People · Norway
Viola Jordalen
Pyraminx · top 9.9% of 130,891 all-time · competing since February 2019 · 2019JORD01
Viola Jordalen has been competing for 8 years. Her best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 4.44, set at Bergen Spring 2025, puts her in the top 9.9% of the 130,891 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 105th in Norway. Until September 2006, no official Pyraminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 12 competitions since February 2019, she has put 381 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, her 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one; 84% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. Her 3×3 best has come down from 29.72 in February 2019 to 13.73, a 54% improvement. Viola has entered twelve competitions, more competitions than 94% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Norway | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pyraminx | 4.44 | 7.86 | top 9.9% | 105 / 879 | |
| 2×2 | 2.71 | 5.19 | top 11.1% | 165 / 1,217 | |
| 3×3 | 13.73 | 16.79 | top 20.1% | 316 / 1,643 | |
| Skewb | 9.64 | 12.48 | top 52.7% | 311 / 537 | |
| 4×4 | 1:36.77 | — | top 68.6% | 400 / 596 | |
| Clock | 23.84 | 25.64 | top 74.4% | 174 / 243 |
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
- 4 Nov 2023First sub-15 3×3: 14.43 at Bergen Fall 2023.
- 13 Aug 2022Three personal bests in one day at Bergen Open 2022.
- 22 Jul 2022First sub-20 3×3: 19.67 at Norwegian Championship 2022.
- 27 Jul 2019Four personal bests in one day at Bergen Open 2019.
- 23 Feb 2019First competition: Voss Open 2019. A 29.80 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Bergen Open 2026 · 10 Oct 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Bergen Spring 2026 · 21 Mar 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Åsane Winter 2026 · 31 Jan 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Bergen Fall 2025 · 25 Oct 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Bergen Spring 2025 · 8 Mar 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Bergen Fall 2024 · 26 Oct 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Bergen Spring 2024 · 16 Mar 2024
- Bergen Fall 2023 · 4 Nov 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Bergen Open 2022 · 13 Aug 2022 — 3 personal bests set
- Norwegian Championship 2022 · 22 Jul 2022 — 1 personal best set
- Bergen Open 2019 · 27 Jul 2019 — 4 personal bests set
- Voss Open 2019 · 23 Feb 2019 — 2 personal bests set
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 her.
- Kim Roger Haraldsen — met in 62 rounds, never finished ahead
- Ulrik Bredland — met in 60 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
- Johannes Djupedal Power — met in 57 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
Next targets
- A sub-4 Pyraminx single — 10,050 people have one; it is 0.44 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 9,039 people have one; it is 0.71 away.
Targets move as she improves.