 Jul 2026Three personal bests in one day at Rubik's WCA European Championship 2026.
- 11 Jul 2026Five personal bests in one day at Sleep & Solve Landsbro 2026.
- 28 Feb 2026Five personal bests in one day at Malmö Cubing Open 2026.
- 1 Nov 2025Five personal bests in one day at Big Cubes in Little Kode 2025.
- 16 Aug 2025Three personal bests in one day at Clockerup i Otterup 2025.
- 6 Jun 2025Six personal bests in one day at Swedish Championship 2025.
Competitions
- Blekinge Open 2026 · 22 Aug 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Dåstrup Diverse 2026 · 15 Aug 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Svealandsmästerskapet 2026 · 7 Aug 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Rubik's WCA European Championship 2026 · 16 Jul 2026 — 3 personal bests set
- Sleep & Solve Landsbro 2026 · 11 Jul 2026 — 5 personal bests set
- Kublördag Landvetter IV: 2026 · 27 Jun 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Headache in Kode 2026 · 5 Jun 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Nordic & Swedish Championship 2026 · 1 May 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Hvidovre April 2026 · 25 Apr 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Lundablindan 2026 · 12 Apr 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Jonsered Open 2026 · 21 Mar 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Malmö Cubing Open 2026 · 28 Feb 2026 — 5 personal bests set
- Bara Multi-Blind i Jönköping 2026 · 15 Feb 2026
- Kublördag Jönköping X - 2026 · 14 Feb 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Curtan Cubing Contest 2026 · 16 Jan 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Götalandsmästerskapet 2025 · 13 Dec 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Big Cubes in Little Kode 2025 · 1 Nov 2025 — 5 personal bests set
- Cuboss Open 2025 · 25 Oct 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Kublördag Landvetter III: 2025 · 20 Sep 2025
- Clockerup i Otterup 2025 · 16 Aug 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Kublördag Landvetter II: 2025 · 9 Aug 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Swedish Championship 2025 · 6 Jun 2025 — 6 personal bests set
- Tip of Skåne 2025 · 12 Apr 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Lundakuben 2025 · 22 Mar 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Kungkuben 2025 · 15 Mar 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Spring Cubing in Stafsinge 2025 · 8 Mar 2025 — 5 personal bests set
- Rottne Winter Cubing 2025 · 25 Jan 2025 — 5 personal bests set
- Curtan Cubing Contest 2025 · 11 Jan 2025 — 6 personal bests set
- Winter Cubing in Stafsinge 2024 · 7 Dec 2024 — 5 personal bests set
- Alekuben 2024 · 2 Nov 2024 — 9 personal bests set
- Götalandsmästerskapet 2024 · 5 Oct 2024 — 4 personal bests set
- West Coast 4: Göteborg 2024 · 14 Sep 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Summer Cubing in Stafsinge 2024 · 3 Aug 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Kublördag Jönköping II - 2024 · 20 Jul 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Clockeborg 2024 · 25 May 2024 — 4 personal bests set
- Kublördag Jönköping I - 2024 · 27 Apr 2024 — 6 personal bests set
- West Coast 2: Mölnlycke 2024 · 24 Feb 2024 — 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.
- 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.