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Ivar Strangstadstuen

2×2 · top 9.3% of 186,767 all-time · competing since September 2012 · 2012STRA01

Ivar Strangstadstuen has been competing for 14 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.54, set at Trondheim Cube Week 2023, puts him in the top 9.3% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 141st in Norway. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 23 competitions since September 2012, he has put 945 official solves on the record across 16 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 10% around a typical one, steadier than 97% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 22.44 in September 2012 to 10.68, a 52% improvement. Ivar has entered 23 competitions, more competitions than 97% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 9.3% of 186,767 all-time
2.54
signature single · Trondheim Cube Week 2023
945
official solves on the record
10%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 97% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingNorway
2×22.545.10
top 9.3%141 / 1,202
3×310.6814.74
top 9.5%160 / 1,609
5×51:22.241:38.32
top 20.9%46 / 318
3×3 Fewest Moves33 moves39.67
early days — 3 solves40 / 117
4×449.3455.44
top 23.9%124 / 590
Pyraminx6.619.27
top 24.7%258 / 865
3×3 one-handed21.6925.94
top 25.1%121 / 513
Megaminx1:33.461:43.05
top 30.3%57 / 262
Skewb6.858.59
top 32.5%201 / 531
7×74:05.824:32.66
top 32.9%23 / 115
3×3 blindfolded2:11.842:59.58
top 37.3%34 / 93
6×62:52.863:05.94
top 37.4%34 / 136
Square-130.2040.37
top 49.7%78 / 153
Clock19.6822.41
top 63.7%142 / 241
4×4 blindfolded15:34.00—
early days — 1 solve14 / 20
3×3 Multi-Blind2 of 4 cubes · 36:09—
early days — 1 solve43 / 43

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 2012: 22.44Trondheim Cube Day 2012: 21.63INSPIRIA Cube Day 2013: 20.59Norwegian Championship 2014: 20.59Voss Open 2019: 16.42Norwegian Championship 2022: 15.07That's Odd Trondheim 2022: 15.25Julekubing 2022: 13.38Flatåsen Open 2023: 14.39Norwegian Championship 2023: 13.79Trondheim Cube Week 2023: 13.23Trondheim Friends 2023: 10.68Julekubing 2023: 14.06Chill Out Trondheim 2024: 14.91Trondheim Spring 2024: 14.69Kalvskinnet Kubing 2024: 15.1010.6822.4423 Sep 201219 Oct 2024

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-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.54 away.
  • A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 0.68 away.

Targets move as he improves.