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Filip Nilsen

3×3 · top 0.22% of 284,439 all-time · competing since October 2016 · 2016NILS03

Filip Nilsen has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 5.43, set at Sandnes Winter 2023, puts him in the top 0.22% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 5th in Norway. Until April 2015, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 89 competitions since October 2016, he has put 6,281 official solves on the record across 16 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 53% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 18.91 in October 2016 to 5.43, a 71% improvement. Filip has entered 89 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 0.22% of 284,439 all-time
5.43
signature single · Sandnes Winter 2023
6,281
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 53% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingNorway
3×35.437.25
top 0.22%5 / 1,609
2×20.881.79
top 0.35%6 / 1,202
3×3 one-handed9.7514.59
top 0.89%7 / 513
4×425.7629.79
top 0.92%7 / 590
Pyraminx2.074.57
top 1.3%15 / 865
Skewb2.003.74
top 1.4%13 / 531
3×3 Fewest Moves24 moves31.67
top 4.0%8 / 117
Square-19.5315.78
top 5.3%8 / 153
Megaminx52.891:02.23
top 6.4%11 / 262
5×51:03.041:08.45
top 7.2%16 / 318
3×3 blindfolded55.671:29.96
top 11.7%12 / 93
Clock8.039.85
top 15.3%34 / 241
6×62:46.312:55.45
top 34.2%30 / 136
3×3 Multi-Blind4 of 4 cubes · 34:16—
top 43.9%22 / 43
4×4 blindfolded24:33.00—
early days — 1 solve20 / 20
5×5 blindfolded52:00.00—
early days — 1 solve10 / 11

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

Kjeller Open 2016: 18.91VI QB'er 2017: 15.16Norwegian Championship 2017: 13.59Kjeller Open 2017: 11.13Vestby Open 2017: 11.14VI QB'er 2018: 8.78Norwegian Championship 2018: 9.05Lier Open 2018: 9.61Fredrikstad Open 2018: 9.51Bartebyen 2018: 9.52Kjeller Open 2018: 7.69Nordic Championship 2018: 8.81Chill Out Trondheim 2018: 8.51VI QB'er 2019: 7.36Voss Open 2019: 7.91SSL 2 Skurup 2019: 9.18Swedish Championship 2019: 7.49Sandnes Open 2019: 7.54Nordic Championship 2019: 8.36Kjeller Open 2019: 8.51Bergen Open 2020: 8.27Sandnes Open 2020: 6.78Bergen Open 2021: 7.47Sandnes Open 2021: 7.27Norwegian Championship 2021: 5.62Flatåsen Open 2022: 7.00Romerike Easter Open 2022: 7.94Trondheim Euro Qualifiers 2022: 8.56Oslo Open 2022: 7.12Rubik's WCA European Championship 2022: 7.54Norwegian Championship 2022: 6.62Bergen Open 2022: 6.91Sandnes Open 2022: 7.30Kjeller Open 2022: 7.65That's Odd Trondheim 2022: 5.97Julekubing 2022: 6.47Sandnes Winter 2023: 5.43Flatåsen Open 2023: 6.59Romerike Easter Open 2023: 5.78Norwegian Championship 2023: 6.58LSP Hverdagskubing Mai 2023: 7.34Trondheim Cube Week 2023: 5.83Sandnes Open 2023: 6.43Trondheim Friends 2023: 6.17Bartebyen 2023: 7.76Kjeller Open 2023: 6.56Cubing Portal Trondheim 2023: 7.95Julekubing 2023: 7.09Chill Out Trondheim 2024: 6.23Sandnes Winter 2024: 7.09Lierskogen Vinterkubing 2024: 6.56Flatåsen Open 2024: 6.65Bergen Spring 2024: 7.20Romerike Easter Open 2024: 7.36Trondheim Spring 2024: 7.29Oslo Open 2024: 6.84Rubik's WCA European Championship 2024: 8.49Norwegian Championship 2024: 6.76Sandnes Open 2024: 6.13Kalvskinnet Kubing 2024: 7.15Rubik's UK Championship 2024: 6.55Drammen Open 2024: 6.91Julekubing 2024: 8.42Chill Out Trondheim 2025: 7.47Svalbard 2025: 6.13Kristiansand Open 2025: 7.08Oslo Open 2025: 7.08Rubik's WCA World Championship 2025: 5.86Sandnes Open 2025: 6.69Trondheim Høst 2025: 6.96Kjeller Open 2025: 5.61Trondheim 3x3 Day 2025: 7.12Dvärsätt Open 2026: 7.11Lierskogen Vinterkubing 2026: 6.16Drammen Open 2026: 5.77Oslo Open 2026: 6.21Rubik's WCA European Championship 2026: 7.46Norwegian Championship 2026: 5.995.4318.9122 Oct 201614 Aug 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-5 3×3 single — 344 people have one; it is 0.43 away.
  • A sub-8 3×3 one-handed single — 151 people have one; it is 1.75 away.

Targets move as he improves.