People · Iceland
Steingrímur Ari Helgason
Pyraminx · top 4.3% of 129,321 all-time · competing since April 2023 · 2023HELG01
Steingrímur Ari Helgason has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 3.18, set at Íslandsmótið í Töfrateningum 2025, puts him in the top 4.3% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2nd in Iceland. Until February 2008, no official Pyraminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 8 competitions since April 2023, he has put 398 official solves on the record across eleven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one; 85% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 58.48 in April 2023 to 10.12, an 83% improvement. He 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 | Iceland | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pyraminx | 3.18 | 4.90 | top 4.3% | 2 / 99 | |
| 3×3 | 10.12 | 13.23 | top 7.8% | 10 / 196 | |
| 2×2 | 3.26 | 4.51 | top 17.3% | 32 / 150 | |
| 4×4 | 52.07 | 1:07.75 | top 27.2% | 11 / 66 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 23.64 | 29.87 | top 30.5% | 13 / 56 | |
| Clock | 11.19 | 16.58 | top 31.0% | 7 / 23 | |
| 5×5 | 1:38.92 | 1:58.05 | top 34.6% | 5 / 42 | |
| Skewb | 9.04 | 11.00 | top 48.7% | 36 / 64 | |
| Megaminx | 2:06.16 | 2:17.03 | top 49.2% | 11 / 27 | |
| Square-1 | 40.99 | 50.13 | top 66.6% | 18 / 27 | |
| 6×6 | 4:04.47 | 4:14.44 | early days — 3 solves | 6 / 18 |
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
- 30 Aug 2025Five personal bests in one day at Íslandsmótið í Töfrateningum 2025.
- 21 Mar 2025Five personal bests in one day at Iceland Open 2025.
- 23 Nov 2024Six personal bests in one day at Iceland Open 2024.
- 14 Sep 2024First sub-15 3×3: 12.46 at Íslandsmótið í Töfrateningum 2024.
- 14 Sep 2024Five personal bests in one day at Íslandsmótið í Töfrateningum 2024.
- 16 Mar 2024Five personal bests in one day at Nýliðamót Kubbafélagsins 2024.
Competitions
- Íslandsmótið í Töfrateningum 2025 · 30 Aug 2025 — 5 personal bests set
- Iceland Open 2025 · 21 Mar 2025 — 5 personal bests set
- Iceland Open 2024 · 23 Nov 2024 — 6 personal bests set
- Íslandsmótið í Töfrateningum 2024 · 14 Sep 2024 — 5 personal bests set
- Nýliðamót Kubbafélagsins 2024 · 16 Mar 2024 — 5 personal bests set
- Reykjavík Windy Open 2023 · 25 Nov 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Icelandic Nationals 2023 · 15 Sep 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Iceland Open 2023 · 22 Apr 2023
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.
- Óskar Pétursson — met in 82 rounds, finished ahead 6 times
- Ólafur Jan Bartoszek — met in 77 rounds, finished ahead 23 times · head to head
- Ramita Selma Rattanaprathum — met in 70 rounds, finished ahead 36 times · head to head
Next targets
- A sub-3 Pyraminx single — 4,700 people have one; it is 0.18 away.
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 0.12 away.
Targets move as he improves.