People · Norway
Magnus Storm Tallaksen
3×3 · top 1.0% of 284,439 all-time · competing since April 2018 · 2018TALL01
Magnus Storm Tallaksen has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 6.68, set at Flatåsen Open 2023, puts him in the top 1.0% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 20th in Norway. Until January 2011, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 20 competitions since April 2018, he has put 1,107 official solves on the record across eleven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 78% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 14.37 in October 2018 to 6.68, a 54% improvement. Magnus has entered 20 competitions, more competitions than 97% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Norway | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 6.68 | 10.17 | top 1.0% | 20 / 1,609 | |
| 4×4 | 26.58 | 31.22 | top 1.2% | 9 / 590 | |
| 5×5 | 48.64 | 1:00.80 | top 1.4% | 6 / 318 | |
| 2×2 | 1.53 | 1.99 | top 2.3% | 40 / 1,202 | |
| 7×7 | 2:42.91 | 2:54.40 | top 6.2% | 6 / 115 | |
| 6×6 | 1:47.61 | 2:01.78 | top 6.3% | 8 / 136 | |
| Skewb | 3.46 | 5.06 | top 7.5% | 42 / 531 | |
| Megaminx | 1:04.59 | 1:14.09 | top 12.4% | 23 / 262 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 17.46 | 20.46 | top 13.7% | 56 / 513 | |
| Pyraminx | 6.31 | 8.86 | top 22.3% | 237 / 865 | |
| Clock | 16.41 | 19.38 | top 53.3% | 117 / 241 |
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, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 23 Jun 2023Three personal bests in one day at Oslo Open 2023.
- 24 Feb 2023Five personal bests in one day at Flatåsen Open 2023.
- 22 Jul 2022Five personal bests in one day at Norwegian Championship 2022.
- 14 Jul 2022Five personal bests in one day at Rubik's WCA European Championship 2022.
- 12 Nov 2021Six personal bests in one day at Norwegian Championship 2021.
- 2 Nov 2019First sub-10 3×3: 9.88 at Kjeller Open 2019.
Competitions
- Norwegian Championship 2025 · 1 Aug 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Kristiansund Open 2025 · 14 Jul 2025
- Trondheim Sommerkubing 2025 · 12 Jul 2025
- Julekubing 2024 · 29 Dec 2024
- Norwegian Championship 2024 · 9 Aug 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Oslo Open 2024 · 21 Jun 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Julekubing 2023 · 29 Dec 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Trondheim Cube Week 2023 · 4 Jul 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Oslo Open 2023 · 23 Jun 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Romerike Easter Open 2023 · 1 Apr 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Flatåsen Open 2023 · 24 Feb 2023 — 5 personal bests set
- Julekubing 2022 · 28 Dec 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- Kjeller Open 2022 · 14 Oct 2022 — 1 personal best set
- Norwegian Championship 2022 · 22 Jul 2022 — 5 personal bests set
- Rubik's WCA European Championship 2022 · 14 Jul 2022 — 5 personal bests set
- Skjetten Mental Breakdown 2022 · 23 Apr 2022
- Norwegian Championship 2021 · 12 Nov 2021 — 6 personal bests set
- Kjeller Open 2019 · 2 Nov 2019 — 5 personal bests set
- Kjeller Open 2018 · 20 Oct 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- Norwegian Championship 2018 · 6 Apr 2018
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.
- Anders Barhaugen — met in 215 rounds, finished ahead 119 times
- Kim Roger Haraldsen — met in 205 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
- Knut Skaug Haraldsen — met in 195 rounds, finished ahead 58 times
Next targets
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 0.68 away.
- A sub-25 4×4 single — 588 people have one; it is 1.58 away.
Targets move as he improves.