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Steffen Nielsen

Skewb · top 10.1% of 73,281 all-time · competing since December 2013 · 2013NIEL02

Steffen Nielsen has been competing for 13 years. His best event is the Skewb: a personal-best single of 3.89, set at Rubik's WCA European Championship 2022, puts him in the top 10.1% of the 73,281 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 54th in Denmark. Across 27 competitions since December 2013, he has put 1,157 official solves on the record across 14 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 66% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 17.93 in December 2013 to 12.63, a 30% improvement. Steffen has entered 27 competitions, more competitions than 98% of everyone who has ever competed.

Skewb
best event — top 10.1% of 73,281 all-time
3.89
signature single · Rubik's WCA European Championship 2022
1,157
official solves on the record
14%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 66% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingDenmark
Skewb3.898.87
top 10.1%54 / 467
2×23.105.41
top 15.4%189 / 906
3×312.6315.22
top 16.1%201 / 1,198
4×446.1851.38
top 19.8%89 / 468
5×51:23.131:31.26
top 21.7%51 / 269
Square-117.4829.20
top 22.1%43 / 185
Megaminx1:38.781:55.47
top 33.9%72 / 232
Pyraminx8.4111.83
top 39.8%317 / 702
3×3 one-handed29.0138.15
top 44.4%155 / 380
7×74:42.045:00.22
top 45.1%42 / 116
6×63:09.633:15.54
top 45.5%50 / 126
3×3 blindfolded2:39.07—
top 46.1%35 / 80
3×3 Fewest Moves42 moves45.00
top 55.5%62 / 96
Clock20.3126.72
top 65.5%124 / 187

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

Roskilde Christmas Classic 2013: 17.93Skanderborg Open 2014: 18.14Danish Open Championship 2014: 15.27Viking Summer Open 2014: 17.53Rubik's Cube European Championships 2014: 16.85Rebild Open 2014: 15.12Generalforsamlingen 2015: 14.94Danish Big Cube Open 2015: 15.55Danish Small Cube Open 2015: 13.40Danish Open Championships 2015: 15.47Danish Special 2015: 12.63Generalforsamlingen 2016: 15.79Roskilde by Vote 2016: 15.07Danish Open 2016: 13.16Generalforsamlingen 2017: 12.94Kongens Lyngby Open 2017: 14.55Danish Open 2017: 14.79World Rubik's Cube Championship 2017: 16.07Vestegnen Open 2017: 13.84Generalforsamlingen 2018: 15.09Østerhøj Open 2018: 15.39Danish Open 2018: 14.47Denmark & Friends 2019: 13.93KMG Spring 2019: 14.03Danish Open 2019: 14.48Rubik's WCA European Championship 2022: 14.8512.6318.148 Dec 201314 Jul 2022

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-3 Skewb single — 3,646 people have one; it is 0.89 away.
  • A sub-3 2×2 single — 26,570 people have one; it is 0.10 away.

Targets move as he improves.