People · United Kingdom
Aart Gehrels
2×2 · top 7.7% of 189,179 all-time · competing since February 2023 · 2023GEHR02
Aart Gehrels has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.37, set at Leeds Spring 2026, puts him in the top 7.7% of the 189,179 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 533rd in the United Kingdom. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 11 competitions since February 2023, he has put 252 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 75% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 17.86 in February 2023 to 13.09, a 27% improvement. Aart has entered eleven competitions, more competitions than 93% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United Kingdom | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 2.37 | 5.18 | top 7.7% | 533 / 4,946 | |
| 3×3 | 13.09 | 15.26 | top 17.8% | 1,211 / 6,785 | |
| Pyraminx | 6.82 | 15.06 | top 26.4% | 1,052 / 3,704 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 30.12 | 32.70 | top 47.0% | 824 / 1,861 | |
| 4×4 | 1:21.09 | 1:36.80 | top 56.9% | 1,259 / 2,112 | |
| Skewb | 11.12 | 26.97 | top 61.5% | 1,500 / 2,439 | |
| Clock | 27.28 | 41.57 | top 80.7% | 1,029 / 1,255 | |
| 5×5 | 3:27.71 | — | early days — 3 solves | 1,093 / 1,167 |
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
- 27 Sep 2025First sub-15 3×3: 13.09 at Manchester Favourites I 2025.
- 25 Feb 2023First competition: Lincolnshire Winter 2023. A 19.19 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Wakefield Summer 2026 · 20 Jun 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Darlington Spring 2026 · 16 May 2026
- Leeds Spring 2026 · 11 Apr 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Stevenage January 2026 · 10 Jan 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Manchester Favourites I 2025 · 27 Sep 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Leeds Spring 2025 · 15 Mar 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Rubik's UK Championship 2024 · 1 Nov 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Stevenage June 2024 · 8 Jun 2024
- Wakefield Autumn 2023 · 7 Oct 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Wakefield Spring 2023 · 1 Apr 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Lincolnshire Winter 2023 · 25 Feb 2023 — 1 personal best 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 his.
- Daniel Partridge — met in 47 rounds, finished ahead once
- Harvie Partridge — met in 46 rounds, never finished ahead
- Ben Stokes — met in 40 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 9,039 people have one; it is 0.37 away.
- A sub-12 3×3 single — 40,277 people have one; it is 1.09 away.
Targets move as he improves.