People · Norway
Joakim Smelvær
3×3 · top 17.6% of 288,433 all-time · competing since August 2022 · 2022SMEL01
Joakim Smelvær has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 13.04, set at Bergen Spring 2026, puts him in the top 17.6% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 281st in Norway. Across 11 competitions since August 2022, he has put 217 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 79% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 21.26 in August 2022 to 13.04, a 39% improvement. Joakim has entered eleven competitions, more competitions than 93% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Norway | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 13.04 | 16.06 | top 17.6% | 281 / 1,643 | |
| 2×2 | 4.14 | 5.02 | top 28.3% | 352 / 1,217 | |
| Skewb | 7.59 | 10.22 | top 38.3% | 241 / 537 | |
| 4×4 | 1:28.40 | 1:54.12 | top 62.5% | 356 / 596 | |
| Pyraminx | 14.18 | 17.05 | top 78.6% | 690 / 879 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 53.42 | 1:22.80 | top 79.7% | 375 / 521 | |
| 5×5 | 3:24.56 | — | top 85.2% | 247 / 321 |
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
- 28 Sep 2024First sub-15 3×3: 14.57 at Sandnes Open 2024.
- 17 Sep 2022First sub-20 3×3: 19.12 at Sandnes Open 2022.
- 13 Aug 2022First competition: Bergen Open 2022. A 21.26 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Sandnes Open 2026 · 19 Sep 2026
- Bergen Spring 2026 · 21 Mar 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Sandnes Summer Fun 2025 · 25 Jul 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Bergen Spring 2025 · 8 Mar 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Sandnes Winter 2025 · 15 Feb 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Stavanger Open 2024 · 30 Nov 2024
- Sandnes Open 2024 · 28 Sep 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Bergen Open 2023 · 29 Jul 2023
- Bergen Spring 2023 · 25 Mar 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Sandnes Open 2022 · 17 Sep 2022 — 1 personal best set
- Bergen Open 2022 · 13 Aug 2022
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 41 rounds, never finished ahead
- Ulrik Bredland — met in 40 rounds, finished ahead once
- Niklas Aasen Eliasson — met in 36 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-12 3×3 single — 40,277 people have one; it is 1.04 away.
- A sub-4 2×2 single — 50,215 people have one; it is 0.14 away.
Targets move as he improves.