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Walter Højlund Smalbro

3×3 · top 0.72% of 284,439 all-time · competing since November 2023 · 2023SMAL04

Walter Højlund Smalbro has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 6.35, set at Aarhus Christmas 2024, puts him in the top 0.72% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 19th in Denmark. Until May 2011, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 17 competitions since November 2023, he has put 887 official solves on the record across 13 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 16% around a typical one; 92% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 10.43 in November 2023 to 6.35, a 39% improvement. Walter has entered 17 competitions, more competitions than 96% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 0.72% of 284,439 all-time
6.35
signature single · Aarhus Christmas 2024
887
official solves on the record
16%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 92% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingDenmark
3×36.358.20
top 0.72%19 / 1,198
2×21.282.41
top 1.3%17 / 906
3×3 one-handed11.3616.73
top 2.2%16 / 380
4×429.8632.23
top 2.8%17 / 468
Pyraminx3.094.47
top 3.9%44 / 702
Skewb2.806.98
top 4.0%25 / 467
5×557.881:03.81
top 4.5%14 / 269
6×61:52.231:56.18
top 8.0%12 / 126
7×73:09.613:27.24
top 13.2%13 / 116
Megaminx1:09.611:13.64
top 15.4%36 / 232
Square-126.5139.87
top 42.4%79 / 185
3×3 blindfolded2:55.752:58.81
early days — 3 solves41 / 80
Clock30.09—
early days — 2 solves156 / 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

Bjerringbro Open 2023: 10.43Fredericia Open 2024: 9.51Ikast Cubing Kaos 2024: 9.10Aalborg Open 2024: 9.76Hvidovre Sommer 2024: 8.91Danish Championship 2024: 8.33Østervang Open 2024: 7.80Aarhus Advent 2024: 7.95Aarhus Christmas 2024: 6.35Aarhus Winter 2025: 7.68Sydals Open 2025: 7.51Aarhus Summer 2025: 7.24Sej Sejere Sejs 2025: 7.28Aarhus Fall 2025: 7.02Aarhus Winter 2026: 7.36Aalborg Special 2026: 7.22Speedcubing Aarhus Generalforsamling 2026: 6.986.3510.4318 Nov 202312 Apr 2026

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-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 0.35 away.
  • A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.28 away.

Targets move as he improves.