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Olav Bergeland Sandven

Pyraminx · top 3.0% of 129,321 all-time · competing since July 2022 · 2022SAND17

Olav Bergeland Sandven has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 2.80, set at Kjeller Open 2023, puts him in the top 3.0% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 30th in Norway. Until October 2010, no official Pyraminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 25 competitions since July 2022, he has put 980 official solves on the record across nine events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 10% around a typical one, steadier than 98% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His Pyraminx best has come down from 7.69 in July 2022 to 2.80, a 64% improvement. Olav has entered 25 competitions, more competitions than 98% of everyone who has ever competed.

Pyraminx
best event — top 3.0% of 129,321 all-time
2.80
signature single · Kjeller Open 2023
980
official solves on the record
10%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 98% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingNorway
Pyraminx2.805.94
top 3.0%30 / 865
2×22.635.00
top 10.2%154 / 1,202
Skewb4.086.54
top 11.4%69 / 531
Clock9.3811.28
top 21.9%48 / 241
3×315.5218.62
top 26.2%389 / 1,609
3×3 one-handed30.1548.06
top 47.0%215 / 513
4×41:17.831:39.30
top 54.1%309 / 590
Megaminx2:19.922:57.27
top 56.3%128 / 262
5×53:50.77—
top 90.4%272 / 318

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 Championship 2022: 7.69Bergen Open 2022: 5.76Sandnes Open 2022: 12.47Sandnes Winter 2023: 8.49Cork Spring 2023: 7.01Bergen Spring 2023: 4.27Norwegian Championship 2023: 6.74Bergen Open 2023: 6.04Sandnes Open 2023: 5.07Bergen Fall 2023: 5.50Kjeller Open 2023: 2.80Cubing Portal Sandnes 2023: 5.07Sandnes Winter 2024: 3.82Flatåsen Open 2024: 4.36Bergen Spring 2024: 5.18Bergen Open 2024: 4.86Norwegian Championship 2024: 5.45Bergen Fall 2024: 6.12Bergen Spring 2025: 5.18Norwegian Championship 2025: 5.31Bergen Fall 2025: 4.81Åsane Winter 2026: 6.042.8012.4722 Jul 202231 Jan 2026

Best single per competition, Pyraminx. 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-2 Pyraminx single — 1,476 people have one; it is 0.80 away.
  • A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.63 away.

Targets move as he improves.