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Stefan Lidström

2×2 · top 2.3% of 186,767 all-time · competing since September 2008 · 2008LIDS01

Stefan Lidström has been competing for 18 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.53, set at Huddinge Cube Day 2014, puts him in the top 2.3% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 93rd in Sweden. Until November 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 26 competitions since September 2008, he has put 944 official solves on the record across 13 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 91% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 30.91 in September 2008 to 15.11, a 51% improvement. Stefan has entered 26 competitions, more competitions than 98% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 2.3% of 186,767 all-time
1.53
signature single · Huddinge Cube Day 2014
944
official solves on the record
11%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 91% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingSweden
2×21.534.79
top 2.3%93 / 2,325
Pyraminx4.969.79
top 12.9%293 / 1,730
Clock9.3110.85
top 21.6%123 / 546
Square-118.1520.45
top 23.7%105 / 427
3×315.1116.02
top 24.8%623 / 2,925
3×3 one-handed22.9627.12
top 28.7%240 / 868
4×457.361:05.67
top 33.5%292 / 1,120
Megaminx1:41.191:56.82
top 35.3%168 / 564
5×51:52.752:07.92
top 44.5%222 / 562
3×3 Fewest Moves41 moves46.00
top 51.8%98 / 168
Skewb10.0812.99
top 55.4%658 / 1,173
7×75:44.555:57.92
top 63.8%122 / 206
6×64:02.664:18.57
top 66.3%152 / 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 Open 2008: 30.91Swedish Cube Day competition 2008: 24.66Sandö Open 2009: 24.56Norrköping Open 2009: 24.96Västerås Open 2009: 28.28Swedish Open 2009: 25.97Swedish Cube Day competition 2009: 23.80Karlstad Open 2010: 26.53Swedish Open 2010: 22.33Swedish Cubedays 2010: 18.52Helsinki Open 2011: 21.55Vårgårda Open 2011: 20.84Swedish Championship 2011: 20.52Swedish Cubedays 2011: 20.15Bergshamra Blind 2013: 18.08Stockholm Open 2013: 15.28Swedish Cube Days 2013: 19.09Stockholm Open 2014: 17.26Skanstull Cube 2014: 16.94Swedish Championship 2014: 15.38Huddinge Cube Day 2014: 17.46Swedish Championship 2015: 17.78SSL 2 Stockholm 2017: 15.74Swedish Championship 2017: 15.37Anders Larsson Memorial 2017: 15.1115.1130.916 Sep 200817 Sep 2017

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 0.53 away.
  • A sub-4 Pyraminx single — 9,892 people have one; it is 0.96 away.

Targets move as he improves.