People · Norway
Kristian Nybråten
2×2 · top 6.3% of 189,179 all-time · competing since October 2021 · 2021NYBR01
Kristian Nybråten has been competing for 5 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.20, set at Stavanger Open 2024, puts him in the top 6.3% of the 189,179 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 95th in Norway. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 16 competitions since October 2021, he has put 628 official solves on the record across eleven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 66% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 30.06 in September 2022 to 11.50, a 62% improvement. Kristian has entered 16 competitions, more competitions than 96% 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 | 2.20 | 4.62 | top 6.3% | 95 / 1,217 | |
| 3×3 | 11.50 | 14.46 | top 12.2% | 201 / 1,643 | |
| Pyraminx | 6.16 | 8.19 | top 21.2% | 223 / 879 | |
| Skewb | 5.40 | 9.83 | top 21.3% | 138 / 537 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 21.35 | 25.99 | top 24.2% | 120 / 521 | |
| 4×4 | 59.44 | 1:03.81 | top 35.9% | 184 / 596 | |
| Megaminx | 2:05.77 | 2:23.48 | top 49.2% | 114 / 268 | |
| 5×5 | 2:10.44 | 2:17.16 | top 55.9% | 160 / 321 | |
| Clock | 21.56 | 24.72 | top 69.0% | 156 / 243 | |
| 6×6 | 4:23.98 | — | top 73.0% | 94 / 141 | |
| 7×7 | 7:29.30 | — | early days — 2 solves | 85 / 121 |
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
- 19 Sep 2026Three personal bests in one day at Sandnes Open 2026.
- 29 Nov 2025Four personal bests in one day at Stavanger Open 2025.
- 13 Sep 2025Six personal bests in one day at Sandnes Open 2025.
- 15 Feb 2025Three personal bests in one day at Sandnes Winter 2025.
- 30 Nov 2024First sub-15 3×3: 13.10 at Stavanger Open 2024.
- 30 Nov 2024Four personal bests in one day at Stavanger Open 2024.
Competitions
- Sandnes Open 2026 · 19 Sep 2026 — 3 personal bests set
- Sommerkubing på Vitenfabrikken 2026 · 6 Jun 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Stavanger Open 2025 · 29 Nov 2025 — 4 personal bests set
- Sandnes Open 2025 · 13 Sep 2025 — 6 personal bests set
- Sandnes Winter 2025 · 15 Feb 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Stavanger Open 2024 · 30 Nov 2024 — 4 personal bests set
- Sandnes Open 2024 · 28 Sep 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Bergen Spring 2024 · 16 Mar 2024 — 6 personal bests set
- Sandnes Winter 2024 · 27 Jan 2024 — 4 personal bests set
- Cubing Portal Sandnes 2023 · 9 Dec 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Bergen Fall 2023 · 4 Nov 2023 — 5 personal bests set
- Sandnes Open 2023 · 1 Sep 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Sandnes Hverdagskubing April 2023 · 28 Apr 2023
- Sandnes Winter 2023 · 28 Jan 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Sandnes Open 2022 · 17 Sep 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- Sandnes Open 2021 · 16 Oct 2021
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 128 rounds, never finished ahead
- Magne Njå — met in 111 rounds, finished ahead 11 times
- Tobias Lied — met in 105 rounds, finished ahead 51 times
Next targets
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 9,039 people have one; it is 0.20 away.
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,606 people have one; it is 1.50 away.
Targets move as he improves.