People · Netherlands
Aleksej Venema
2×2 · top 7.1% of 189,179 all-time · competing since March 2024 · 2024VENE02
Aleksej Venema has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.30, set at Back in Ermelo 2026, puts him in the top 7.1% of the 189,179 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 154th in the Netherlands. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 17 competitions since March 2024, he has put 317 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 71% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 27.38 in March 2024 to 16.15, a 41% improvement. Aleksej has entered 17 competitions, more competitions than 96% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Netherlands | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 2.30 | 4.35 | top 7.1% | 154 / 1,680 | |
| Pyraminx | 4.42 | 8.32 | top 9.8% | 164 / 1,296 | |
| 3×3 | 16.15 | 18.57 | top 28.4% | 813 / 2,318 | |
| 4×4 | 1:24.75 | 1:45.68 | top 59.8% | 587 / 1,009 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 49.79 | 1:16.07 | top 76.6% | 554 / 737 | |
| Clock | 25.97 | — | early days — 2 solves | 357 / 479 | |
| Megaminx | 3:22.88 | — | early days — 2 solves | 375 / 417 |
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
- 5 Sep 2025First sub-20 3×3: 17.72 at Rubik's Dutch Nationals 2025.
- 15 Nov 2024Three personal bests in one day at Dutch Nationals 2024.
- 24 Mar 2024First competition: Arnhem Open B 2024. A 27.38 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Back in Ermelo 2026 · 17 Oct 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Rubik's WCA European Championship 2026 · 16 Jul 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Meppel Mayhem 2026 · 30 May 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Amsterdam Open 2026 · 22 Feb 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Freezing Fryslân 2025 · 21 Dec 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Pakje Open in Lent 2025 · 6 Dec 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Take Your Time Ermelo 2025 · 18 Oct 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Rubik's Dutch Nationals 2025 · 5 Sep 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Arnhem Open 2025 · 28 Jun 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Quick 'n Slick Meppel 2025 · 17 May 2025
- Lente in Lent 2025 · 12 Apr 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Leersum Squared 2025 · 8 Feb 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Dutch Nationals 2024 · 15 Nov 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Dutch Open 2024 · 26 Oct 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Heerenveen Open 2024 · 15 Sep 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Lente Spring 2024 · 7 Apr 2024
- Arnhem Open B 2024 · 24 Mar 2024
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.
- Pablito Poye — met in 66 rounds, never finished ahead
- Hugo Goudriaan — met in 66 rounds, never finished ahead
- Veerle Melis — met in 62 rounds, finished ahead 7 times
Next targets
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 9,039 people have one; it is 0.30 away.
- A sub-4 Pyraminx single — 10,050 people have one; it is 0.42 away.
Targets move as he improves.