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Magnus Melkvik Gustavsen

3×3 · top 5.8% of 288,433 all-time · competing since June 2022 · 2022GUST02

Magnus Melkvik Gustavsen has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.38, set at Trondheim Høst 2026, puts him in the top 5.8% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 106th in Norway. Until February 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 17 competitions since June 2022, he has put 542 official solves on the record across eleven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 71% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 44.77 in June 2022 to 9.38, a 79% improvement. Magnus has entered 17 competitions, more competitions than 96% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 5.8% of 288,433 all-time
9.38
signature single · Trondheim Høst 2026
542
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 71% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingNorway
3×39.3811.90
top 5.8%106 / 1,643
Skewb4.906.69
top 17.4%110 / 537
4×445.0855.15
top 18.5%93 / 596
Pyraminx6.0311.97
top 20.3%217 / 879
2×24.175.09
top 28.8%357 / 1,217
Clock12.3413.26
top 36.6%81 / 243
Megaminx1:55.402:09.19
top 43.5%95 / 268
5×51:51.882:05.70
top 44.1%121 / 321
3×3 one-handed32.0737.90
top 51.4%235 / 521
6×63:58.044:14.73
early days — 3 solves81 / 141
Square-142.0457.90
top 67.9%108 / 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

Trondheim Euro Qualifiers 2022: 44.77That's Odd Trondheim 2022: 21.01Flatåsen Open 2023: 18.49Norwegian Championship 2023: 18.25Trondheim Hverdagskubing Mai 2023: 17.68Trondheim Cube Week 2023: 15.73Trondheim Friends 2023: 13.09Bartebyen 2023: 15.35Cubing Portal Trondheim 2023: 15.68Chill Out Trondheim 2024: 16.47Flatåsen Open 2024: 13.57Trondheim Spring 2024: 16.51Norwegian Championship 2024: 15.83Norwegian Championship 2026: 10.54Trondheim Høst 2026: 9.389.3844.773 Jun 20222 Oct 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 — 8,101 people have one; it is 1.38 away.
  • A sub-4 Skewb single — 8,121 people have one; it is 0.90 away.

Targets move as he improves.