Competitions · Norway

Norwegian Championship 2025

Lier · 1 August 2025 · 16 events · 196 competitors · 296 personal bests

Kim Roger Haraldsen won four of the 16 events (2×2, 4×4, 5×5) and the closest final was the Clock, won by Niklas Aasen Eliasson by 0.16 seconds. 196 competitors produced 296 personal bests, 173 of which still stand today, and 31 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Oskar Vidiček set the 5×5 single national record: 45.58.

Four wins

Kim Roger Haraldsen — 2×2, 4×4, 5×5, 6×6

0.16s

closest final — Clock, Niklas Aasen Eliasson over Anders Barhaugen

296

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Valerio Locatelli	4.90	5.83
2×2	Kim Roger Haraldsen	0.81	1.35
4×4	Kim Roger Haraldsen	23.17	25.22
5×5	Kim Roger Haraldsen	43.60	45.97
6×6	Kim Roger Haraldsen	1:22.93	1:32.30
7×7	Magnus Søndergaard Byrne	2:05.67	2:18.89
3×3 blindfolded	Rasmus Heggvik Aune	24.14	28.26
3×3 one-handed	Knut Skaug Haraldsen	9.47	10.54
Clock	Niklas Aasen Eliasson	3.19	3.62
Megaminx	Oliver Richards	38.26	41.21
Pyraminx	Sigurd Volan Håvik	2.05	2.19
Skewb	Hennie Færden	1.76	2.64
Square-1	Rasmus Stub Detlefsen	4.99	6.37
4×4 blindfolded	Niklas Aasen Eliasson	3:40.56	—
5×5 blindfolded	Oliver Richards	17:32.00	—
3×3 Multi-Blind	Rasmus Heggvik Aune	30 of 30 cubes · 50:23	—

The PB harvest

296 set · 173 still standing

Magnus Søndergaard Byrne — 2×2 single 0.87: into the top 0.33% of the event's history.
Brage Rognes — Pyraminx single 1.74: into the top 0.73% of the event's history.
Julian Giæver-Engesmo — 2×2 single 1.11: into the top 0.79% of the event's history.
Thang Vinh Vu — 2×2 single 1.27: into the top 1.3% of the event's history.
Oskar Vidiček — 2×2 single 1.29: into the top 1.3% of the event's history.
Jacob Oliver Bruun — 2×2 single 1.35: into the top 1.5% of the event's history.
Tisa Megušar — 2×2 single 1.46: into the top 2.0% of the event's history.
Ferre Poortier — 2×2 single 1.56: into the top 2.4% of the event's history.

First-timers

31 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 28,483 people who made their debut in 2025. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

9 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

196 competitors · 1982 results · 16 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. Valerio Locatelli won it with a 5.83 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

196 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.