People · Norway
Alexander Forseth-Bomann
3×3 · top 40.0% of 284,439 all-time · competing since September 2019 · 2019BOMA01
Alexander Forseth-Bomann has been competing for 7 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 20.04, set at Trondheim Euro Qualifiers 2022, puts him in the top 40.0% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 596th in Norway. Across 6 competitions since September 2019, he has put 116 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 16% around a typical one, an early reading from 7 counted rounds. That figure sets aside his 3 DNFs. His 3×3 best has come down from 43.34 in September 2019 to 20.04, a 54% improvement. Alexander has entered six competitions, more competitions than 86% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Norway | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 20.04 | 36.26 | top 40.0% | 596 / 1,609 | |
| 2×2 | 6.63 | 9.14 | top 57.2% | 661 / 1,202 | |
| Pyraminx | 11.29 | 13.30 | top 62.6% | 555 / 865 | |
| 4×4 | 1:46.01 | 1:57.19 | top 74.4% | 425 / 590 | |
| Skewb | 16.61 | 23.75 | top 83.0% | 457 / 531 | |
| 5×5 | 3:48.99 | — | early days — 3 solves | 269 / 318 | |
| 7×7 | 12:11.00 | — | early days — 1 solve | 114 / 115 |
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
- 29 Feb 2020First sub-30 3×3: 21.16 at Flatåsen Open 2020.
- 29 Feb 2020Four personal bests in one day at Flatåsen Open 2020.
- 7 Sep 2019First competition: Sandnes Open 2019. A 43.34 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Trondheim Euro Qualifiers 2022 · 3 Jun 2022 — 1 personal best set
- Norwegian Championship 2021 · 12 Nov 2021 — 2 personal bests set
- Flatåsen Open 2020 · 29 Feb 2020 — 4 personal bests set
- Kjeller Open 2019 · 2 Nov 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Nidaros Cubing 2019 · 4 Oct 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Sandnes Open 2019 · 7 Sep 2019
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.
- Ulrik Bredland — met in 27 rounds, never finished ahead
- Ole Nikolai Gjerset — met in 26 rounds, never finished ahead
- Celine Tran — met in 26 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-20 3×3 single — 113,584 people have one; it is 0.04 away.
- A sub-6 2×2 single — 95,042 people have one; it is 0.63 away.
Targets move as he improves.