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Adrian Helland Paulsen
2×2 · top 12.2% of 189,179 all-time · competing since September 2023 · 2023PAUL21
Adrian Helland Paulsen has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.81, set at Sandnes Winter 2024, puts him in the top 12.2% of the 189,179 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 175th in Norway. Across 9 competitions since September 2023, he has put 298 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one; 82% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 2×2 best has come down from 5.92 in September 2023 to 2.81, a 53% improvement. Adrian has entered nine competitions, more competitions than 91% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Norway | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 2.81 | 5.27 | top 12.2% | 175 / 1,217 | |
| Skewb | 4.62 | 8.85 | top 15.4% | 94 / 537 | |
| Pyraminx | 6.18 | 9.96 | top 21.4% | 229 / 879 | |
| 3×3 | 17.01 | 20.33 | top 31.1% | 463 / 1,643 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 33.84 | 40.28 | top 55.2% | 254 / 521 | |
| Clock | 26.09 | 30.35 | top 78.6% | 185 / 243 | |
| 4×4 | 2:03.67 | — | early days — 2 solves | 478 / 596 |
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
- 9 Aug 2024Three personal bests in one day at Norwegian Championship 2024.
- 27 Jan 2024First sub-20 3×3: 17.34 at Sandnes Winter 2024.
- 9 Dec 2023Three personal bests in one day at Cubing Portal Sandnes 2023.
- 1 Sep 2023First competition: Sandnes Open 2023. A 25.20 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Norwegian Championship 2026 · 14 Aug 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Sandnes Winter 2026 · 7 Feb 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Norwegian Championship 2025 · 1 Aug 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Sandnes Winter 2025 · 15 Feb 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Sandnes Open 2024 · 28 Sep 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Norwegian Championship 2024 · 9 Aug 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Sandnes Winter 2024 · 27 Jan 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Cubing Portal Sandnes 2023 · 9 Dec 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Sandnes Open 2023 · 1 Sep 2023 — 2 personal bests set
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.
- Stian Nystad Østli — met in 55 rounds, never finished ahead
- Niklas Aasen Eliasson — met in 55 rounds, never finished ahead
- Ulrik Bredland — met in 54 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 9,039 people have one; it is 0.81 away.
- A sub-4 Skewb single — 8,121 people have one; it is 0.62 away.
Targets move as he improves.