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Martin Nævdal

2×2 · top 5.6% of 186,767 all-time · competing since March 2015 · 2015NAEV01

Martin Nævdal has been competing for 12 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.12, set at Sandnes Open 2016, puts him in the top 5.6% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 84th in Norway. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 12 competitions since March 2015, he has put 701 official solves on the record across ten events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 61% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 15.56 in March 2015 to 9.94, a 36% improvement. Martin has entered twelve competitions, more competitions than 94% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 5.6% of 186,767 all-time
2.12
signature single · Sandnes Open 2016
701
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 61% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingNorway
2×22.124.25
top 5.6%84 / 1,202
3×39.9411.60
top 7.3%126 / 1,609
Pyraminx5.769.13
top 18.2%194 / 865
3×3 one-handed19.6327.81
top 19.5%88 / 513
4×449.0156.01
top 23.5%120 / 590
5×51:37.181:46.65
top 33.2%87 / 318
Skewb7.8412.69
top 40.0%251 / 531
6×63:07.843:19.55
top 44.6%48 / 136
7×74:49.345:06.89
top 47.5%39 / 115
Clock26.9930.95
top 80.2%192 / 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

Norwegian Championship 2015: 15.56Bergen Open 2015: 10.91Kjeller Open 2015: 11.25Sandnes Open 2016: 10.39Kjeller Open 2016: 10.93Norwegian Championship 2017: 10.71Kjeller Open 2017: 11.12Norwegian Championship 2018: 9.94Voss Open 2019: 10.86Bergen Open 2019: 11.46Bergen Open 2020: 10.81Bergen Open 2021: 11.709.9415.5614 Mar 201531 Jul 2021

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 0.12 away.
  • A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.94 away.

Targets move as he improves.