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Arnaud van Galen

2×2 · top 3.0% of 186,767 all-time · competing since May 2006 · 2006GALE01

Arnaud van Galen has been competing for 20 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.68, set at Geneva Open 2008, puts him in the top 3.0% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 68th in the Netherlands. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 140 competitions since May 2006, he has put 6,426 official solves on the record across 15 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 75% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 36.50 in May 2006 to 12.56, a 66% improvement. Arnaud has entered 140 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 3.0% of 186,767 all-time
1.68
signature single · Geneva Open 2008
6,426
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 75% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingNetherlands
2×21.685.33
top 3.0%68 / 1,665
3×3 Fewest Moves26 moves—
top 6.2%10 / 167
Square-112.5649.40
top 11.0%35 / 407
Pyraminx4.849.39
top 12.2%205 / 1,283
3×312.5617.92
top 15.9%457 / 2,294
Clock9.2813.51
top 21.4%95 / 466
5×51:32.361:52.35
top 29.2%146 / 532
4×454.3159.91
top 29.9%284 / 1,000
3×3 one-handed23.6530.94
top 30.5%204 / 726
6×63:09.953:26.86
top 45.7%101 / 205
7×75:00.955:19.94
top 50.9%93 / 169
3×3 blindfolded3:03.223:48.97
top 53.4%63 / 132
Megaminx2:15.492:25.31
top 54.0%232 / 414
3×3 Multi-Blind3 of 3 cubes · 24:47—
top 54.9%27 / 44
Skewb11.0816.03
top 61.2%619 / 957

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

Belgian Open 2006: 36.50European Rubik's Cube Championship 2006: 34.67Dutch Open 2006: 31.06Dutch Championship 2006: 29.52UK Open 2006: 24.81Belgian Open 2007: 23.66German Open 2007: 28.98Italian Open 2007: 24.76US Open 2007: 25.57Czech Open 2007: 25.32Lyon Open 2007: 24.11Polish Open 2007: 25.93World Rubik's Cube Championship 2007: 23.36Dutch Open 2007: 22.77Dutch Championship 2007: 22.03Swedish Cube Day competition 2007: 24.28Benelux Open 2008: 22.21Danish Open 2008: 16.91Madrid Open 2008: 20.55German Open 2008: 20.11Nantes Open 2008: 20.25Polish Open 2008: 27.78Czech Open 2008: 23.75US Nationals and Open 2008: 23.80Dutch Masters 2008: 20.28Brussels Summer Open 2008: 20.36European Championship 2008: 17.97Dutch Open 2008: 20.69German Nationals 2008: 18.25Geneva Open 2008: 21.13Dutch Nationals 2008: 19.03The Hague Open 2008: 21.77Aachen Open 2009: 21.63Benelux Open 2009: 17.56Belgian Open 2009: 19.76French Open 2009: 20.58Danish Open 2009: 20.00German Open 2009: 19.59UK Masters 2009: 17.65Czech Open 2009: 17.65US Nationals 2009: 20.40Indonesian Open 2009: 17.19Swedish Open 2009: 20.25Brussels Summer Open 2009: 16.33Polish Open 2009: 20.96World Rubik's Cube Championship 2009: 20.84Dutch Open 2009: 20.30Essen Open 2009: 17.15UK Open 2009: 18.05Dutch Nationals 2009: 18.83Bristol Open 2009: 20.16Swedish Cube Day competition 2009: 22.08The Hague Open 2009: 19.43Aachen Open 2010: 17.86Norwegian Open 2010: 21.59Benelux Open 2010: 20.47Danish Open 2010: 17.97Japan Open 2010: 24.53Alpha Cube BUAA Open 2010: 22.46Taiyuan 2010: 18.75Hong Kong Open 2010: 20.52Asian Championship 2010: 18.84Matsudo Open 2010: 18.50Melbourne Cube Day 2010: 16.63Waikato Summer Open 2011: 16.33Matsudo Spring 2011: 18.06Cyber Open 2011: 17.81Chonburi Open 2011: 14.59Lampang Open 2011: 19.94Hanoi Open 2011: 18.64Ho Chi Minh City Open 2011: 16.434th Shaastra Cube Open 2011: 18.15World Rubik's Cube Championship 2011: 18.55V-CUBE Spiel 2011: 16.69Dutch Open 2011: 18.05Cachan Open 2011: 16.65UK Open 2011: 16.30Spols Open 2011: 15.13German Nationals 2011: 14.34Dutch Nationals 2011: 15.55Hessen Open 2012: 14.08Irish Open 2012: 16.80Breizh Open 2012: 15.18Zonhoven Open 2012: 17.78Twente Open 2012: 16.50Austrian Open 2012: 16.11Danish Open 2012: 16.91Rapid Dash Open 2012: 16.21Zune Open 2012: 17.21NEMO Amsterdam Open 2012: 18.69Ballerup Open 2012: 19.25Aachen Summer Open 2012: 17.75Saarland Open 2012: 16.08Czech Open 2012: 16.88Moves are for n00bs 2012: 15.31Galeries Lafayette Open 2012: 17.91Dolmen Open 2012: 15.08Eindhoven Open 2012: 15.25Amstelveen Open 2012: 17.71European Rubik's Cube Championship 2012: 12.56V-CUBE Spiel 2012: 16.52Dutch Open 2012: 16.94Hasselt Open 2012: 16.28Frankfurt Cube Days 2012: 15.28Zonhoven Open 2013: 17.051 AVG competition 2013: 15.98Minx Open 2013: 18.11French Championship 2013: 18.18Dubai Open 2013: 14.78Eindhoven Spring 2013: 18.02N8W8 Summer 2013: 16.46Dutch Open 2013: 17.28V-CUBE Spiel 2013: 17.62Hasselt Open 2013: 15.88Twente Open 2013: 16.91Zeeland Open 2013: 16.41V-CUBE Athens Open 2013: 16.75Duisburg Winter 2014: 15.432 AVG competition 2014: 18.19Turkish Ankara Open 2014: 16.47Portugal Open 2014: 16.96Welcome To Cambridge 2014: 15.48N8W8 Summer 2014: 13.03Dutch Open 2014: 12.80Austrian Big Cube Open 2014: 19.79Johannesburg 2014: 17.00Cape Town 2014: 15.22German Nationals 2015: 19.42Dutch Open 2015: 20.32German Nationals 2016: 20.52Danish Open 2017: 18.79Liechtenstein Open 2018: 18.42WCA European Championship 2018: 17.96Zwolle Open 2018: 14.59Dutch Nationals 2018: 17.94Luxembourg Open 2018: 16.06Rijswijk Open 2018: 17.8512.5636.506 May 200615 Dec 2018

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 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.68 away.
  • A sub-12 Square-1 single — 2,502 people have one; it is 0.56 away.

Targets move as he improves.