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Malvin Hammerstad

2×2 · top 9.7% of 186,767 all-time · competing since July 2019 · 2019HAMM05

Malvin Hammerstad has been competing for 7 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.58, set at Bergen Open 2022, puts him in the top 9.7% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 148th in Norway. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 4 competitions since July 2019, he has put 137 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, an early reading from 8 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 28.46 in July 2019 to 10.89, a 62% improvement. Malvin has entered four competitions, more competitions than 78% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 9.7% of 186,767 all-time
2.58
signature single · Bergen Open 2022
137
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingNorway
2×22.584.73
top 9.7%148 / 1,202
3×310.8914.21
top 10.1%167 / 1,609
4×41:02.191:12.38
top 38.8%201 / 590
3×3 one-handed28.5432.84
top 43.2%197 / 513
Skewb12.1216.35
top 66.6%371 / 531

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

Bergen Open 2019: 28.46Bergen Open 2022: 13.09Bergen Spring 2023: 12.48Bergen Open 2023: 10.8910.8928.4627 Jul 201929 Jul 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-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.58 away.
  • A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 0.89 away.

Targets move as he improves.