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Vebjørn Søreide Øiestad

3×3 · top 1.4% of 284,439 all-time · competing since August 2020 · 2020OIES01

Vebjørn Søreide Øiestad has been competing for 6 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 7.06, set at Oslo Open 2026, puts him in the top 1.4% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 29th in Norway. Until November 2010, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 16 competitions since August 2020, he has put 822 official solves on the record across eleven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 53% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 12.75 in August 2020 to 7.06, a 45% improvement. He has entered 16 competitions, more competitions than 96% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 1.4% of 284,439 all-time
7.06
signature single · Oslo Open 2026
822
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 53% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingNorway
3×37.069.33
top 1.4%29 / 1,609
2×22.063.40
top 5.2%77 / 1,202
Pyraminx4.628.00
top 10.9%120 / 865
4×441.2945.81
top 13.6%70 / 590
3×3 one-handed18.9025.11
top 17.5%75 / 513
5×51:22.081:35.16
top 20.8%44 / 318
Skewb6.9210.56
top 33.0%207 / 531
Clock12.3713.82
top 36.8%81 / 241
6×63:38.623:56.75
top 58.1%68 / 136
7×76:16.65
top 71.5%68 / 115
Megaminx6:52.62
early days — 1 solve256 / 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

Bergen Open 2020: 12.75Bergen Open 2021: 11.20Norwegian Championship 2022: 10.04Bergen Open 2022: 7.94Bergen Spring 2023: 9.09Bergen Open 2023: 8.45Bergen Fall 2023: 8.80Bergen Spring 2024: 8.64Bergen Open 2024: 8.78Norwegian Championship 2024: 9.08Bergen Fall 2024: 8.70Åsane Open 2024: 9.41Oslo Open 2025: 8.18Kalvskinnet Kubing 2026: 8.96Bergen Spring 2026: 10.17Oslo Open 2026: 7.067.0612.752 Aug 202019 Jun 2026

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-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 1.06 away.
  • A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.06 away.

Targets move as he improves.