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Elmer Alexander Johnsen

3×3 · top 4.9% of 284,439 all-time · competing since January 2018 · 2018JOHN03

Elmer Alexander Johnsen has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.02, set at Trondheim Cube Week 2023, puts him in the top 4.9% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 85th in Norway. Until May 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 32 competitions since January 2018, he has put 1,630 official solves on the record across 14 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one; 85% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 25.09 in January 2018 to 9.02, a 64% improvement. Elmer has entered 32 competitions, more competitions than 98% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 4.9% of 284,439 all-time
9.02
signature single · Trondheim Cube Week 2023
1,630
official solves on the record
15%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 85% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingNorway
3×39.0212.52
top 4.9%85 / 1,609
Pyraminx3.637.26
top 6.0%67 / 865
Square-110.4317.69
top 6.9%10 / 153
Skewb3.397.54
top 7.1%40 / 531
3×3 one-handed16.7221.94
top 11.9%51 / 513
4×439.8644.05
top 12.0%60 / 590
2×22.804.03
top 12.0%172 / 1,202
5×51:15.551:38.95
top 15.8%33 / 318
3×3 Fewest Moves33 moves35.67
top 23.4%40 / 117
Megaminx1:30.591:37.66
top 28.6%53 / 262
Clock11.2213.69
top 31.2%67 / 241
6×63:03.003:13.50
top 42.5%46 / 136
7×75:17.635:31.92
top 56.2%50 / 115
3×3 blindfolded3:46.38—
top 64.9%55 / 93

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

VI QB'er 2018: 25.09Norwegian Championship 2018: 16.97Norwegian Championship 2019: 13.01Swedish Championship 2019: 13.21AZCubing Summer 2019: 12.68Kjeller Open 2019: 12.17Bergen Open 2020: 12.51Sandnes Open 2020: 12.48Sandnes Open 2021: 11.34Norwegian Championship 2021: 11.43Romerike Easter Open 2022: 11.78Trondheim Euro Qualifiers 2022: 11.93Oslo Open 2022: 11.42Rubik's WCA European Championship 2022: 12.07Norwegian Championship 2022: 10.99Julekubing 2022: 10.17Oslo Open 2023: 10.00Trondheim Cube Week 2023: 9.02Sandnes Summer Fun 2023: 11.28Julekubing 2023: 11.29Oslo Open 2024: 10.18Julekubing 2024: 11.14Oslo Open 2025: 11.13Julemarkedkubing 2025: 10.49Oslo Open 2026: 10.419.0225.0913 Jan 201819 Jun 2026

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-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.02 away.
  • A sub-3 Pyraminx single — 4,700 people have one; it is 0.63 away.

Targets move as he improves.