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Mikkel Stang Birnum

3×3 · top 0.59% of 284,439 all-time · competing since November 2022 · 2022BIRN01

Mikkel Stang Birnum has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 6.16, set at Billund Open 2026, puts him in the top 0.59% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 15th in Denmark. Until June 2011, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 17 competitions since November 2022, he has put 985 official solves on the record across 14 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one; 81% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 15.47 in November 2022 to 6.16, a 60% improvement. Mikkel has entered 17 competitions, more competitions than 96% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 0.59% of 284,439 all-time
6.16
signature single · Billund Open 2026
985
official solves on the record
15%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 81% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingDenmark
3×36.167.41
top 0.59%15 / 1,198
2×21.392.46
top 1.7%25 / 906
4×429.3936.87
top 2.5%15 / 468
Pyraminx3.114.41
top 4.0%46 / 702
3×3 one-handed13.5016.81
top 5.2%30 / 380
Square-19.8412.15
top 5.8%14 / 185
Skewb3.325.71
top 6.7%39 / 467
5×51:06.051:09.27
top 9.0%23 / 269
Clock7.408.48
top 12.6%25 / 187
Megaminx1:17.181:26.28
top 20.0%47 / 232
3×3 Fewest Moves33 moves35.67
top 23.4%34 / 96
6×62:28.232:42.15
top 24.7%26 / 126
7×73:51.364:20.42
top 27.6%24 / 116
3×3 blindfolded2:58.20—
top 51.9%42 / 80

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

Aarhus Open 2022: 15.47Ikast Winter Cubing 2023: 12.91Aarhus Spring 2023: 12.02Danish Championship 2023: 10.05Bjerringbro Open 2023: 8.56Aarhus Spring 2024: 8.46Aalborg Open 2024: 8.85Hvidovre Sommer & Efterår 2024: 7.47Aarhus Advent 2024: 8.51Aarhus Winter 2025: 6.82Hvidovre No Means 2025: 7.28Aarhus Summer 2025: 7.92Sej Sejere Sejs 2025: 7.74Aarhus Fall 2025: 6.86Aarhus Winter 2026: 7.39Billund Open 2026: 6.166.1615.475 Nov 202220 Jun 2026

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-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 0.16 away.
  • A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.39 away.

Targets move as he improves.