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Sondre Fosli Stenseth
3×3 · top 5.1% of 284,439 all-time · competing since November 2017 · 2017STEN07
Sondre Fosli Stenseth has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.11, set at Norwegian Championship 2025, puts him in the top 5.1% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 92nd in Norway. Until May 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 11 competitions since November 2017, he has put 570 official solves on the record across ten events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one; 80% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 18.00 in November 2017 to 9.11, a 49% improvement. Sondre has entered eleven competitions, more competitions than 93% 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 | 9.11 | 10.75 | top 5.1% | 92 / 1,609 | |
| 4×4 | 34.39 | 40.91 | top 6.2% | 28 / 590 | |
| Skewb | 4.48 | 7.67 | top 14.3% | 84 / 531 | |
| Pyraminx | 5.77 | 8.16 | top 18.3% | 197 / 865 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 19.86 | 25.60 | top 20.1% | 95 / 513 | |
| 2×2 | 3.95 | 4.81 | top 25.9% | 329 / 1,202 | |
| Square-1 | 24.27 | 28.72 | top 37.4% | 62 / 153 | |
| 5×5 | 1:48.79 | 1:59.58 | top 41.7% | 112 / 318 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 4:33.29 | — | early days — 1 solve | 63 / 93 | |
| Megaminx | 4:05.88 | — | early days — 2 solves | 224 / 262 |
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
- 1 Aug 2025Four personal bests in one day at Norwegian Championship 2025.
- 5 May 2023Six personal bests in one day at Norwegian Championship 2023.
- 14 Oct 2022First sub-10 3×3: 9.40 at Kjeller Open 2022.
- 14 Oct 2022Six personal bests in one day at Kjeller Open 2022.
- 22 Jul 2022Seven personal bests in one day at Norwegian Championship 2022.
- 2 Nov 2019Three personal bests in one day at Kjeller Open 2019.
Competitions
- Norwegian Championship 2025 · 1 Aug 2025 — 4 personal bests set
- Bartebyen 2023 · 13 Oct 2023
- Norwegian Championship 2023 · 5 May 2023 — 6 personal bests set
- Kjeller Open 2022 · 14 Oct 2022 — 6 personal bests set
- Norwegian Championship 2022 · 22 Jul 2022 — 7 personal bests set
- Kjeller Open 2019 · 2 Nov 2019 — 3 personal bests set
- Norwegian Championship 2019 · 29 Mar 2019 — 4 personal bests set
- Fredrikstad Open 2018 · 1 Sep 2018 — 7 personal bests set
- Norwegian Championship 2018 · 6 Apr 2018 — 7 personal bests set
- VI QB'er 2018 · 13 Jan 2018 — 5 personal bests set
- Kjeller Open 2017 · 4 Nov 2017
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 121 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Knut Skaug Haraldsen — met in 119 rounds, never finished ahead
- Einar Kvam Lundberg — met in 110 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.11 away.
- A sub-30 4×4 single — 2,388 people have one; it is 4.39 away.
Targets move as he improves.