People · Finland
Amos Nordman
Megaminx · top 0.034% of 34,786 all-time · competing since December 2014 · 2014NORD02
Amos Nordman has been competing for 12 years. His best event is the Megaminx: a personal-best single of 25.47, set at Kirkkonummen Kuutionvääntelyt 2024, puts him in the top 0.034% of the 34,786 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1st in Finland. Until March 2022, no official Megaminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 34 competitions since December 2014, he has put 3,155 official solves on the record across twelve events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 59% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 18.27 in December 2014 to 4.80, a 74% improvement. Amos has entered 34 competitions, more competitions than 98% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Finland | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Megaminx | 25.47 | 29.56 | top 0.034% | 1 / 188 | |
| 3×3 | 4.80 | 6.81 | top 0.085% | 2 / 875 | |
| 4×4 | 22.56 | 27.29 | top 0.27% | 2 / 388 | |
| 2×2 | 0.87 | 1.76 | top 0.33% | 3 / 671 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 8.90 | 10.57 | top 0.47% | 4 / 314 | |
| Skewb | 1.59 | 4.29 | top 0.56% | 6 / 405 | |
| Pyraminx | 1.88 | 4.08 | top 0.95% | 18 / 551 | |
| 5×5 | 47.07 | 52.12 | top 1.1% | 3 / 232 | |
| 6×6 | 1:38.76 | 1:46.09 | top 3.8% | 5 / 116 | |
| 7×7 | 2:32.83 | 2:43.65 | top 4.2% | 4 / 99 | |
| Square-1 | 12.22 | 16.91 | top 10.3% | 26 / 155 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 33 moves | — | early days — 1 solve | 32 / 95 |
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
- 16 Feb 2024Six personal bests in one day at Kirkkonummen Kuutionvääntelyt 2024.
- 22 Feb 2020Three personal bests in one day at Helsinki Open 2020.
- 1 Mar 2019Five personal bests in one day at Myyrmäki Spring Challenge 2019.
- 15 Dec 2018Five personal bests in one day at Lande Open 2018.
- 24 Aug 2018Four personal bests in one day at Ark 2018.
- 30 Jun 2018Five personal bests in one day at Vantaa Open 2018.
Competitions
- Autotalo Anime Adventure IV 2024 · 23 Mar 2024
- Kirkkonummen Kuutionvääntelyt 2024 · 16 Feb 2024 — 6 personal bests set
- Mega FMC Helsinki 2022 · 28 May 2022 — 1 personal best set
- Finnish Championship 2021 · 30 Oct 2021 — 1 personal best set
- Operation NxN Myrbacka 2020 · 30 Aug 2020 — 2 personal bests set
- Helsinki Open 2020 · 22 Feb 2020 — 3 personal bests set
- Minx C-Open-hagen 2020 · 18 Jan 2020
- Finnish Championship 2019 · 22 Nov 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Nordic Championship 2019 · 17 Oct 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Pönde Open 2019 · 4 Oct 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- WCA World Championship 2019 · 11 Jul 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Myyrmäki Summer Challenge 2019 · 24 May 2019
- Kirkkonummi Open 2019 · 12 Apr 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Denmark & Friends 2019 · 15 Mar 2019
- Myyrmäki Spring Challenge 2019 · 1 Mar 2019 — 5 personal bests set
- Vantaa Open 2019 · 9 Feb 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Lande Open 2018 · 15 Dec 2018 — 5 personal bests set
- Pikkujoulut 2018 · 16 Nov 2018 — 1 personal best set
- Nordic Championship 2018 · 2 Nov 2018
- Ark 2018 · 24 Aug 2018 — 4 personal bests set
- WCA European Championship 2018 · 19 Jul 2018 — 1 personal best set
- Vantaa Open 2018 · 30 Jun 2018 — 5 personal bests set
- Pulmapelipäivät 2018 · 8 Jun 2018 — 5 personal bests set
- Finnish Championship 2018 · 11 May 2018 — 7 personal bests set
- Finnish Open 2018 · 23 Mar 2018 — 4 personal bests set
- Finnish Championship 2017 · 17 Nov 2017 — 8 personal bests set
- SPB Championship 2017 · 27 Oct 2017 — 6 personal bests set
- Elisa Kulma Open 2017 · 14 Jan 2017 — 2 personal bests set
- Finnish Championship 2016 · 25 Nov 2016 — 10 personal bests set
- Helsinki Side Events 2016 · 3 Jan 2016 — 3 personal bests set
- Finnish Championship 2015 · 23 Oct 2015 — 9 personal bests set
- Helsinki Blind Weekend 2015 · 15 Aug 2015 — 4 personal bests set
- Finnish Open 2015 · 13 Jun 2015
- Vantaa Open 2014 · 13 Dec 2014 — 1 personal best 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.
- Niko Ronkainen — met in 495 rounds, finished ahead 383 times
- Joonas Silvennoinen — met in 414 rounds, finished ahead 363 times
- Kari Hyttinen — met in 371 rounds, finished ahead 323 times
Next targets
- A sub-25 Megaminx single — 8 people have one; it is 0.47 away.
- A sub-4 3×3 single — 38 people have one; it is 0.80 away.
Targets move as he improves.