People · Norway
Halvar Levi Mangrud
Pyraminx · top 1.7% of 130,891 all-time · competing since September 2023 · 2023MANG12
Halvar Levi Mangrud has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 2.28, set at Nordic & Swedish Championship 2026, puts him in the top 1.7% of the 130,891 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 20th in Norway. Until July 2011, no official Pyraminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 12 competitions since September 2023, he has put 557 official solves on the record across twelve events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 72% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 37.25 in September 2023 to 10.36, a 72% improvement. Halvar has entered twelve competitions, more competitions than 94% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Norway | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pyraminx | 2.28 | 5.60 | top 1.7% | 20 / 879 | |
| Skewb | 3.01 | 3.92 | top 5.0% | 33 / 537 | |
| 2×2 | 2.23 | 3.29 | top 6.5% | 99 / 1,217 | |
| 3×3 | 10.36 | 12.09 | top 8.6% | 146 / 1,643 | |
| Clock | 6.46 | 7.29 | top 8.9% | 17 / 243 | |
| 4×4 | 39.88 | 46.83 | top 12.1% | 63 / 596 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 18.01 | 25.03 | top 15.2% | 61 / 521 | |
| Square-1 | 16.65 | 22.56 | top 20.2% | 31 / 154 | |
| 5×5 | 1:28.00 | 1:32.67 | top 25.8% | 65 / 321 | |
| Megaminx | 1:46.43 | 1:53.90 | top 38.5% | 80 / 268 | |
| 6×6 | 2:57.87 | 3:15.03 | top 40.1% | 40 / 141 | |
| 7×7 | 5:33.03 | — | top 60.7% | 57 / 121 |
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
- 10 Oct 2026Three personal bests in one day at Bergen Open 2026.
- 1 May 2026Eight personal bests in one day at Nordic & Swedish Championship 2026.
- 7 Feb 2026Six personal bests in one day at Sandnes Winter 2026.
- 29 Nov 2025Seven personal bests in one day at Stavanger Open 2025.
- 26 Oct 2024First sub-15 3×3: 14.79 at Bergen Fall 2024.
- 26 Oct 2024Three personal bests in one day at Bergen Fall 2024.
Competitions
- Bergen Open 2026 · 10 Oct 2026 — 3 personal bests set
- Sandnes Open 2026 · 19 Sep 2026
- Norwegian Championship 2026 · 14 Aug 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Oslo Open 2026 · 19 Jun 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Sommerkubing på Vitenfabrikken 2026 · 6 Jun 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Nordic & Swedish Championship 2026 · 1 May 2026 — 8 personal bests set
- Sandnes Winter 2026 · 7 Feb 2026 — 6 personal bests set
- Stavanger Open 2025 · 29 Nov 2025 — 7 personal bests set
- Bergen Fall 2024 · 26 Oct 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Sandnes Open 2024 · 28 Sep 2024 — 6 personal bests set
- Norwegian Championship 2024 · 9 Aug 2024 — 7 personal bests set
- Sandnes Open 2023 · 1 Sep 2023
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 95 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
- Niklas Aasen Eliasson — met in 93 rounds, never finished ahead
- Stian Nystad Østli — met in 91 rounds, finished ahead 9 times
Next targets
- A sub-2 Pyraminx single — 1,497 people have one; it is 0.28 away.
- A sub-3 Skewb single — 3,709 people have one; it is 0.01 away.
Targets move as he improves.