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Torbjørn Olsen

Skewb · top 22.4% of 73,281 all-time · competing since July 2019 · 2019OLSE02

Torbjørn Olsen has been competing for 7 years. His best event is the Skewb: a personal-best single of 5.56, set at Bergen Open 2020, puts him in the top 22.4% of the 73,281 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 147th in Norway. Across 5 competitions since July 2019, he has put 100 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one, an early reading from 8 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 30.68 in July 2019 to 18.52, a 40% improvement. He has entered five competitions, more competitions than 83% of everyone who has ever competed.

Skewb
best event — top 22.4% of 73,281 all-time
5.56
signature single · Bergen Open 2020
100
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingNorway
Skewb5.567.10
top 22.4%147 / 531
2×24.159.54
top 28.4%350 / 1,202
3×318.5221.73
top 35.7%526 / 1,609
4×42:02.77
early days — 2 solves468 / 590
Pyraminx18.5929.77
top 90.9%793 / 865

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

Bergen Open 2019: 30.68Kjeller Open 2019: 24.80Bergen Open 2020: 21.39Norwegian Championship 2021: 18.52Norwegian Championship 2022: 18.6218.5230.6827 Jul 201922 Jul 2022

Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.

The story so far

Competitions

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.

Next targets

  • A sub-5 Skewb single — 13,285 people have one; it is 0.56 away.
  • A sub-4 2×2 single — 49,452 people have one; it is 0.15 away.

Targets move as he improves.