People · Norway
Oskar Erland Fossaas
Skewb · top 10.6% of 73,281 all-time · competing since November 2019 · 2019FOSS01
Oskar Erland Fossaas has been competing for 7 years. His best event is the Skewb: a personal-best single of 3.96, set at Oslo Open 2025, puts him in the top 10.6% of the 73,281 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 61st in Norway. Across 22 competitions since November 2019, he has put 982 official solves on the record across 14 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 52% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 23.64 in November 2019 to 12.31, a 48% improvement. Oskar has entered 22 competitions, more competitions than 97% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Norway | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Skewb | 3.96 | 8.65 | top 10.6% | 61 / 531 | |
| Pyraminx | 4.92 | 9.76 | top 12.7% | 147 / 865 | |
| 3×3 | 12.31 | 16.92 | top 15.0% | 238 / 1,609 | |
| 2×2 | 3.53 | 5.39 | top 20.6% | 276 / 1,202 | |
| Megaminx | 1:27.71 | 1:45.61 | top 26.7% | 48 / 262 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 23.15 | 27.57 | top 29.2% | 139 / 513 | |
| Square-1 | 26.55 | 37.90 | top 42.5% | 68 / 153 | |
| 4×4 | 1:08.77 | 1:18.69 | top 45.7% | 248 / 590 | |
| Clock | 14.50 | 17.00 | top 45.9% | 102 / 241 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 40 moves | — | early days — 1 solve | 57 / 117 | |
| 5×5 | 2:19.70 | 2:30.63 | top 60.9% | 170 / 318 | |
| 6×6 | 5:17.12 | 6:34.35 | top 84.6% | 112 / 136 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 8:15.93 | — | top 95.8% | 83 / 93 | |
| 7×7 | 9:41.91 | — | early days — 2 solves | 103 / 115 |
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
- 23 Apr 2022Three personal bests in one day at Skjetten Mental Breakdown 2022.
- 16 Oct 2021Three personal bests in one day at Sandnes Open 2021.
- 19 Sep 2020First sub-15 3×3: 14.87 at Sandnes Open 2020.
- 19 Sep 2020Three personal bests in one day at Sandnes Open 2020.
- 2 Aug 2020First sub-20 3×3: 16.58 at Bergen Open 2020.
- 2 Nov 2019First competition: Kjeller Open 2019. A 23.64 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Norwegian Championship 2026 · 14 Aug 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Oslo Open 2026 · 19 Jun 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Trondheim Spring 2026 · 25 Apr 2026
- Oslo Open 2025 · 20 Jun 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Julekubing 2024 · 29 Dec 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Kalvskinnet Kubing 2024 · 19 Oct 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Oslo Open 2024 · 21 Jun 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Julekubing 2023 · 29 Dec 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Oslo Open 2023 · 23 Jun 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Norwegian Championship 2023 · 5 May 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Sandnes Winter 2023 · 28 Jan 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Julekubing 2022 · 28 Dec 2022 — 1 personal best set
- Kjeller Open 2022 · 14 Oct 2022 — 1 personal best set
- Norwegian Championship 2022 · 22 Jul 2022
- Rubik's WCA European Championship 2022 · 14 Jul 2022 — 1 personal best set
- Oslo Open 2022 · 24 Jun 2022 — 1 personal best set
- Skjetten Mental Breakdown 2022 · 23 Apr 2022 — 3 personal bests set
- Norwegian Championship 2021 · 12 Nov 2021 — 2 personal bests set
- Sandnes Open 2021 · 16 Oct 2021 — 3 personal bests set
- Sandnes Open 2020 · 19 Sep 2020 — 3 personal bests set
- Bergen Open 2020 · 2 Aug 2020 — 1 personal best set
- Kjeller Open 2019 · 2 Nov 2019
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.
- Stian Nystad Østli — met in 211 rounds, finished ahead once
- Filip Nilsen — met in 190 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Niklas Aasen Eliasson — met in 185 rounds, finished ahead once
Next targets
- A sub-3 Skewb single — 3,646 people have one; it is 0.96 away.
- A sub-4 Pyraminx single — 9,892 people have one; it is 0.92 away.
Targets move as he improves.