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Alessandro van Burken

Skewb · top 0.68% of 73,281 all-time · competing since September 2022 · 2022BURK08

Alessandro van Burken has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the Skewb: a personal-best single of 1.67, set at Breda Open 2026, puts him in the top 0.68% of the 73,281 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 9th in the Netherlands. Until September 2015, no official Skewb solve in the world had been that fast. Across 39 competitions since September 2022, he has put 1,565 official solves on the record across 14 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 67% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 18.59 in September 2022 to 9.26, a 50% improvement. Alessandro has entered 39 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

Skewb
best event — top 0.68% of 73,281 all-time
1.67
signature single · Breda Open 2026
1,565
official solves on the record
14%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 67% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingNetherlands
Skewb1.672.31
top 0.68%9 / 957
2×21.703.58
top 3.1%72 / 1,665
3×39.2611.06
top 5.5%152 / 2,294
Pyraminx3.905.02
top 7.2%119 / 1,283
Square-113.3617.48
top 12.7%39 / 407
4×442.4749.11
top 15.0%145 / 1,000
3×3 Fewest Moves31 moves39.67
top 17.4%32 / 167
Clock8.7810.90
top 18.8%81 / 466
3×3 one-handed20.2430.35
top 21.1%133 / 726
5×51:38.121:54.03
top 34.0%167 / 532
Megaminx2:09.082:32.90
top 50.7%215 / 414
6×63:37.08—
early days — 3 solves131 / 205
3×3 blindfolded3:22.80—
top 59.0%69 / 132
7×77:15.73—
early days — 1 solve150 / 169

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

Dutch Autumn 2022: 18.59Dutch Nationals 2022: 13.96Alphen Cubing 2023: 14.09Ermelo Cubing B 2023: 11.53Capelle Cubing 2023: 14.11Dutch Open 2023: 12.72On Alphen Track to Records 24h 2023: 13.05Amsterdam Open 2023: 11.82Dutch Autumn 2023: 13.16Dutch Nationals 2023: 10.60Take Your Time Ermelo 2023: 12.62Leersum Algs 2024: 12.90Dutch Winter South 2024: 15.64Geel Beginners Saturday 2024: 10.52Arnhem Open A 2024: 12.73Lente Spring 2024: 11.71Capelle Cubing 2024: 12.25Leersum Algs 24 Hours in 2024: 12.21Dutch Open 2024: 12.35Dutch Nationals 2024: 12.92Christmas Cubing Breda 2024: 12.37Alphen Cubing 2025: 11.49Start in Veenendaal 2025: 11.03Quick 'n Slick Meppel 2025: 9.35Arnhem Open 2025: 10.63Rubik's Dutch Nationals 2025: 10.10Take Your Time Ermelo 2025: 10.40Pakje Open in Lent 2025: 10.16Leersum Open 2026: 10.66Amsterdam Open 2026: 10.36Breda Open 2026: 9.26West-Fries Open 2026: 10.09Meppel Mayhem 2026: 9.83Warm Up Lent 2026: 10.71Rubik's WCA European Championship 2026: 10.419.2618.5925 Sep 202216 Jul 2026

Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.

The story so far

Competitions

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.

Next targets

  • A sub-1 Skewb single — 35 people have one; it is 0.67 away.
  • A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.70 away.

Targets move as he improves.