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Kristian Nybråten

2×2 · top 6.2% of 186,767 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 6.2% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 94th in Norway. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 15 competitions since October 2021, he has put 575 official solves on the record across ten events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 73% of the 35,811 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 15 competitions, more competitions than 95% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 6.2% of 186,767 all-time
2.20
signature single · Stavanger Open 2024
575
official solves on the record
14%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 73% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingNorway
2×22.204.62
top 6.2%94 / 1,202
3×311.5014.46
top 12.2%199 / 1,609
Pyraminx6.168.19
top 21.2%222 / 865
Skewb5.409.83
top 21.2%138 / 531
3×3 one-handed24.4925.99
top 32.8%151 / 513
4×41:02.231:09.33
top 38.9%202 / 590
Megaminx2:05.772:23.48
top 49.0%112 / 262
5×52:10.442:49.23
top 55.7%158 / 318
Clock21.5624.72
top 68.9%156 / 241
6×64:44.76
top 78.4%97 / 136

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

Sandnes Open 2022: 30.06Sandnes Winter 2023: 17.76Sandnes Hverdagskubing April 2023: 19.32Sandnes Open 2023: 17.95Bergen Fall 2023: 17.08Cubing Portal Sandnes 2023: 18.13Sandnes Winter 2024: 18.93Bergen Spring 2024: 17.04Sandnes Open 2024: 16.58Stavanger Open 2024: 13.10Sandnes Winter 2025: 15.64Sandnes Open 2025: 12.84Stavanger Open 2025: 11.50Sommerkubing på Vitenfabrikken 2026: 12.9611.5030.0617 Sep 20226 Jun 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-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.20 away.
  • A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 1.50 away.

Targets move as he improves.