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Magnus Meling-Raunehaug

3×3 · top 4.5% of 284,439 all-time · competing since November 2021 · 2021MELI02

Magnus Meling-Raunehaug has been competing for 5 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.82, set at Sogndal Spring 2026, puts him in the top 4.5% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 76th in Norway. Until May 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 22 competitions since November 2021, he has put 560 official solves on the record across 13 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 52% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 30.27 in November 2021 to 8.82, a 71% improvement. Magnus has entered 22 competitions, more competitions than 97% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 4.5% of 284,439 all-time
8.82
signature single · Sogndal Spring 2026
560
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 52% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingNorway
3×38.8211.48
top 4.5%76 / 1,609
2×22.284.47
top 6.9%104 / 1,202
Pyraminx5.198.80
top 14.4%168 / 865
3×3 blindfolded1:38.91—
top 26.2%27 / 93
4×41:09.801:16.83
top 46.7%257 / 590
Skewb9.2320.16
top 50.0%292 / 531
Square-130.6435.56
top 50.5%81 / 153
Clock17.0619.46
top 55.6%120 / 241
3×3 one-handed40.0156.28
top 65.3%302 / 513
Megaminx3:10.17—
early days — 2 solves188 / 262
3×3 Multi-Blind2 of 3 cubes · 12:20—
early days — 1 solve37 / 43
3×3 Fewest Moves53 moves—
early days — 1 solve103 / 117
5×53:45.80—
early days — 2 solves262 / 318

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 Championship 2021: 30.27Flatåsen Open 2022: 21.70Oslo Open 2022: 19.02Norwegian Championship 2022: 18.71Kjeller Open 2022: 17.50Julekubing 2022: 17.61Norwegian Championship 2023: 19.96Kjeller Open 2023: 15.82Julekubing 2023: 13.42Hauketo Hurtigkubing 2024: 16.00Drammen Open 2024: 16.37Kjeller Open 2025: 12.55Sogndal Open 2025: 13.02Sogndal Spring 2026: 8.82Drammen Open 2026: 10.17Norwegian Championship 2026: 10.098.8230.2712 Nov 202114 Aug 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-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.82 away.
  • A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.28 away.

Targets move as he improves.