People · Netherlands
Anders Zijlstra
3×3 · top 59.0% of 284,439 all-time · competing since April 2022 · 2022ZIJL01
Anders Zijlstra has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 28.08, set at Dutch Autumn 2022, puts him in the top 59.0% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,485th in the Netherlands. Across 6 competitions since April 2022, he has put 99 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one, an early reading from 6 counted rounds. Anders has entered six competitions, more competitions than 86% 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 | 28.08 | 33.83 | top 59.0% | 1,485 / 2,294 | |
| 2×2 | 7.08 | 9.31 | top 61.1% | 1,161 / 1,665 | |
| Pyraminx | 11.51 | 14.73 | top 64.0% | 919 / 1,283 | |
| Skewb | 15.66 | 20.52 | top 80.3% | 804 / 957 | |
| 4×4 | 1:58.34 | — | top 81.0% | 794 / 1,000 | |
| 5×5 | 3:37.16 | — | early days — 3 solves | 473 / 532 | |
| Clock | 44.06 | — | early days — 2 solves | 447 / 466 |
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
- 25 Sep 2022Three personal bests in one day at Dutch Autumn 2022.
- 17 Apr 2022First competition: Dutch Spring 2022. A 28.74 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Cubing in Oud IJsselmuiden 2025 · 20 Dec 2025
- Kampen Open 2023 · 11 Mar 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Dutch Nationals 2022 · 26 Nov 2022
- Dutch Autumn 2022 · 25 Sep 2022 — 3 personal bests set
- Dutch Masters 2022 · 21 May 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- Dutch Spring 2022 · 17 Apr 2022
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.
- Vincent Chan — met in 26 rounds, finished ahead once
- Olivier Vos — met in 25 rounds, never finished ahead
- Gijs Peletier — met in 25 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-25 3×3 single — 149,621 people have one; it is 3.08 away.
- A sub-6 2×2 single — 95,042 people have one; it is 1.08 away.
Targets move as he improves.