People · Netherlands
Arian de Bakker
2×2 · top 14.5% of 186,767 all-time · competing since November 2024 · 2024BAKK03
Arian de Bakker has been competing for a year. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 3.02, set at Beveren Saturday Open 2025, puts him in the top 14.5% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 326th in the Netherlands. Across 4 competitions since November 2024, he has put 131 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, an early reading from 8 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 17.70 in November 2024 to 12.98, a 27% improvement. Arian has entered four competitions, more competitions than 78% 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 | 3.02 | 4.45 | top 14.5% | 326 / 1,665 | |
| 3×3 | 12.98 | 15.02 | top 17.3% | 508 / 2,294 | |
| Pyraminx | 6.51 | 8.39 | top 23.9% | 426 / 1,283 | |
| Skewb | 7.80 | 9.47 | top 39.8% | 424 / 957 | |
| 4×4 | 1:22.40 | — | top 57.8% | 557 / 1,000 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 36.70 | 39.94 | top 60.3% | 417 / 726 | |
| Clock | 22.79 | — | early days — 2 solves | 321 / 466 | |
| Megaminx | 3:43.00 | — | early days — 1 solve | 390 / 414 |
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
- 22 Aug 2026Four personal bests in one day at Capelle Chaos A 2026.
- 27 Sep 2025First sub-15 3×3: 13.11 at Beveren Saturday Open 2025.
- 27 Sep 2025Five personal bests in one day at Beveren Saturday Open 2025.
- 24 Nov 2024First competition: Beveren Sunday Open 2024. A 18.44 3×3 single to start from.
- 24 Nov 2024Three personal bests in one day at Beveren Sunday Open 2024.
Competitions
- Capelle Chaos A 2026 · 22 Aug 2026 — 4 personal bests set
- Beveren Saturday Open 2025 · 27 Sep 2025 — 5 personal bests set
- Leersum Squared 2025 · 8 Feb 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Beveren Sunday Open 2024 · 24 Nov 2024 — 3 personal bests 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.
- Imanuel Müller — met in 23 rounds, never finished ahead
- DJ Nobel — met in 20 rounds, finished ahead 6 times
- Maxwell Praet — met in 19 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-3 2×2 single — 26,570 people have one; it is 0.02 away.
- A sub-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 0.98 away.
Targets move as he improves.