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Vegard Seim Karstang

2×2 · top 1.7% of 186,767 all-time · competing since February 2009 · 2009SEIM02

Vegard Seim Karstang has been competing for 18 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.39, set at Lierskogen Vinterkubing 2025, puts him in the top 1.7% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 32nd in Norway. Until November 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 38 competitions since February 2009, he has put 2,577 official solves on the record across twelve events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 63% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 19.16 in February 2009 to 7.82, a 59% improvement. Vegard has entered 38 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 1.7% of 186,767 all-time
1.39
signature single · Lierskogen Vinterkubing 2025
2,577
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 63% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingNorway
2×21.392.72
top 1.7%32 / 1,202
3×37.828.95
top 2.5%49 / 1,609
Pyraminx3.045.53
top 3.8%38 / 865
4×433.8939.21
top 5.7%27 / 590
3×3 one-handed13.9817.85
top 6.1%29 / 513
5×51:13.251:20.54
top 14.0%28 / 318
Square-114.1919.66
top 14.5%22 / 153
Skewb4.527.42
top 14.6%88 / 531
3×3 Fewest Moves32 moves41.33
top 20.4%35 / 117
Megaminx1:35.281:45.52
top 31.6%60 / 262
6×63:02.553:16.12
top 42.3%45 / 136
7×74:39.75—
early days — 2 solves36 / 115

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

Norwegian Open 2009: 19.16Norwegian Open 2010: 13.83Oslo Open 2010: 13.31Swedish Cubedays 2010: 11.94Norwegian Open 2011: 12.02Trondheim Fall 2011: 10.50Norwegian Championship 2012: 11.50Oslo Fall 2012: 11.58INSPIRIA Cube Day 2013: 11.03Norwegian Championship 2013: 9.96Norwegian Championship 2014: 10.88Inspiria Cube Day 2014: 11.80Trondheim Fall 2014: 10.40Norwegian Championship 2015: 10.72Norwegian Championship 2016: 9.32Trondheim Winter 2017: 10.13Pickering Spring 2018: 8.83Lier Open 2018: 8.94Bartebyen 2018: 8.57Chill Out Trondheim 2018: 8.36Norwegian Championship 2019: 7.82Norwegian Championship 2021: 8.17Kjeller Open 2022: 9.32Norwegian Championship 2023: 8.99LSP Hverdagskubing Mai 2023: 8.81Oslo Open 2023: 9.01Kjeller Open 2023: 8.53Cubing Portal Oslo 2023: 9.00Lierskogen Vinterkubing 2024: 8.07Hauketo Hurtigkubing 2024: 8.24Romerike Easter Open 2024: 8.85Oslo Open 2024: 8.35Kjeller Open 2024: 8.25Drammen Open 2024: 8.28Lierskogen Vinterkubing 2025: 8.61Oslo Open 2025: 8.12Norwegian Championship 2025: 8.68Oslo Open 2026: 8.007.8219.1614 Feb 200919 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-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.39 away.
  • A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 1.82 away.

Targets move as he improves.