People · Norway
Stein Magnus Araracap Grøtting
Clock · top 31.6% of 32,048 all-time · competing since December 2023 · 2023GROT02
Stein Magnus Araracap Grøtting has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the Clock: a personal-best single of 11.31, set at Lierskogen Vinterkubing 2025, puts him in the top 31.6% of the 32,048 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 70th in Norway. Across 10 competitions since December 2023, he has put 219 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 71% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 56.14 in December 2023 to 30.60, a 45% improvement. Stein has entered ten competitions, more competitions than 92% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Norway | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clock | 11.31 | 14.14 | top 31.6% | 70 / 241 | |
| Skewb | 7.25 | 16.18 | top 35.6% | 218 / 531 | |
| 2×2 | 6.07 | 10.88 | top 51.6% | 603 / 1,202 | |
| Pyraminx | 10.94 | 17.24 | top 60.1% | 533 / 865 | |
| 3×3 | 30.60 | 38.59 | top 63.6% | 943 / 1,609 | |
| 4×4 | 2:20.50 | — | top 89.3% | 517 / 590 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 1:41.76 | — | early days — 2 solves | 465 / 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
- 1 Aug 2025Three personal bests in one day at Norwegian Championship 2025.
- 15 Mar 2025Four personal bests in one day at Lierskogen Vinterkubing 2025.
- 9 Mar 2024Three personal bests in one day at Hauketo Hurtigkubing 2024.
- 17 Feb 2024Three personal bests in one day at Lierskogen Vinterkubing 2024.
- 29 Dec 2023First competition: Julekubing 2023. A 56.14 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Julemarkedkubing 2025 · 13 Dec 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Norwegian Championship 2025 · 1 Aug 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Cavite Speedcubing Open XI 2025 · 12 Jul 2025
- Oslo Open 2025 · 20 Jun 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Lierskogen Vinterkubing 2025 · 15 Mar 2025 — 4 personal bests set
- Kjeller Open 2024 · 16 Nov 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Oslo Open 2024 · 21 Jun 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Hauketo Hurtigkubing 2024 · 9 Mar 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Lierskogen Vinterkubing 2024 · 17 Feb 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Julekubing 2023 · 29 Dec 2023
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 43 rounds, never finished ahead
- Anders Barhaugen — met in 42 rounds, never finished ahead
- Stian Nystad Østli — met in 42 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-10 Clock single — 8,040 people have one; it is 1.31 away.
- A sub-6 Skewb single — 18,841 people have one; it is 1.25 away.
Targets move as he improves.