People · Norway
Levi André Tallaksen
2×2 · top 3.6% of 189,179 all-time · competing since March 2015 · 2015TALL01
Levi André Tallaksen has been competing for 12 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.79, set at Sandnes Open 2017, puts him in the top 3.6% of the 189,179 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 63rd in Norway. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 17 competitions since March 2015, he has put 629 official solves on the record across 15 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 93% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 4×4 best has come down from 1:01.79 in March 2015 to 39.24, a 36% improvement. Levi has entered 17 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 | 1.79 | 4.56 | top 3.6% | 63 / 1,217 | |
| 3×3 | 9.90 | 11.73 | top 7.2% | 124 / 1,643 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 27 moves | 29.00 | top 8.0% | 15 / 119 | |
| 4×4 | 39.24 | 45.44 | top 11.3% | 56 / 596 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 1:00.36 | 1:21.16 | top 13.2% | 16 / 93 | |
| 3×3 Multi-Blind | 12 of 13 cubes · 1:00:00 | — | top 15.5% | 10 / 43 | |
| 5×5 | 1:17.28 | 1:25.88 | top 17.1% | 37 / 321 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 20.51 | 27.81 | top 21.9% | 108 / 521 | |
| Megaminx | 1:22.31 | 1:35.61 | top 23.3% | 43 / 268 | |
| Pyraminx | 7.39 | 12.09 | top 31.1% | 305 / 879 | |
| 4×4 blindfolded | 6:26.38 | 6:52.13 | top 32.5% | 6 / 20 | |
| 6×6 | 2:55.55 | 3:21.56 | top 38.9% | 38 / 141 | |
| 5×5 blindfolded | 15:03.00 | — | top 41.6% | 5 / 11 | |
| Skewb | 10.25 | 12.98 | top 56.5% | 324 / 537 | |
| Square-1 | 2:14.21 | — | early days — 2 solves | 151 / 154 |
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, 4×4. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 23 Jun 2023First sub-10 3×3: 9.90 at Oslo Open 2023.
- 23 Jun 2023Three personal bests in one day at Oslo Open 2023.
- 5 May 2023Five personal bests in one day at Norwegian Championship 2023.
- 22 Sep 2018Six personal bests in one day at Sandnes Open 2018.
- 26 Aug 2017Five personal bests in one day at Sandnes Open 2017.
- 18 Mar 2017Five personal bests in one day at Norwegian Championship 2017.
Competitions
- Nittedal Mental Breakdown 2024 · 13 Apr 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Trondheim Mental Breakdown 2024 · 3 Feb 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Nittedal Mental Breakdown 2023 · 16 Sep 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Oslo Open 2023 · 23 Jun 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Norwegian Championship 2023 · 5 May 2023 — 5 personal bests set
- Sandnes Winter 2023 · 28 Jan 2023
- Kjeller Open 2022 · 14 Oct 2022 — 1 personal best set
- Trondheim Mental Breakdown 2022 · 24 Sep 2022 — 1 personal best set
- Norwegian Championship 2022 · 22 Jul 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- Skjetten Mental Breakdown 2022 · 23 Apr 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- Mental Breakdown Norway 2019 · 24 Mar 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Kjeller Open 2018 · 20 Oct 2018
- Sandnes Open 2018 · 22 Sep 2018 — 6 personal bests set
- Sandnes Open 2017 · 26 Aug 2017 — 5 personal bests set
- Norwegian Championship 2017 · 18 Mar 2017 — 5 personal bests set
- Sandnes Open 2016 · 17 Sep 2016 — 7 personal bests set
- Norwegian Championship 2015 · 14 Mar 2015 — 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.
- Knut Skaug Haraldsen — met in 118 rounds, finished ahead 27 times
- Magne Njå — met in 108 rounds, finished ahead 64 times
- Kim Roger Haraldsen — met in 106 rounds, finished ahead 9 times
Next targets
- A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,050 people have one; it is 0.79 away.
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 8,101 people have one; it is 1.90 away.
Targets move as he improves.