People · Norway
Espen Nybråten
3×3 · top 92.2% of 284,439 all-time · competing since September 2024 · 2024NYBR01
Espen Nybråten has been competing for a year. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 1:01.78, set at Sandnes Winter 2025, puts him in the top 92.2% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,443rd in Norway. Across 5 competitions since September 2024, he has put 43 official solves on the record across two events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 20% around a typical one, an early reading from 5 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 1:21.36 in September 2024 to 1:01.78, a 24% improvement. Espen has entered five competitions, more competitions than 83% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Norway | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 1:01.78 | 1:16.39 | top 92.2% | 1,443 / 1,609 | |
| 2×2 | 20.81 | 37.15 | top 96.1% | 1,138 / 1,202 |
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
- 28 Sep 2024First competition: Sandnes Open 2024. A 1:21.36 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Stavanger Open 2025 · 29 Nov 2025
- Sandnes Open 2025 · 13 Sep 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Sandnes Winter 2025 · 15 Feb 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Stavanger Open 2024 · 30 Nov 2024
- Sandnes Open 2024 · 28 Sep 2024
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.
- Kim Roger Haraldsen — met in 9 rounds, never finished ahead
- Magne Njå — met in 9 rounds, never finished ahead
- Henrik Arnøy — met in 9 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-1:00 3×3 single — 260,367 people have one; it is 1.78 away.
- A sub-20 2×2 single — 178,436 people have one; it is 0.81 away.
Targets move as he improves.