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Stefán Dagur Pálmason

2×2 · top 2.2% of 186,767 all-time · competing since December 2022 · 2022PALM16

Stefán Dagur Pálmason has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.51, set at Reykjavík Windy Open 2023, puts him in the top 2.2% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 4th in Iceland. Until November 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 9 competitions since December 2022, he has put 456 official solves on the record across ten events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 57% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 16.78 in December 2022 to 11.06, a 34% improvement. He has entered nine competitions, more competitions than 91% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 2.2% of 186,767 all-time
1.51
signature single · Reykjavík Windy Open 2023
456
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 57% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingIceland
2×21.513.92
top 2.2%4 / 150
Skewb3.787.06
top 9.4%4 / 64
3×311.0612.87
top 10.7%16 / 196
Square-113.4920.55
top 12.9%2 / 27
Pyraminx5.188.79
top 14.3%18 / 99
Clock8.9611.97
top 19.8%3 / 23
4×455.831:03.30
top 31.7%16 / 66
3×3 one-handed30.6035.15
top 48.0%23 / 56
Megaminx2:07.732:26.02
top 50.0%12 / 27
5×52:09.432:19.47
top 55.1%17 / 42

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

Icelandic Nationals 2022: 16.78Iceland Open 2023: 13.31Icelandic Nationals 2023: 14.77Reykjavík Windy Open 2023: 16.86Nýliðamót Kubbafélagsins 2024: 14.43Iceland Open 2025: 16.13Puzzling Papatoetoe 2025: 16.26Wellington Skewb Showdown 2025: 14.89Íslandsmótið í Töfrateningum 2025: 11.0611.0616.862 Dec 202230 Aug 2025

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.

Next targets

  • A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.51 away.
  • A sub-3 Skewb single — 3,646 people have one; it is 0.78 away.

Targets move as he improves.