People · Sweden
Valdemar Bengtsson
Pyraminx · top 5.8% of 130,891 all-time · competing since May 2016 · 2016BENG02
Valdemar Bengtsson has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 3.58, set at SSL Final Borås 2017, puts him in the top 5.8% of the 130,891 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 151st in Sweden. Until February 2008, no official Pyraminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 8 competitions since May 2016, he has put 217 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 16% around a typical one; 89% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 2×2 best has come down from 6.05 in May 2016 to 2.44, a 60% improvement. Valdemar 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 | Sweden | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pyraminx | 3.58 | 8.06 | top 5.8% | 151 / 1,743 | |
| 2×2 | 2.44 | 3.94 | top 8.4% | 269 / 2,338 | |
| 3×3 | 12.41 | 14.85 | top 15.4% | 394 / 2,948 | |
| Skewb | 5.37 | 9.11 | top 21.1% | 282 / 1,176 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 26.81 | 31.47 | top 39.0% | 302 / 870 | |
| 4×4 | 1:02.97 | 1:13.42 | top 39.7% | 357 / 1,123 | |
| Square-1 | 34.66 | 46.70 | top 57.8% | 240 / 430 |
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, 2×2. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 2 Dec 2017Three personal bests in one day at SSL Final Borås 2017.
- 26 May 2017First sub-15 3×3: 12.41 at Swedish Championship 2017.
- 26 May 2017Four personal bests in one day at Swedish Championship 2017.
- 4 Mar 2017Four personal bests in one day at SSL 1 Jönköping 2017.
- 10 Dec 2016First sub-20 3×3: 19.60 at Lucia Open 2016.
- 10 Dec 2016Four personal bests in one day at Lucia Open 2016.
Competitions
- SSL Final Borås 2017 · 2 Dec 2017 — 3 personal bests set
- SSL 3 Kungsbacka 2017 · 30 Sep 2017 — 2 personal bests set
- Swedish Championship 2017 · 26 May 2017 — 4 personal bests set
- SSL 1 Jönköping 2017 · 4 Mar 2017 — 4 personal bests set
- Lucia Open 2016 · 10 Dec 2016 — 4 personal bests set
- ÅF Swedish Cube Open 2016 · 15 Oct 2016 — 3 personal bests set
- Gothenburg Cube Open 2016 · 18 Jun 2016 — 1 personal best set
- Swedish Decathlon Challenge 2016 · 7 May 2016
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.
- Daniel Wallin — met in 53 rounds, never finished ahead
- Anders Berggren — met in 51 rounds, finished ahead 6 times
- Simon Jansson — met in 50 rounds, finished ahead 23 times
Next targets
- A sub-3 Pyraminx single — 4,783 people have one; it is 0.58 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 9,039 people have one; it is 0.44 away.
Targets move as he improves.