People · Norway
Selmer Stray-Pedersen
3×3 · top 5.6% of 284,439 all-time · competing since January 2018 · 2018STRA01
Selmer Stray-Pedersen has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.30, set at Chill Out Trondheim 2025, puts him in the top 5.6% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 102nd in Norway. Until February 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 7 competitions since January 2018, he has put 129 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 60% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. That figure sets aside his 4 DNFs. His 3×3 best has come down from 12.96 in January 2018 to 9.30, a 28% improvement. Selmer 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 9.30 | 11.43 | top 5.6% | 102 / 1,609 | |
| 2×2 | 3.24 | 6.30 | top 17.1% | 227 / 1,202 | |
| Pyraminx | 8.07 | 10.85 | top 36.8% | 345 / 865 | |
| Skewb | 8.19 | 15.37 | top 42.7% | 262 / 531 | |
| 4×4 | 1:20.99 | 1:21.74 | top 56.7% | 317 / 590 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 42.19 | 52.89 | top 68.3% | 315 / 513 |
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
- 11 Jan 2025First sub-10 3×3: 9.30 at Chill Out Trondheim 2025.
- 13 Jan 2018First competition: VI QB'er 2018. A 12.96 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Norwegian Championship 2026 · 14 Aug 2026
- Trondheim 3x3 Day 2025 · 15 Nov 2025
- Trondheim Høst 2025 · 4 Oct 2025
- Norwegian Championship 2025 · 1 Aug 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Chill Out Trondheim 2025 · 11 Jan 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Kalvskinnet Kubing 2024 · 19 Oct 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- VI QB'er 2018 · 13 Jan 2018
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 27 rounds, never finished ahead
- Ole Nikolai Gjerset — met in 23 rounds, finished ahead 14 times
- Thang Vinh Vu — met in 23 rounds, finished ahead once
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.30 away.
- A sub-3 2×2 single — 26,570 people have one; it is 0.24 away.
Targets move as he improves.