People · Norway
Oliver Skaaland
2×2 · top 5.7% of 189,179 all-time · competing since July 2019 · 2019SKAA01
Oliver Skaaland has been competing for 7 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.13, set at Bergen Spring 2023, puts him in the top 5.7% of the 189,179 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 87th in Norway. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 7 competitions since July 2019, he has put 218 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one; 79% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 2×2 best has come down from 5.88 in July 2019 to 2.13, a 64% improvement. Oliver has entered seven competitions, more competitions than 88% 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 | 2.13 | 3.90 | top 5.7% | 87 / 1,217 | |
| 3×3 | 12.39 | 14.45 | top 15.3% | 246 / 1,643 | |
| Pyraminx | 8.00 | 11.93 | top 36.2% | 341 / 879 | |
| Skewb | 9.17 | 14.79 | top 49.7% | 289 / 537 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 34.30 | 52.22 | top 56.1% | 259 / 521 |
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, 2×2. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 29 Jul 2023Three personal bests in one day at Bergen Open 2023.
- 25 Mar 2023First sub-15 3×3: 13.67 at Bergen Spring 2023.
- 25 Mar 2023Three personal bests in one day at Bergen Spring 2023.
- 14 Oct 2022First sub-20 3×3: 16.30 at Kjeller Open 2022.
- 2 Nov 2019Four personal bests in one day at Kjeller Open 2019.
- 27 Jul 2019First competition: Bergen Open 2019. A 28.33 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Bergen Spring 2024 · 16 Mar 2024
- Bergen Open 2023 · 29 Jul 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Bergen Spring 2023 · 25 Mar 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Kjeller Open 2022 · 14 Oct 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- Bergen Open 2022 · 13 Aug 2022 — 1 personal best set
- Kjeller Open 2019 · 2 Nov 2019 — 4 personal bests set
- Bergen Open 2019 · 27 Jul 2019 — 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.
- Kim Roger Haraldsen — met in 36 rounds, never finished ahead
- Ulrik Bredland — met in 31 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Anders Barhaugen — met in 30 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
Next targets
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 9,039 people have one; it is 0.13 away.
- A sub-12 3×3 single — 40,277 people have one; it is 0.39 away.
Targets move as he improves.