People · Norway
Jakob Ferstad Arnesen
2×2 · top 6.7% of 186,767 all-time · competing since October 2022 · 2022ARNE01
Jakob Ferstad Arnesen has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.26, set at Julekubing 2024, puts him in the top 6.7% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 102nd in Norway. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 14 competitions since October 2022, he has put 494 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 54% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 24.28 in October 2022 to 13.92, a 43% improvement. Jakob has entered 14 competitions, more competitions than 95% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Norway | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 2.26 | 3.87 | top 6.7% | 102 / 1,202 | |
| Pyraminx | 5.33 | 8.59 | top 15.3% | 174 / 865 | |
| Clock | 8.76 | 10.69 | top 18.8% | 44 / 241 | |
| 3×3 | 13.92 | 17.51 | top 20.7% | 320 / 1,609 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 33.40 | 46.68 | top 54.2% | 244 / 513 | |
| Skewb | 11.17 | 19.67 | top 61.7% | 351 / 531 |
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
- 29 Dec 2024First sub-15 3×3: 13.92 at Julekubing 2024.
- 29 Dec 2024Three personal bests in one day at Julekubing 2024.
- 17 Nov 2023First sub-20 3×3: 16.91 at Kjeller Open 2023.
- 14 Oct 2022First competition: Kjeller Open 2022. A 24.75 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Norwegian Championship 2025 · 1 Aug 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Julekubing 2024 · 29 Dec 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Norwegian Championship 2024 · 9 Aug 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Oslo Open 2024 · 21 Jun 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Romerike Easter Open 2024 · 23 Mar 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Hauketo Hurtigkubing 2024 · 9 Mar 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Lierskogen Vinterkubing 2024 · 17 Feb 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Julekubing 2023 · 29 Dec 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Cubing Portal Oslo 2023 · 9 Dec 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Kjeller Open 2023 · 17 Nov 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Oslo Open 2023 · 23 Jun 2023
- Romerike Easter Open 2023 · 1 Apr 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Julekubing 2022 · 28 Dec 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- Kjeller Open 2022 · 14 Oct 2022 — 2 personal bests set
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.
- Stian Nystad Østli — met in 103 rounds, finished ahead once
- Eivind Bäckmark Ytteborg — met in 95 rounds, finished ahead 24 times
- Anders Barhaugen — met in 95 rounds, finished ahead once
Next targets
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.26 away.
- A sub-5 Pyraminx single — 17,019 people have one; it is 0.33 away.
Targets move as he improves.