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Daniel Gloppestad Bajer

3×3 · top 1.5% of 284,439 all-time · competing since February 2009 · 2009GLOP01

Daniel Gloppestad Bajer has been competing for 18 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 7.14, set at Norwegian Championship 2022, puts him in the top 1.5% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 30th in Norway. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 41 competitions since February 2009, he has put 2,001 official solves on the record across 15 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 55% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 31.28 in February 2009 to 7.14, a 77% improvement. Daniel has entered 41 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 1.5% of 284,439 all-time
7.14
signature single · Norwegian Championship 2022
2,001
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 55% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingNorway
3×37.149.59
top 1.5%30 / 1,609
Pyraminx3.036.97
top 3.7%36 / 865
3×3 one-handed13.2615.54
top 4.8%24 / 513
2×22.153.42
top 5.8%88 / 1,202
Megaminx58.271:04.79
top 9.1%17 / 262
4×439.2445.62
top 11.2%53 / 590
3×3 Fewest Moves31 moves37.00
top 17.4%24 / 117
5×51:30.771:39.34
top 27.9%73 / 318
Skewb7.2910.29
top 35.9%222 / 531
3×3 blindfolded4:06.06—
top 69.5%59 / 93
Square-157.001:10.41
top 81.7%127 / 153
6×65:24.465:47.58
early days — 3 solves115 / 136
7×77:51.388:40.80
early days — 3 solves87 / 115
3×3 Multi-Blind2 of 3 cubes · 30:00—
early days — 3 solves40 / 43
Clock35.1346.36
top 89.8%219 / 241

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

Norwegian Open 2009: 31.28Norwegian Open 2010: 14.09Karlstad Open 2010: 12.55Oslo Open 2010: 12.33Swedish Open 2010: 10.31Norwegian Open 2011: 10.66Swedish Championship 2011: 11.44Trondheim Fall 2011: 10.40Norwegian Championship 2012: 11.05Trondheim Spring 2012: 8.65Vårgårda Open 2012: 10.05Oslo Fall 2012: 9.05European Rubik's Cube Championship 2012: 9.66Trondheim Cube Day 2012: 9.52INSPIRIA Cube Day 2013: 9.71Norwegian Championship 2013: 9.83Oslo 3x3 2013: 9.58Norwegian Championship 2014: 9.85Rubik's Cube European Championships 2014: 9.30Trondheim Fall 2014: 9.33Norwegian Championship 2015: 9.13Bergen Open 2015: 10.03Oslo Fall 2015: 7.69UiO Open 2016: 8.73Norwegian Championship 2016: 9.44European Rubik's Cube Championship 2016: 8.57Kjeller Open 2016: 8.44VI QB'er 2017: 8.15Norwegian Championship 2017: 9.16World Rubik's Cube Championship 2017: 8.98Polish Open 2017: 9.38Speed Days Kielce 2017: 9.35DLS Grudzień 2017: 8.48Warsaw Cube Masters 2018: 8.46Norwegian Championship 2018: 8.80II Project Warszawa 2019: 9.79Norwegian Championship 2022: 7.14Oslo Open 2023: 8.74Hauketo Hurtigkubing 2024: 8.957.1431.2814 Feb 20099 Mar 2024

Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.

The story so far

Competitions

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.

Next targets

  • A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 1.14 away.
  • A sub-3 Pyraminx single — 4,700 people have one; it is 0.03 away.

Targets move as he improves.