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Samuel Klingström
3×3 · top 5.7% of 288,433 all-time · competing since July 2012 · 2012KLIN03
Samuel Klingström has been competing for 14 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.32, set at Rubik's Cube European Championships 2014, puts him in the top 5.7% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 176th in Sweden. Until February 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 8 competitions since July 2012, he has put 334 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 9% around a typical one, steadier than 99% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 13.43 in July 2012 to 9.32, a 31% improvement. Samuel has entered eight competitions, more competitions than 90% 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 | 9.32 | 10.77 | top 5.7% | 176 / 2,948 | |
| Megaminx | 56.59 | 1:07.02 | top 8.3% | 46 / 569 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 15.59 | 24.15 | top 9.4% | 90 / 870 | |
| 4×4 | 47.15 | 51.18 | top 21.1% | 196 / 1,123 | |
| 5×5 | 1:29.70 | 1:35.32 | top 27.2% | 129 / 567 | |
| 7×7 | 5:05.34 | 5:19.38 | top 52.2% | 97 / 207 |
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
- 23 Nov 2013First sub-10 3×3: 9.81 at Swedish Cube Days 2013.
- 23 Nov 2013Five personal bests in one day at Swedish Cube Days 2013.
- 14 Sep 2013Four personal bests in one day at Swedish Championship 2013.
- 30 Mar 2013Six personal bests in one day at Stockholm Open 2013.
- 6 Oct 2012Four personal bests in one day at Swedish Championship 2012.
- 21 Jul 2012First competition: Vårgårda Open 2012. A 13.43 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Arnold Classic Africa 2019 · 17 May 2019
- Rubik's Cube European Championships 2014 · 8 Aug 2014 — 1 personal best set
- Linkub 2014 · 8 Feb 2014 — 2 personal bests set
- Swedish Cube Days 2013 · 23 Nov 2013 — 5 personal bests set
- Swedish Championship 2013 · 14 Sep 2013 — 4 personal bests set
- Stockholm Open 2013 · 30 Mar 2013 — 6 personal bests set
- Swedish Championship 2012 · 6 Oct 2012 — 4 personal bests set
- Vårgårda Open 2012 · 21 Jul 2012
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.
- Gunnar Krig — met in 61 rounds, finished ahead 21 times
- Simon Westlund — met in 59 rounds, finished ahead once
- Anders Berggren — met in 47 rounds, finished ahead 33 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 8,101 people have one; it is 1.32 away.
- A sub-50 Megaminx single — 1,829 people have one; it is 6.59 away.
Targets move as he improves.