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Espen Hansen Høijord

3×3 · top 13.1% of 284,439 all-time · competing since October 2013 · 2013HOIJ01

Espen Hansen Høijord has been competing for 13 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 11.77, set at UiO Open 2016, puts him in the top 13.1% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 213th in Norway. Across 6 competitions since October 2013, he has put 292 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 75% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 15.06 in October 2013 to 11.77, a 22% improvement. Espen has entered six competitions, more competitions than 86% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 13.1% of 284,439 all-time
11.77
signature single · UiO Open 2016
292
official solves on the record
14%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 75% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingNorway
3×311.7712.99
top 13.1%213 / 1,609
4×444.0951.68
top 17.2%85 / 590
2×23.506.13
top 20.2%268 / 1,202
3×3 one-handed20.8824.24
top 22.9%112 / 513
Pyraminx8.0712.31
top 36.8%345 / 865
5×51:44.011:49.38
top 38.3%100 / 318
Megaminx2:42.772:52.50
top 67.2%155 / 262
Skewb21.5424.10
top 91.7%504 / 531

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

Oslo Fall 2013: 15.06Inspiria Cube Day 2014: 12.58Kjeller Open 2014: 14.70Norwegian Championship 2015: 12.95UiO Open 2016: 11.77Trondheim Winter 2017: 12.4011.7715.0614 Oct 201321 Jan 2017

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-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 1.77 away.
  • A sub-40 4×4 single — 10,180 people have one; it is 4.09 away.

Targets move as he improves.