People · Sweden
Valter Sallhammar
3×3 · top 4.8% of 288,433 all-time · competing since September 2022 · 2022SALL02
Valter Sallhammar has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.98, set at Blekinge Open 2026, puts him in the top 4.8% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 161st in Sweden. Until May 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 14 competitions since September 2022, he has put 654 official solves on the record across ten events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one; 84% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 50.86 in September 2022 to 8.98, an 82% improvement. Valter has entered 14 competitions, more competitions than 95% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Sweden | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 8.98 | 12.62 | top 4.8% | 161 / 2,948 | |
| 2×2 | 2.10 | 4.01 | top 5.5% | 197 / 2,338 | |
| Skewb | 3.27 | 6.11 | top 6.5% | 113 / 1,176 | |
| Pyraminx | 4.27 | 6.43 | top 9.0% | 214 / 1,743 | |
| Megaminx | 1:19.32 | 1:32.13 | top 21.3% | 108 / 569 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 22.16 | 25.25 | top 26.6% | 231 / 870 | |
| Clock | 10.51 | 11.91 | top 27.4% | 146 / 552 | |
| 4×4 | 55.93 | 1:01.49 | top 32.0% | 285 / 1,123 | |
| Square-1 | 30.24 | 44.18 | top 49.9% | 207 / 430 | |
| 5×5 | 2:02.25 | 2:08.41 | top 50.8% | 251 / 567 |
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
- 3 Oct 2026Four personal bests in one day at Kärnan Open 2026.
- 22 Aug 2026First sub-10 3×3: 8.98 at Blekinge Open 2026.
- 22 Aug 2026Six personal bests in one day at Blekinge Open 2026.
- 17 Feb 2024Three personal bests in one day at Big Cubes in Stafsinge 2024.
- 27 Jan 2024Six personal bests in one day at Folkets Kub Alvesta 2024.
- 4 Nov 2023First sub-15 3×3: 14.57 at Tofta Autumn Open 2023.
Competitions
- Kärnan Open 2026 · 3 Oct 2026 — 4 personal bests set
- Blekinge Open 2026 · 22 Aug 2026 — 6 personal bests set
- Winter Cubing in Stafsinge 2024 · 7 Dec 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Götalandsmästerskapet 2024 · 5 Oct 2024
- Kublördag Jönköping II - 2024 · 20 Jul 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Big Cubes in Stafsinge 2024 · 17 Feb 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Folkets Kub Alvesta 2024 · 27 Jan 2024 — 6 personal bests set
- Tofta Autumn Open 2023 · 4 Nov 2023 — 6 personal bests set
- Lördagskuben Skillingaryd 2023 · 16 Sep 2023 — 7 personal bests set
- Sotenäs Summer Solving 2023 · 24 Jun 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- SveKub Super League II: Hässleholm 2023 · 4 Mar 2023 — 4 personal bests set
- Kalmar Cubing 2023 · 18 Feb 2023 — 1 personal best set
- SveKub Super League I: Falkenberg 2023 · 28 Jan 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Gbg Summer Cubing 2022 · 3 Sep 2022
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.
- Pep Edén — met in 104 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Herman Axelsson — met in 98 rounds, finished ahead 20 times
- Viktor Zenk — met in 88 rounds, finished ahead 34 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 8,101 people have one; it is 0.98 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 9,039 people have one; it is 0.10 away.
Targets move as he improves.