Competitions · Norway

Kjeller Open 2023

Kjeller · 17 November 2023 · 8 events · 128 competitors · 177 personal bests

Kim Roger Haraldsen won five of the eight events (3×3, 2×2, 4×4) and the closest final was the 3×3, won by Kim Roger Haraldsen by 0.30 seconds. 128 competitors produced 177 personal bests, 43 of which still stand today, and 28 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Kim Roger Haraldsen set the 3×3 one-handed average national record: 10.33.

Five wins

Kim Roger Haraldsen — 3×3, 2×2, 4×4, 5×5, 3×3 one-handed

0.30s

closest final — 3×3, Kim Roger Haraldsen over Herman Westerlund Kalland

177

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Kim Roger Haraldsen	6.16	6.82
2×2	Kim Roger Haraldsen	1.60	2.08
4×4	Kim Roger Haraldsen	25.53	29.42
5×5	Kim Roger Haraldsen	48.72	55.56
3×3 one-handed	Kim Roger Haraldsen	9.58	10.33
Megaminx	Håkon Fredriksen	41.91	44.14
Pyraminx	Jakub Hibszer	1.47	2.03
Skewb	Hennie Færden	2.15	2.71

The PB harvest

177 set · 43 still standing

Herman Westerlund Kalland — 3×3 single 4.69: into the top 0.066% of the event's history.
Benjamin Bø — 3×3 single 6.92: into the top 1.2% of the event's history.
Olav Bergeland Sandven — Pyraminx single 2.80: into the top 3.0% of the event's history.
Teodor Strømstad Tidemann — Pyraminx single 3.11: into the top 4.0% of the event's history.
Hong Tan Lam — 4×4 single 32.13: into the top 4.3% of the event's history.
Isaiah Snow Beckingham — Pyraminx single 3.25: into the top 4.5% of the event's history.
Vegard Seim Karstang — 3×3 one-handed single 13.98: into the top 6.1% of the event's history.
Eivind Bäckmark Ytteborg — Pyraminx single 3.90: into the top 7.2% of the event's history.

First-timers

28 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 37,591 people who made their debut in 2023. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

1 regional record was set at this competition.

The field

128 competitors · 1155 results · 8 events.

Solve this final yourself

how this works →

The 3×3 final here ran on one scramble group, so these five sequences are exactly what the finalists faced. Kim Roger Haraldsen won it with a 6.82 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

1U2 L' F' U' R D B' U2 B2 R' B R2 F B D2 F R2 D2 B' U2
2L F' R U R2 B2 R2 D2 F2 D2 U' R' F2 R2 D' F' R2 D F
3L' U' L' F2 R2 D' R2 D R2 U' F2 L' D' F' R' F' D' F'
4B L2 F' R2 B R2 L D' F R2 F2 B2 D L2 D' B2 D' L2 R
5B R' L' B2 D' R L F D R B' U B2 R2 F2 L2 U' F2

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

128 competitors

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 final is a competition's last round; its order decides the podium · a DNF (did not finish) is an attempt with no valid result: a popped piece, an unsolved face, an over-limit memorisation · every solve starts from a computer-generated scramble, the same for every competitor in a round.