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Simon Nilsson

Pyraminx · top 0.16% of 129,321 all-time · competing since December 2015 · 2015NILS02

Simon Nilsson has been competing for 11 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 1.22, set at Norrkubing 2021, puts him in the top 0.16% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 5th in Sweden. Until January 2018, no official Pyraminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 48 competitions since December 2015, he has put 2,601 official solves on the record across twelve events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 68% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His Pyraminx best has come down from 12.84 in December 2015 to 1.22, a 90% improvement. Simon has entered 48 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

Pyraminx
best event — top 0.16% of 129,321 all-time
1.22
signature single · Norrkubing 2021
2,601
official solves on the record
14%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 68% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingSweden
Pyraminx1.223.08
top 0.16%5 / 1,730
Megaminx35.9343.08
top 0.76%7 / 564
3×37.269.72
top 1.6%64 / 2,925
2×21.723.15
top 3.2%125 / 2,325
4×432.1138.46
top 4.3%50 / 1,120
Skewb3.255.54
top 6.3%110 / 1,173
3×3 one-handed14.3116.15
top 6.7%66 / 868
5×51:06.491:12.75
top 9.3%49 / 562
Clock9.3516.17
top 21.8%125 / 546
Square-117.6827.90
top 22.6%103 / 427
3×3 Fewest Moves42 moves—
early days — 3 solves102 / 168
6×64:32.114:39.08
early days — 3 solves169 / 249

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

Swedish Championship 2015: 12.84Nyköping Cube Day 2016: 6.12Swedish Decathlon Challenge 2016: 3.63ÅF Swedish Cube Open 2016: 2.03SSL 1 Jönköping 2017: 5.60SSL 2 Stockholm 2017: 2.48Swedish Decathlon Challenge 2017: 3.45Swedish Championship 2017: 1.97World Rubik's Cube Championship 2017: 2.70Twist and Shout Summer 2017: 2.76SSL 3 Kungsbacka 2017: 2.39Royal Corner Twist 2018: 2.62Swedish Championship 2018: 2.67Swedish Decathlon Challenge 2018: 2.41WCA European Championship 2018: 2.63SSL 1 Åkers Styckebruk 2019: 1.86Valborg Cubing 2019: 3.04SSL Final Stockholm 2019: 2.95Welcome Back Again Jönköping 2021: 2.63Flen - Lilla Manschetten 2021: 2.29Norrkubing 2021: 1.22Swedish Championship 2021: 2.91Kubkvarna 2022: 3.12Vännäs & Friends 2022: 2.53Popular 'n Blind Flen 2022: 2.71Warm Up Stockholm 2022: 2.93Rubik's WCA European Championship 2022: 2.51Frösö Cubing 2022: 2.58Kubsala Winter 2023: 3.05Hudiksvall Open 2023: 2.21SveKub Super League IV: Flen 2023: 2.17Swedish Championship 2023: 2.65SveKub Super League VI: Ljusdal 2023: 2.70SveKub Super League Final: Uppsala 2023: 2.76Swedish Championship 2024: 2.43Svealandsmästerskapet 2024: 2.46Norrlandsmästerskapet 2024: 2.62Norrland Tour: Umekuben 2025: 4.03Norrland Tour: Kubfors 2025: 3.04Swedish Championship 2025: 2.70Cuboss Open 2025: 3.14Norrlandsmästerskapet 2025: 2.71Dvärsätt Open 2026: 3.65Ugnsbakad Falukorv Open 2026: 2.30Nordic & Swedish Championship 2026: 2.79Rubik's WCA European Championship 2026: 3.75Svealandsmästerskapet 2026: 3.311.2212.845 Dec 20157 Aug 2026

Best single per competition, Pyraminx. 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.

Next targets

  • A sub-1 Pyraminx single — 49 people have one; it is 0.22 away.
  • A sub-30 Megaminx single — 75 people have one; it is 5.93 away.

Targets move as he improves.