People · Norway
Nikolai Grotterød
Skewb · top 32.4% of 73,281 all-time · competing since August 2025 · 2025GROT02
Nikolai Grotterød has been competing for a year. His best event is the Skewb: a personal-best single of 6.84, set at Kjeller Open 2025, puts him in the top 32.4% of the 73,281 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 199th in Norway. Across 4 competitions since August 2025, he has put 54 official solves on the record across two events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, an early reading from 6 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 32.27 in August 2025 to 20.76, a 36% improvement. Nikolai has entered four competitions, more competitions than 78% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Norway | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Skewb | 6.84 | 11.93 | top 32.4% | 199 / 531 | |
| 3×3 | 20.76 | 26.62 | top 42.1% | 629 / 1,609 |
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
Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 8 Nov 2025First sub-30 3×3: 24.43 at Kjeller Open 2025.
- 1 Aug 2025First competition: Norwegian Championship 2025. A 32.27 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Lierskogen Vinterkubing 2026 · 21 Feb 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Julemarkedkubing 2025 · 13 Dec 2025
- Kjeller Open 2025 · 8 Nov 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Norwegian Championship 2025 · 1 Aug 2025
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.
- Ulrik Bredland — met in 11 rounds, never finished ahead
- Knut Skaug Haraldsen — met in 11 rounds, never finished ahead
- Niklas Aasen Eliasson — met in 11 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-6 Skewb single — 18,841 people have one; it is 0.84 away.
- A sub-20 3×3 single — 113,584 people have one; it is 0.76 away.
Targets move as he improves.