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Magnus Morud Vaagen

3×3 · top 5.5% of 284,439 all-time · competing since February 2012 · 2012VAAG01

Magnus Morud Vaagen has been competing for 15 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.28, set at Norwegian Championship 2017, puts him in the top 5.5% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 100th in Norway. Until February 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 13 competitions since February 2012, he has put 468 official solves on the record across ten events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 52% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 23.47 in February 2012 to 9.28, a 60% improvement. Magnus has entered 13 competitions, more competitions than 94% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 5.5% of 284,439 all-time
9.28
signature single · Norwegian Championship 2017
468
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 52% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingNorway
3×39.2813.59
top 5.5%100 / 1,609
2×23.285.35
top 17.5%234 / 1,202
Pyraminx6.6810.96
top 25.3%263 / 865
4×41:05.151:11.14
top 41.9%226 / 590
Skewb8.6910.04
top 46.3%276 / 531
3×3 one-handed30.7742.55
top 48.4%217 / 513
Megaminx2:51.083:02.97
top 70.7%166 / 262
5×52:44.683:21.70
top 72.5%203 / 318
Clock34.7540.94
top 89.5%218 / 241
3×3 Fewest Moves56 moves
early days — 2 solves110 / 117

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 2012: 23.47Vårgårda Open 2012: 23.69Oslo Fall 2012: 14.88Trondheim Cube Day 2012: 14.27INSPIRIA Cube Day 2013: 16.28Norwegian Championship 2013: 14.81Oslo 3x3 2013: 14.18Norwegian Championship 2014: 13.78Kjeller Open 2014: 15.75Kjeller Open 2015: 12.38Norwegian Championship 2017: 9.28That's Odd Trondheim 2022: 13.05Flatåsen Open 2023: 11.649.2823.6918 Feb 201224 Feb 2023

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 1.28 away.
  • A sub-3 2×2 single — 26,570 people have one; it is 0.28 away.

Targets move as he improves.