People · Netherlands
Amiel Engel
3×3 · top 0.49% of 284,439 all-time · competing since April 2017 · 2017ENGE01
Amiel Engel has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 6.02, set at Rubik's Dutch Nationals 2025, puts him in the top 0.49% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 23rd in the Netherlands. Until June 2011, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 48 competitions since April 2017, he has put 2,353 official solves on the record across 16 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 56% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 19.20 in April 2017 to 6.02, a 69% improvement. Amiel has entered 48 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Netherlands | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 6.02 | 7.72 | top 0.49% | 23 / 2,294 | |
| 2×2 | 1.14 | 2.31 | top 0.87% | 24 / 1,665 | |
| Pyraminx | 2.23 | 3.52 | top 1.6% | 35 / 1,283 | |
| 5×5 | 49.47 | 59.91 | top 1.6% | 12 / 532 | |
| 6×6 | 1:36.10 | 1:45.61 | top 3.1% | 6 / 205 | |
| 7×7 | 2:26.82 | 2:33.49 | top 3.2% | 6 / 169 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 12.42 | 15.38 | top 3.6% | 28 / 726 | |
| 4×4 | 32.44 | 37.81 | top 4.5% | 35 / 1,000 | |
| Megaminx | 1:05.39 | 1:11.89 | top 12.9% | 55 / 414 | |
| Skewb | 4.95 | 9.23 | top 17.7% | 184 / 957 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 1:38.46 | 4:58.70 | top 26.0% | 26 / 132 | |
| 3×3 Multi-Blind | 6 of 6 cubes · 39:30 | — | early days — 3 solves | 14 / 44 | |
| Clock | 13.52 | 15.92 | top 41.8% | 205 / 466 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 39 moves | — | top 44.7% | 84 / 167 | |
| 4×4 blindfolded | 10:53.00 | — | early days — 2 solves | 13 / 22 | |
| Square-1 | 1:26.77 | — | early days — 1 solve | 388 / 407 |
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 2025Three personal bests in one day at Rubik's Dutch Nationals 2025.
- 15 Nov 2024Three personal bests in one day at Dutch Nationals 2024.
- 31 Aug 2024Seven personal bests in one day at Leersum Algs 24 Hours in 2024.
- 2 Mar 2024Seven personal bests in one day at Mental Breakdown Hoorn 2024.
- 5 Jan 2024Six personal bests in one day at Leersum Algs 2024.
- 25 Nov 2023Three personal bests in one day at Dutch Nationals 2023.
Competitions
- Rubik's WCA European Championship 2026 · 16 Jul 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Warm Up Lent 2026 · 10 Jul 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Breda Open 2026 · 18 Apr 2026
- Pakje Open in Lent 2025 · 6 Dec 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Rubik's Dutch Nationals 2025 · 5 Sep 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Breda Open 2025 · 23 Aug 2025
- Little LeideNxN 2025 · 10 Aug 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Arnhem Open 2025 · 28 Jun 2025
- Lente in Lent 2025 · 12 Apr 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 — 2 personal bests set
- Leersum Algs 24 Hours in 2024 · 31 Aug 2024 — 7 personal bests set
- Capelle Cubing 2024 · 9 Jun 2024
- Bigger in Breda 2024 · 4 May 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Lente Spring 2024 · 7 Apr 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Arnhem Open A 2024 · 23 Mar 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Mental Breakdown Hoorn 2024 · 2 Mar 2024 — 7 personal bests set
- Dutch Winter North 2024 · 14 Jan 2024
- Leersum Algs 2024 · 5 Jan 2024 — 6 personal bests set
- Dutch Nationals 2023 · 25 Nov 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Dutch Open 2023 · 3 Jun 2023 — 4 personal bests set
- Ermelo Cubing B 2023 · 23 Apr 2023
- Dutch Spring 2022 · 17 Apr 2022 — 3 personal bests set
- Star Cubing Nijmegen 2020 · 29 Feb 2020 — 1 personal best set
- Dutch Nationals 2019 · 21 Sep 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Hoogland Open 2019 · 16 Aug 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Star Cubing Nijmegen 2019 · 29 Jun 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Breda Open 2019 · 8 Jun 2019
- Cube Weekend Sint Michielsgestel 2019 · 22 Mar 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Happy New Year Cubing Nijmegen 2019 · 5 Jan 2019
- Meppel Open 2018 · 10 Nov 2018 — 1 personal best set
- Dutch Nationals 2018 · 22 Sep 2018 — 1 personal best set
- Zwolle Open 2018 · 17 Aug 2018 — 3 personal bests set
- Veenendaal Open 2018 · 23 Jun 2018 — 5 personal bests set
- Breda Open 2018 · 19 May 2018 — 3 personal bests set
- Cube Weekend St. Michielsgestel 2018 · 24 Mar 2018 — 7 personal bests set
- Assen Open 2018 · 3 Mar 2018 — 1 personal best set
- Happy New Year Cubing Dordrecht 2018 · 5 Jan 2018 — 4 personal bests set
- Marathon Open 2017 · 16 Dec 2017 — 2 personal bests set
- Dutch Open 2017 · 21 Oct 2017 — 4 personal bests set
- Dutch Nationals 2017 · 23 Sep 2017 — 3 personal bests set
- Zwolle Open 2017 · 19 Aug 2017 — 4 personal bests set
- Acho Open 2017 · 29 Jul 2017 — 4 personal bests set
- Breda Open 2017 · 10 Jun 2017 — 1 personal best set
- Belgium Summer Open 2017 · 20 May 2017 — 3 personal bests set
- Hoogland Open 2017 · 13 May 2017 — 5 personal bests set
- Zuidplas Open 2017 · 15 Apr 2017
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.
- Olivier Vos — met in 396 rounds, finished ahead 115 times
- Mattheo de Wit — met in 356 rounds, finished ahead 54 times
- Mark Bennis — met in 346 rounds, finished ahead 192 times
Next targets
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 0.02 away.
- A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.14 away.
Targets move as he improves.