People · Norway
Preben Halaas Berntsen
Pyraminx · top 3.8% of 130,891 all-time · competing since March 2019 · 2019BERN04
Preben Halaas Berntsen has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 3.05, set at Nidaros Cubing 2019, puts him in the top 3.8% of the 130,891 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 40th in Norway. Until February 2008, no official Pyraminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 9 competitions since March 2019, he has put 433 official solves on the record across 13 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 78% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 18.01 in March 2019 to 11.56, a 36% improvement. Preben has entered nine competitions, more competitions than 91% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Norway | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pyraminx | 3.05 | 5.07 | top 3.8% | 40 / 879 | |
| 3×3 | 11.56 | 13.72 | top 12.4% | 203 / 1,643 | |
| Skewb | 4.86 | 7.51 | top 17.1% | 108 / 537 | |
| 2×2 | 3.32 | 4.62 | top 18.1% | 243 / 1,217 | |
| 4×4 | 49.70 | 56.17 | top 24.4% | 133 / 596 | |
| Square-1 | 21.78 | 28.68 | top 32.1% | 48 / 154 | |
| Megaminx | 1:44.51 | 2:08.91 | top 37.4% | 73 / 268 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 26.26 | 31.51 | top 37.6% | 171 / 521 | |
| 5×5 | 1:53.94 | 2:01.25 | top 45.4% | 127 / 321 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 42 moves | — | early days — 3 solves | 68 / 119 | |
| Clock | 23.51 | — | early days — 2 solves | 170 / 243 | |
| 7×7 | 7:59.31 | — | top 88.4% | 93 / 121 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 16:14.00 | — | early days — 1 solve | 93 / 93 |
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
- 2 Nov 2019Three personal bests in one day at Kjeller Open 2019.
- 4 Oct 2019Ten personal bests in one day at Nidaros Cubing 2019.
- 30 May 2019First sub-15 3×3: 14.17 at Swedish Championship 2019.
- 30 May 2019Eleven personal bests in one day at Swedish Championship 2019.
- 29 Mar 2019First competition: Norwegian Championship 2019. A 21.43 3×3 single to start from.
- 29 Mar 2019First sub-20 3×3: 18.01 at Norwegian Championship 2019.
Competitions
- Trondheim Høst 2026 · 2 Oct 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Flatåsen Open 2020 · 29 Feb 2020 — 1 personal best set
- Kjeller Mental Breakdown 2019 · 30 Nov 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Kjeller Open 2019 · 2 Nov 2019 — 3 personal bests set
- Nidaros Cubing 2019 · 4 Oct 2019 — 10 personal bests set
- CubingUSA Nationals 2019 · 1 Aug 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Bergen Open 2019 · 27 Jul 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Swedish Championship 2019 · 30 May 2019 — 11 personal bests set
- Norwegian Championship 2019 · 29 Mar 2019 — 3 personal bests 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.
- Birk Bredland — met in 73 rounds, finished ahead 20 times
- Kristian Holme — met in 71 rounds, finished ahead 19 times
- Ulrik Bredland — met in 68 rounds, finished ahead 9 times
Next targets
- A sub-3 Pyraminx single — 4,783 people have one; it is 0.05 away.
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,606 people have one; it is 1.56 away.
Targets move as he improves.