People · Norway
Simen Vaa
3×3 · top 5.9% of 288,433 all-time · competing since March 2025 · 2025VAAS01
Simen Vaa has been competing for a year. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.42, set at Oslo Open 2026, puts him in the top 5.9% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 109th in Norway. Until February 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 7 competitions since March 2025, he has put 346 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 75% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 18.11 in March 2025 to 9.42, a 48% improvement. Simen 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 | 9.42 | 11.73 | top 5.9% | 109 / 1,643 | |
| 2×2 | 2.70 | 3.16 | top 11.0% | 162 / 1,217 | |
| Pyraminx | 4.86 | 7.99 | top 12.3% | 139 / 879 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 21.39 | 25.50 | top 24.3% | 121 / 521 | |
| 4×4 | 52.46 | 57.71 | top 27.8% | 155 / 596 | |
| Megaminx | 1:51.12 | 1:57.28 | top 41.1% | 89 / 268 | |
| Skewb | 9.70 | 13.18 | top 53.1% | 313 / 537 |
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
- 19 Jun 2026First sub-10 3×3: 9.68 at Oslo Open 2026.
- 19 Jun 2026Four personal bests in one day at Oslo Open 2026.
- 21 Feb 2026Four personal bests in one day at Lierskogen Vinterkubing 2026.
- 13 Sep 2025Three personal bests in one day at Sandnes Open 2025.
- 1 Aug 2025First sub-15 3×3: 12.12 at Norwegian Championship 2025.
- 1 Aug 2025Five personal bests in one day at Norwegian Championship 2025.
Competitions
- Oslo Open 2026 · 19 Jun 2026 — 4 personal bests set
- Drammen Open 2026 · 18 Apr 2026
- Lierskogen Vinterkubing 2026 · 21 Feb 2026 — 4 personal bests set
- Kjeller Open 2025 · 8 Nov 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Sandnes Open 2025 · 13 Sep 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Norwegian Championship 2025 · 1 Aug 2025 — 5 personal bests set
- Kristiansand Open 2025 · 29 Mar 2025 — 2 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.
- Niklas Aasen Eliasson — met in 71 rounds, never finished ahead
- Stian Nystad Østli — met in 70 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Knut Skaug Haraldsen — met in 62 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 8,101 people have one; it is 1.42 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 9,039 people have one; it is 0.70 away.
Targets move as he improves.