People · United States
Bruce Norskog
3×3 Fewest Moves · top 23.4% of 12,294 all-time · competing since April 2006 · 2006NORS01
Bruce Norskog has been competing for 20 years. His best event is the 3×3 Fewest Moves: a personal-best single of 33 moves, set at US Nationals 2014, puts him in the top 23.4% of the 12,294 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 507th in the United States. Across 59 competitions since April 2006, he has put 675 official solves on the record across twelve events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 20% around a typical one; 99% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 1:00.20 in April 2006 to 31.89, a 47% improvement. Bruce has entered 59 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 | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 33 moves | 38.00 | top 23.4% | 507 / 2,040 | |
| 2×2 | 5.93 | 10.20 | top 50.2% | 20,381 / 40,951 | |
| 3×3 | 31.89 | 39.08 | top 65.7% | 39,455 / 59,724 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 6:01.84 | 7:13.18 | top 86.8% | 1,799 / 2,092 | |
| Pyraminx | 16.75 | 32.32 | top 87.1% | 25,662 / 28,708 | |
| Skewb | 20.12 | 41.30 | top 89.8% | 17,302 / 18,907 | |
| 4×4 | 2:26.58 | 2:59.37 | top 90.9% | 17,377 / 19,072 | |
| Square-1 | 1:21.09 | 2:17.57 | top 93.1% | 6,324 / 6,743 | |
| 5×5 | 4:16.00 | 5:01.49 | top 93.5% | 8,885 / 9,401 | |
| 6×6 | 8:00.28 | — | top 97.5% | 4,100 / 4,196 | |
| 7×7 | 17:24.00 | — | early days — 2 solves | 3,190 / 3,184 | |
| Megaminx | 8:55.83 | — | early days — 1 solve | 7,857 / 7,841 |
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
- 19 Apr 2008Three personal bests in one day at Cornell Spring competition 2008.
- 27 May 2006First sub-60 3×3: 43.62 at Trumbull Spring competition 2006.
- 29 Apr 2006First competition: Rutgers Spring competition 2006. A 1:00.20 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- FMC USA 2015 · 25 Oct 2015
- FMC USA 2014 · 26 Oct 2014
- US Nationals 2014 · 1 Aug 2014 — 1 personal best set
- MIT FMC 2014 · 3 May 2014
- Lexington Fall 2013 · 23 Nov 2013 — 1 personal best set
- World Rubik's Cube Championship 2013 · 26 Jul 2013
- Harvard Spring 2013 · 2 Feb 2013 — 1 personal best set
- MIT Fall 2012 · 10 Nov 2012 — 1 personal best set
- Harvard Fall 2012 · 6 Oct 2012
- Princeton Fall 2012 · 22 Sep 2012 — 1 personal best set
- United States National Championships 2012 · 3 Aug 2012
- Captain's Cove competition 2012 · 26 May 2012
- Harvard Spring 2012 · 7 Apr 2012
- MIT Spring 2012 · 18 Feb 2012
- MIT Fall 2011 · 17 Dec 2011
- Harvard Fall 2011 · 22 Oct 2011
- Princeton Fall 2011 · 24 Sep 2011
- United States National Championships 2011 · 12 Aug 2011
- Hackley Summer 2011 · 30 Jul 2011
- Captain's Cove competition 2011 · 28 May 2011
- Harvard Spring 2011 · 2 Apr 2011 — 1 personal best set
- MIT Spring 2011 · 5 Mar 2011
- Brown Cubing Day 2011 · 5 Feb 2011
- MIT Fall 2010 · 13 Nov 2010
- Princeton Fall 2010 · 6 Nov 2010
- Harvard Fall 2010 · 2 Oct 2010
- United States Rubik's Cube Championships 2010 · 6 Aug 2010 — 1 personal best set
- Ohio Open 2010 · 5 Jun 2010 — 1 personal best set
- Captain's Cove competition 2010 · 29 May 2010
- Baltimore Spring competition 2010 · 18 Apr 2010
- MIT Spring 2010 · 6 Mar 2010 — 1 personal best set
- Brown Cubing Day 2009 · 12 Dec 2009 — 2 personal bests set
- MIT Fall 2009 · 14 Nov 2009 — 1 personal best set
- US Nationals 2009 · 14 Aug 2009 — 1 personal best set
- Connecticut Summer Competition 2009 · 1 Aug 2009 — 2 personal bests set
- Safe Haven competition 2009 · 20 Jun 2009
- Captain's Cove competition 2009 · 23 May 2009
- Ohio Open 2009 · 28 Mar 2009 — 1 personal best set
- UPenn Spring competition 2009 · 21 Mar 2009 — 2 personal bests set
- Drexel Winter 2009 · 14 Mar 2009
- Fort Lee Winter 2009 · 7 Mar 2009 — 2 personal bests set
- Twin Cities Cubing Classic 2009 · 28 Feb 2009 — 2 personal bests set
- Newark Winter 2009 · 7 Feb 2009 — 1 personal best set
- Virginia Open 2008 · 29 Nov 2008
- Westchester Fall 2008 · 22 Nov 2008
- Newark Open 2008 · 8 Nov 2008
- US Nationals and Open 2008 · 19 Jul 2008
- Armonk Spring 2008 · 26 Apr 2008 — 2 personal bests set
- Cornell Spring competition 2008 · 19 Apr 2008 — 3 personal bests set
- Kearny Kardinal competition 2008 · 16 Feb 2008
- Virginia Open 2007 · 24 Nov 2007 — 1 personal best set
- Pleasantville Fall competition 2007 · 3 Nov 2007 — 1 personal best set
- Captain's Cove competition 2007 · 26 May 2007 — 1 personal best set
- Rutgers Spring competition 2007 · 22 Apr 2007 — 2 personal bests set
- Cornell Spring competition 2007 · 31 Mar 2007 — 2 personal bests set
- Rutgers Fall competition 2006 · 18 Nov 2006 — 1 personal best set
- US Nationals 2006 · 4 Aug 2006
- Trumbull Spring competition 2006 · 27 May 2006 — 1 personal best set
- Rutgers Spring competition 2006 · 29 Apr 2006
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.
- Tim Reynolds — met in 176 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
- Bob Burton — met in 158 rounds, finished ahead 6 times
- Rowe Hessler — met in 119 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
Next targets
- A sub-5 2×2 single — 73,413 people have one; it is 0.93 away.
- A sub-30 3×3 single — 177,856 people have one; it is 1.89 away.
Targets move as he improves.