People · Norway
Eivind Bäckmark Ytteborg
2×2 · top 1.0% of 186,767 all-time · competing since October 2022 · 2022YTTE01
Eivind Bäckmark Ytteborg has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.20, set at Norwegian Championship 2024, puts him in the top 1.0% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 17th in Norway. Until November 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 27 competitions since October 2022, he has put 1,298 official solves on the record across nine events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 77% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 34.09 in October 2022 to 7.66, a 78% improvement. Eivind has entered 27 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 | Norway | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 1.20 | 2.87 | top 1.0% | 17 / 1,202 | |
| 3×3 | 7.66 | 11.55 | top 2.2% | 47 / 1,609 | |
| Pyraminx | 3.90 | 7.89 | top 7.2% | 78 / 865 | |
| Clock | 7.24 | 8.18 | top 11.9% | 23 / 241 | |
| Skewb | 4.45 | 8.40 | top 14.1% | 81 / 531 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 18.77 | 23.92 | top 17.2% | 74 / 513 | |
| 4×4 | 54.40 | 59.21 | top 30.0% | 162 / 590 | |
| 5×5 | 2:09.58 | 2:22.90 | top 55.2% | 156 / 318 | |
| Megaminx | 2:36.43 | 3:16.79 | top 64.3% | 148 / 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
- 29 Dec 2024First sub-10 3×3: 8.77 at Julekubing 2024.
- 9 Aug 2024Three personal bests in one day at Norwegian Championship 2024.
- 18 May 2024Six personal bests in one day at 50th Anniversary in Elverum 2024.
- 17 Feb 2024Three personal bests in one day at Lierskogen Vinterkubing 2024.
- 17 Nov 2023First sub-15 3×3: 14.76 at Kjeller Open 2023.
- 17 Nov 2023Eight personal bests in one day at Kjeller Open 2023.
Competitions
- Norwegian Championship 2026 · 14 Aug 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Drammen Open 2026 · 18 Apr 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Lierskogen Vinterkubing 2026 · 21 Feb 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Julemarkedkubing 2025 · 13 Dec 2025
- Norwegian Championship 2025 · 1 Aug 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Oslo Open 2025 · 20 Jun 2025
- Sandefjord Open 2025 · 27 Apr 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Lierskogen Vinterkubing 2025 · 15 Mar 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Julekubing 2024 · 29 Dec 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Drammen Open 2024 · 14 Dec 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Kjeller Open 2024 · 16 Nov 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Norwegian Championship 2024 · 9 Aug 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Oslo Open 2024 · 21 Jun 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- 50th Anniversary in Elverum 2024 · 18 May 2024 — 6 personal bests set
- Romerike Easter Open 2024 · 23 Mar 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Hauketo Hurtigkubing 2024 · 9 Mar 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Lierskogen Vinterkubing 2024 · 17 Feb 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Julekubing 2023 · 29 Dec 2023
- Cubing Portal Oslo 2023 · 9 Dec 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Kjeller Open 2023 · 17 Nov 2023 — 8 personal bests set
- Oslo Open 2023 · 23 Jun 2023 — 4 personal bests set
- LSP Hverdagskubing Mai 2023 · 22 May 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- LSP Hverdagskubing April 2023 · 24 Apr 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Romerike Easter Open 2023 · 1 Apr 2023 — 4 personal bests set
- Flatåsen Open 2023 · 24 Feb 2023 — 6 personal bests set
- Julekubing 2022 · 28 Dec 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- Kjeller Open 2022 · 14 Oct 2022 — 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.
- Stian Nystad Østli — met in 274 rounds, finished ahead 6 times
- Anders Barhaugen — met in 260 rounds, finished ahead once
- Niklas Aasen Eliasson — met in 253 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.20 away.
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 1.66 away.
Targets move as he improves.