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Jarle Kvåle

3×3 · top 22.7% of 284,439 all-time · competing since February 2008 · 2008KVAL01

Jarle Kvåle has been competing for 19 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 14.50, set at Norwegian Championship 2012, puts him in the top 22.7% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 348th in Norway. Across 15 competitions since February 2008, he has put 404 official solves on the record across ten events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 17% around a typical one; 94% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 37.86 in February 2008 to 14.50, a 62% improvement. Jarle has entered 15 competitions, more competitions than 95% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 22.7% of 284,439 all-time
14.50
signature single · Norwegian Championship 2012
404
official solves on the record
17%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 94% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingNorway
3×314.5021.84
top 22.7%348 / 1,609
2×24.167.33
top 28.5%354 / 1,202
Clock15.6320.38
top 50.4%113 / 241
3×3 Fewest Moves43 moves
early days — 2 solves69 / 117
3×3 one-handed43.0653.84
top 69.4%321 / 513
4×41:43.191:57.93
top 72.7%418 / 590
3×3 blindfolded4:32.55
top 74.9%62 / 93
Pyraminx13.4124.00
top 75.1%647 / 865
5×53:51.114:35.96
top 90.5%273 / 318
3×3 Multi-Blind1 of 2 cubes · 16:08
early days — 3 solves41 / 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

Norwegian Open 2008: 37.86Norwegian Open 2009: 37.63World Rubik's Cube Championship 2009: 29.19Norwegian Open 2010: 24.19Karlstad Open 2010: 24.91European Rubik's Cube Championship 2010: 24.86Norwegian Open 2011: 19.44Vårgårda Open 2011: 18.81Trondheim Fall 2011: 15.96Norwegian Championship 2012: 14.50Trondheim Spring 2012: 17.55European Rubik's Cube Championship 2012: 22.30Trondheim Cube Day 2012: 19.66Norwegian Championship 2014: 19.81Bergen Open 2014: 20.4314.5037.8617 Feb 20082 Aug 2014

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-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 2.50 away.
  • A sub-4 2×2 single — 49,452 people have one; it is 0.16 away.

Targets move as he improves.