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Jacob Oliver Bruun

2×2 · top 1.5% of 186,767 all-time · competing since February 2018 · 2018BRUU01

Jacob Oliver Bruun has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.35, set at Norwegian Championship 2025, puts him in the top 1.5% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 29th in Norway. Until November 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 87 competitions since February 2018, he has put 5,496 official solves on the record across 17 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 69% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 22.79 in February 2018 to 7.63, a 67% improvement. Jacob has entered 87 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 1.5% of 186,767 all-time
1.35
signature single · Norwegian Championship 2025
5,496
official solves on the record
14%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 69% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingNorway
2×21.352.53
top 1.5%29 / 1,202
Skewb2.124.58
top 1.7%16 / 531
3×3 Fewest Moves22 moves27.67
top 2.2%6 / 117
3×37.6310.23
top 2.2%46 / 1,609
Pyraminx2.734.66
top 2.8%29 / 865
Clock4.575.59
top 3.4%11 / 241
3×3 blindfolded30.3238.50
top 4.2%6 / 93
3×3 Multi-Blind20 of 21 cubes · 54:13—
top 5.2%3 / 43
3×3 one-handed14.1818.89
top 6.5%32 / 513
4×435.9843.67
top 7.7%37 / 590
Square-111.6915.10
top 9.2%14 / 153
5×51:06.401:17.39
top 9.2%22 / 318
Megaminx1:07.261:14.93
top 14.1%27 / 262
6×62:11.682:23.24
top 16.1%13 / 136
7×73:33.323:45.21
top 20.9%14 / 115
4×4 blindfolded6:29.08—
top 33.2%7 / 20
5×5 blindfolded18:17.00—
early days — 3 solves7 / 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

Arctic Open 2018: 22.79Norwegian Championship 2018: 18.03Nordic Championship 2018: 12.62Norwegian Championship 2019: 12.27Nordic Championship 2019: 12.84Norwegian Championship 2021: 10.41Flatåsen Open 2022: 11.65Trondheim Euro Qualifiers 2022: 9.70Rubik's WCA European Championship 2022: 10.35Norwegian Championship 2022: 9.63Sandnes Open 2022: 10.16Kjeller Open 2022: 10.41That's Odd Trondheim 2022: 9.74Frösö Cubing 2022: 10.18Sandnes Winter 2023: 9.50Flatåsen Open 2023: 9.92Bergen Spring 2023: 10.39Romerike Easter Open 2023: 11.28Norwegian Championship 2023: 9.87Trondheim Hverdagskubing Mai 2023: 9.37Oslo Open 2023: 9.97Trondheim Cube Week 2023: 9.50Bergen Open 2023: 9.57Sandnes Open 2023: 10.90Trondheim Friends 2023: 10.44Bartebyen 2023: 9.52Rubik's UK Championship 2023: 9.07Bergen Fall 2023: 9.21Kjeller Open 2023: 9.19Cubing Portal Trondheim 2023: 9.33Chill Out Trondheim 2024: 10.52Sandnes Winter 2024: 9.39Lierskogen Vinterkubing 2024: 9.18Flatåsen Open 2024: 11.69Hauketo Hurtigkubing 2024: 9.40Bergen Spring 2024: 9.38Romerike Easter Open 2024: 9.90Trondheim Spring 2024: 9.45Rubik's WCA European Championship 2024: 11.65Norwegian Championship 2024: 10.68Gøy på Landet 2024: 10.34Birkeland Open 2024: 10.77Sandnes Open 2024: 10.02Kalvskinnet Kubing 2024: 10.31Bergen Fall 2024: 9.66Norrlandsmästerskapet 2024: 8.91Kjeller Open 2024: 10.65Chill Out Trondheim 2025: 11.18Svalbard 2025: 10.95Sandnes Winter 2025: 9.55Trondheim Play 2025: 10.40Kristiansand Open 2025: 10.68Flatåsen Open 2025: 9.79Oslo Open 2025: 8.67Trondheim Sommerkubing 2025: 9.20Kristiansund Open 2025: 9.57Norwegian Championship 2025: 10.08Sandnes Open 2025: 10.26Trondheim Høst 2025: 8.60Bergen Fall 2025: 7.63Kjeller Open 2025: 8.91Trondheim 3x3 Day 2025: 9.57Dvärsätt Open 2026: 10.41Porten til Ishavet 2026: 9.75Kalvskinnet Kubing 2026: 11.02Bergen Spring 2026: 10.40Drammen Open 2026: 10.87Trondheim Spring 2026: 9.49Norwegian Championship 2026: 10.977.6322.7910 Feb 201814 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-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.35 away.
  • A sub-2 Skewb single — 1,013 people have one; it is 0.12 away.

Targets move as he improves.