People · Norway
Birk Bredland
Skewb · top 1.1% of 73,281 all-time · competing since November 2014 · 2014BRED02
Birk Bredland has been competing for 12 years. His best event is the Skewb: a personal-best single of 1.88, set at WCA World Championship 2019, puts him in the top 1.1% of the 73,281 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 10th in Norway. Until December 2014, no official Skewb solve in the world had been that fast. Across 39 competitions since November 2014, he has put 1,800 official solves on the record across 15 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 64% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 52.35 in November 2014 to 8.53, an 84% improvement. Birk has entered 39 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Norway | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Skewb | 1.88 | 6.69 | top 1.1% | 10 / 531 | |
| 3×3 | 8.53 | 10.01 | top 3.8% | 65 / 1,609 | |
| 2×2 | 2.47 | 3.90 | top 8.6% | 131 / 1,202 | |
| 4×4 | 37.51 | 42.88 | top 9.3% | 45 / 590 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 17.89 | 22.75 | top 14.8% | 59 / 513 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 31 moves | 37.00 | top 17.4% | 24 / 117 | |
| Pyraminx | 5.76 | 8.80 | top 18.2% | 194 / 865 | |
| 5×5 | 1:21.20 | 1:27.19 | top 20.0% | 42 / 318 | |
| 7×7 | 4:34.37 | 4:41.94 | top 42.6% | 32 / 115 | |
| 6×6 | 3:04.70 | 3:16.19 | top 43.3% | 47 / 136 | |
| Square-1 | 28.52 | 32.60 | top 46.6% | 72 / 153 | |
| Clock | 20.44 | — | top 66.0% | 150 / 241 | |
| 3×3 Multi-Blind | 2 of 2 cubes · 13:33 | — | top 66.9% | 31 / 43 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 3:56.57 | 4:40.44 | top 67.3% | 57 / 93 | |
| Megaminx | 2:48.33 | 3:43.18 | top 69.5% | 162 / 262 |
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
- 2 Nov 2019Four personal bests in one day at Kjeller Open 2019.
- 7 Jun 2019Three personal bests in one day at Trondheim Parity Open 2019.
- 30 May 2019Four personal bests in one day at Swedish Championship 2019.
- 29 Mar 2019First sub-10 3×3: 9.11 at Norwegian Championship 2019.
- 29 Mar 2019Four personal bests in one day at Norwegian Championship 2019.
- 23 Feb 2019Five personal bests in one day at Voss Open 2019.
Competitions
- Julekubing 2022 · 28 Dec 2022
- Kjeller Open 2022 · 14 Oct 2022
- Norwegian Championship 2022 · 22 Jul 2022
- Norwegian Championship 2021 · 12 Nov 2021
- Flatåsen Open 2020 · 29 Feb 2020
- Kjeller Mental Breakdown 2019 · 30 Nov 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Kjeller Open 2019 · 2 Nov 2019 — 4 personal bests set
- Nordic Championship 2019 · 17 Oct 2019
- Nidaros Cubing 2019 · 4 Oct 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Sandnes Open 2019 · 7 Sep 2019 — 1 personal best set
- WCA World Championship 2019 · 11 Jul 2019 — 1 personal best set
- FMC 2019 · 15 Jun 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Trondheim Parity Open 2019 · 7 Jun 2019 — 3 personal bests set
- Swedish Championship 2019 · 30 May 2019 — 4 personal bests set
- SSL 2 Skurup 2019 · 13 Apr 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Norwegian Championship 2019 · 29 Mar 2019 — 4 personal bests set
- Mental Breakdown Norway 2019 · 24 Mar 2019
- Denmark & Friends 2019 · 15 Mar 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Voss Open 2019 · 23 Feb 2019 — 5 personal bests set
- VI QB'er 2019 · 19 Jan 2019 — 3 personal bests set
- Chill Out Trondheim 2018 · 8 Dec 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- Nordic Championship 2018 · 2 Nov 2018
- Kjeller Open 2018 · 20 Oct 2018
- Bartebyen 2018 · 6 Oct 2018 — 6 personal bests set
- Sandnes Open 2018 · 22 Sep 2018 — 6 personal bests set
- Fredrikstad Open 2018 · 1 Sep 2018 — 6 personal bests set
- WCA European Championship 2018 · 19 Jul 2018 — 1 personal best set
- Lier Open 2018 · 16 Jun 2018 — 6 personal bests set
- Swedish Championship 2018 · 11 May 2018 — 6 personal bests set
- Norwegian Championship 2018 · 6 Apr 2018 — 6 personal bests set
- FMC Europe 2018 · 10 Mar 2018
- Arctic Open 2018 · 10 Feb 2018 — 9 personal bests set
- VI QB'er 2018 · 13 Jan 2018 — 3 personal bests set
- Vestby Open 2017 · 8 Dec 2017 — 1 personal best set
- Kjeller Open 2017 · 4 Nov 2017 — 4 personal bests set
- World Rubik's Cube Championship 2017 · 13 Jul 2017 — 2 personal bests set
- Kjeller Open 2016 · 22 Oct 2016 — 2 personal bests set
- Norwegian Championship 2015 · 14 Mar 2015 — 3 personal bests set
- Kjeller Open 2014 · 15 Nov 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.
- Ulrik Bredland — met in 333 rounds, finished ahead 14 times
- Filip Nilsen — met in 258 rounds, finished ahead 17 times
- Knut Skaug Haraldsen — met in 255 rounds, finished ahead twice
Next targets
- A sub-1 Skewb single — 35 people have one; it is 0.88 away.
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.53 away.
Targets move as he improves.