People · Norway
Anders Lassesen Naug
Pyraminx · top 4.3% of 129,321 all-time · competing since January 2019 · 2019NAUG01
Anders Lassesen Naug has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 3.18, set at Oslo Open 2024, puts him in the top 4.3% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 49th in Norway. Until February 2008, no official Pyraminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 9 competitions since January 2019, he has put 422 official solves on the record across eleven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 17% around a typical one; 96% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 19.49 in January 2019 to 10.84, a 44% improvement. Anders 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pyraminx | 3.18 | 8.69 | top 4.3% | 49 / 865 | |
| 3×3 | 10.84 | 14.44 | top 10.0% | 165 / 1,609 | |
| Skewb | 3.87 | 8.63 | top 10.0% | 59 / 531 | |
| 2×2 | 3.16 | 4.70 | top 16.1% | 215 / 1,202 | |
| 4×4 | 49.62 | 1:00.95 | top 24.2% | 127 / 590 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 27.49 | 33.35 | top 40.6% | 183 / 513 | |
| 5×5 | 2:05.89 | 2:19.06 | top 53.0% | 143 / 318 | |
| 6×6 | 4:15.87 | 4:40.74 | top 70.5% | 89 / 136 | |
| Megaminx | 2:54.94 | — | early days — 1 solve | 171 / 262 | |
| Square-1 | 53.45 | 1:08.55 | top 79.1% | 121 / 153 | |
| 7×7 | 7:44.85 | — | early days — 2 solves | 85 / 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
- 12 Nov 2021Four personal bests in one day at Norwegian Championship 2021.
- 31 Jul 2021Six personal bests in one day at Bergen Open 2021.
- 2 Aug 2020Three personal bests in one day at Bergen Open 2020.
- 2 Nov 2019Three personal bests in one day at Kjeller Open 2019.
- 27 Jul 2019First sub-15 3×3: 12.90 at Bergen Open 2019.
- 27 Jul 2019Seven personal bests in one day at Bergen Open 2019.
Competitions
- Oslo Open 2024 · 21 Jun 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Norwegian Championship 2022 · 22 Jul 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- Romerike Easter Open 2022 · 9 Apr 2022 — 1 personal best set
- Norwegian Championship 2021 · 12 Nov 2021 — 4 personal bests set
- Bergen Open 2021 · 31 Jul 2021 — 6 personal bests set
- Bergen Open 2020 · 2 Aug 2020 — 3 personal bests set
- Kjeller Open 2019 · 2 Nov 2019 — 3 personal bests set
- Bergen Open 2019 · 27 Jul 2019 — 7 personal bests set
- VI QB'er 2019 · 19 Jan 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.
- Anders Barhaugen — met in 86 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
- Hennie Færden — met in 83 rounds, finished ahead 19 times
- Stian Nystad Østli — met in 83 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-3 Pyraminx single — 4,700 people have one; it is 0.18 away.
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 0.84 away.
Targets move as he improves.