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Morten Arborg

3×3 · top 0.3% of 284,439 all-time · competing since February 2010 · 2010ARBO01

Morten Arborg has been competing for 17 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 5.62, set at Trondheim Winter 2017, puts him in the top 0.3% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 7th in Norway. Until March 2013, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 47 competitions since February 2010, he has put 2,303 official solves on the record across twelve events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 54% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 14.25 in February 2010 to 5.62, a 61% improvement. Morten has entered 47 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 0.3% of 284,439 all-time
5.62
signature single · Trondheim Winter 2017
2,303
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 54% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingNorway
3×35.627.58
top 0.3%7 / 1,609
3×3 one-handed9.9914.12
top 1.1%8 / 513
4×427.3833.77
top 1.5%10 / 590
2×21.562.54
top 2.4%43 / 1,202
5×555.571:03.56
top 3.5%12 / 318
Pyraminx3.566.11
top 5.7%66 / 865
7×72:46.922:57.07
top 7.0%7 / 115
Megaminx56.201:03.54
top 8.0%15 / 262
6×62:04.462:13.62
top 12.9%11 / 136
Square-115.0020.20
top 16.5%23 / 153
3×3 Fewest Moves31 moves35.67
top 17.4%24 / 117
Clock10.7214.28
top 28.7%61 / 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 Open 2010: 14.25Karlstad Open 2010: 7.83Oslo Open 2010: 8.46Finnish Open 2010: 10.02Swedish Open 2010: 9.05Swedish Cubedays 2010: 8.15Helsinki Open 2011: 8.88Norwegian Open 2011: 8.71Danish Open 2011: 8.96Vårgårda Open 2011: 9.22Czech Open 2011: 8.25Guildford Summer Open 2011: 7.66Vårgårda Open 2012: 8.25Oslo Fall 2012: 8.05Swedish Championship 2012: 8.44INSPIRIA Cube Day 2013: 8.38Leicester Open 2013: 7.77Norwegian Championship 2013: 7.28Oslo 3x3 2013: 7.71Oslo Fall 2013: 7.46Norwegian Championship 2014: 7.09Inspiria Cube Day 2014: 6.81Rubik's Cube European Championships 2014: 7.75Kjeller Open 2014: 7.47Norwegian Championship 2015: 7.67Oslo Fall 2015: 6.68Kjeller Open 2015: 7.50UiO Open 2016: 6.60Norwegian Championship 2016: 6.38European Rubik's Cube Championship 2016: 7.55Kjeller Open 2016: 6.09UK Championship 2016: 7.43Trondheim Winter 2017: 5.62VI QB'er 2017: 6.91Norwegian Championship 2017: 6.59World Rubik's Cube Championship 2017: 7.08Kjeller Open 2017: 7.05Norwegian Championship 2018: 7.49Norwegian Championship 2019: 6.84Norwegian Championship 2021: 7.66Romerike Easter Open 2022: 6.95Norwegian Championship 2022: 6.88Kewbz UK Championship 2022: 6.86Porten til Ishavet 2026: 7.795.6214.2513 Feb 201017 Jan 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-5 3×3 single — 344 people have one; it is 0.62 away.
  • A sub-8 3×3 one-handed single — 151 people have one; it is 1.99 away.

Targets move as he improves.