People · Norway
Mats Fossan-Waage
3×3 · top 4.0% of 288,433 all-time · competing since November 2025 · 2025FOSS03
Mats Fossan-Waage has been competing for a year. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.63, set at Kjeller Open 2025, puts him in the top 4.0% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 68th in Norway. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 1 competition since November 2025, he has put 56 official solves on the record across six events.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Norway | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 8.63 | 10.84 | top 4.0% | 68 / 1,643 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 19.48 | 24.81 | top 19.2% | 87 / 521 | |
| 4×4 | 49.69 | 59.45 | top 24.4% | 132 / 596 | |
| 2×2 | 4.35 | 6.17 | top 31.1% | 384 / 1,217 | |
| 5×5 | 2:07.50 | 2:20.70 | top 54.1% | 146 / 321 | |
| Pyraminx | 10.35 | 12.03 | top 55.7% | 507 / 879 |
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 story so far
- 8 Nov 2025First competition: Kjeller Open 2025. A 11.66 3×3 single to start from.
- 8 Nov 2025First sub-10 3×3: 8.63 at Kjeller Open 2025.
- 8 Nov 2025Three personal bests in one day at Kjeller Open 2025.
Competitions
- Kjeller Open 2025 · 8 Nov 2025 — 3 personal bests set
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.
- Sakarias Storck — met in 12 rounds, finished ahead 9 times
- Einar Martin Sandvik — met in 12 rounds, finished ahead 7 times
- Henrik Westersund Åsland — met in 12 rounds, finished ahead 6 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 8,101 people have one; it is 0.63 away.
- A sub-15 3×3 one-handed single — 6,118 people have one; it is 4.48 away.
Targets move as he improves.