People · Norway
Tommy Kolbeinsvik
3×3 · top 4.1% of 284,439 all-time · competing since August 2014 · 2014KOLB01
Tommy Kolbeinsvik has been competing for 12 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.67, set at Bergen Fall 2025, puts him in the top 4.1% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 69th in Norway. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 11 competitions since August 2014, he has put 542 official solves on the record across ten events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 50% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 35.78 in August 2014 to 8.67, a 76% improvement. Tommy 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 | 8.67 | 11.57 | top 4.1% | 69 / 1,609 | |
| 2×2 | 2.53 | 4.21 | top 9.2% | 139 / 1,202 | |
| 4×4 | 41.52 | 48.88 | top 13.9% | 72 / 590 | |
| Pyraminx | 5.48 | 12.18 | top 16.3% | 179 / 865 | |
| Skewb | 5.06 | 7.54 | top 18.6% | 122 / 531 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 22.05 | 27.61 | top 26.2% | 125 / 513 | |
| Square-1 | 31.72 | 37.59 | top 52.7% | 86 / 153 | |
| 5×5 | 2:06.26 | 2:24.54 | top 53.2% | 144 / 318 | |
| 6×6 | 5:16.28 | — | early days — 2 solves | 111 / 136 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 55 moves | — | early days — 3 solves | 108 / 117 |
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
- 25 Oct 2025Three personal bests in one day at Bergen Fall 2025.
- 13 Jan 2018First sub-10 3×3: 8.98 at VI QB'er 2018.
- 26 Aug 2017Six personal bests in one day at Sandnes Open 2017.
- 18 Mar 2017Six personal bests in one day at Norwegian Championship 2017.
- 21 Jan 2017Eight personal bests in one day at Trondheim Winter 2017.
- 22 Oct 2016Five personal bests in one day at Kjeller Open 2016.
Competitions
- Bergen Fall 2025 · 25 Oct 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Bergen Open 2020 · 2 Aug 2020
- VI QB'er 2018 · 13 Jan 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- Kjeller Open 2017 · 4 Nov 2017 — 2 personal bests set
- Sandnes Open 2017 · 26 Aug 2017 — 6 personal bests set
- Norwegian Championship 2017 · 18 Mar 2017 — 6 personal bests set
- Trondheim Winter 2017 · 21 Jan 2017 — 8 personal bests set
- Kjeller Open 2016 · 22 Oct 2016 — 5 personal bests set
- Sandnes Open 2016 · 17 Sep 2016 — 5 personal bests set
- Gothenburg Cube Open 2016 · 18 Jun 2016 — 2 personal bests set
- Bergen Open 2014 · 2 Aug 2014
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.
- Kim Roger Haraldsen — met in 106 rounds, finished ahead 7 times
- Ulrik Bredland — met in 103 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
- Knut Skaug Haraldsen — met in 91 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.67 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.53 away.
Targets move as he improves.