People · Norway
Nikolai Lexander Moncrieff Dyrkolbotn Brown
2×2 · top 2.0% of 186,767 all-time · competing since March 2024 · 2024BROW19
Nikolai Lexander Moncrieff Dyrkolbotn Brown has been competing for 2 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.47, set at Norwegian Championship 2024, puts him in the top 2.0% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 37th in Norway. Until November 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 13 competitions since March 2024, he has put 703 official solves on the record across eleven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 71% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 15.78 in March 2024 to 8.02, a 49% improvement. Nikolai has entered 13 competitions, more competitions than 94% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Norway | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 1.47 | 2.27 | top 2.0% | 37 / 1,202 | |
| 3×3 | 8.02 | 9.78 | top 2.8% | 52 / 1,609 | |
| Clock | 6.14 | 6.37 | top 7.7% | 15 / 241 | |
| Pyraminx | 4.39 | 5.23 | top 9.6% | 102 / 865 | |
| 4×4 | 37.89 | 41.76 | top 9.7% | 46 / 590 | |
| Square-1 | 14.04 | 16.57 | top 14.2% | 21 / 153 | |
| Megaminx | 1:20.94 | 1:27.16 | top 22.5% | 41 / 262 | |
| Skewb | 5.62 | 7.52 | top 22.9% | 149 / 531 | |
| 5×5 | 1:29.10 | 1:38.90 | top 26.5% | 70 / 318 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 29.37 | 35.06 | top 45.2% | 209 / 513 | |
| 6×6 | 4:22.63 | 4:34.33 | early days — 3 solves | 91 / 136 |
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
- 14 Aug 2026Eight personal bests in one day at Norwegian Championship 2026.
- 21 Mar 2026Four personal bests in one day at Bergen Spring 2026.
- 8 Mar 2025Three personal bests in one day at Bergen Spring 2025.
- 26 Oct 2024First sub-10 3×3: 9.70 at Bergen Fall 2024.
- 9 Aug 2024Seven personal bests in one day at Norwegian Championship 2024.
- 3 Aug 2024First sub-15 3×3: 13.36 at Bergen Open 2024.
Competitions
- Norwegian Championship 2026 · 14 Aug 2026 — 8 personal bests set
- Sommerkubing på Vitenfabrikken 2026 · 6 Jun 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Bergen Spring 2026 · 21 Mar 2026 — 4 personal bests set
- Åsane Winter 2026 · 31 Jan 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Bergen Fall 2025 · 25 Oct 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Norwegian Championship 2025 · 1 Aug 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Bergen Spring 2025 · 8 Mar 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Sandnes Winter 2025 · 15 Feb 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Åsane Open 2024 · 24 Nov 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Bergen Fall 2024 · 26 Oct 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Norwegian Championship 2024 · 9 Aug 2024 — 7 personal bests set
- Bergen Open 2024 · 3 Aug 2024 — 4 personal bests set
- Bergen Spring 2024 · 16 Mar 2024 — 1 personal best 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.
- Marius Bergo Nielsen — met in 126 rounds, finished ahead 24 times
- Alexander Haaland — met in 117 rounds, finished ahead 42 times
- Johannes Djupedal Power — met in 115 rounds, finished ahead 37 times
Next targets
- A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.47 away.
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.02 away.
Targets move as he improves.