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Axel Postmus

2×2 · top 6.5% of 186,767 all-time · competing since April 2022 · 2022POST01

Axel Postmus has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.24, set at Dutch Open 2024, puts him in the top 6.5% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 141st in the Netherlands. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 23 competitions since April 2022, he has put 842 official solves on the record across eleven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 65% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 17.32 in April 2022 to 10.08, a 42% improvement. Axel has entered 23 competitions, more competitions than 97% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 6.5% of 186,767 all-time
2.24
signature single · Dutch Open 2024
842
official solves on the record
14%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 65% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingNetherlands
2×22.243.81
top 6.5%141 / 1,665
3×310.0811.86
top 7.7%211 / 2,294
Pyraminx4.647.47
top 11.0%185 / 1,283
Clock7.309.10
top 12.2%49 / 466
Skewb4.236.93
top 12.5%122 / 957
4×450.6053.86
top 25.5%240 / 1,000
Square-125.3632.68
top 39.9%155 / 407
3×3 one-handed27.2132.32
top 39.9%267 / 726
3×3 Fewest Moves40 moves—
early days — 2 solves92 / 167
5×52:01.742:29.87
top 50.3%257 / 532
Megaminx2:46.03—
early days — 2 solves306 / 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

Dutch Spring 2022: 17.32Dutch Masters 2022: 13.09Dutch Autumn 2022: 12.36Dutch Nationals 2022: 12.12Alphen Cubing 2023: 13.10Ermelo Cubing B 2023: 10.34Dutch Open 2023: 11.33German Nationals 2023: 11.91Amsterdam Open 2023: 10.42Dutch Nationals 2023: 11.19Take Your Time Ermelo 2023: 10.08Dutch Winter South 2024: 10.72Arnhem Open A 2024: 10.49Lente Spring 2024: 10.88Bigger in Breda 2024: 10.51Dutch Open 2024: 11.06Dutch Nationals 2024: 11.43Alphen Cubing 2025: 11.08Lente in Lent 2025: 11.26Quick 'n Slick Meppel 2025: 10.11Arnhem Open 2025: 11.63Rubik's Dutch Nationals 2025: 11.1610.0817.3217 Apr 20225 Sep 2025

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.

  • Nanno Venhorst — met in 166 rounds, finished ahead 57 times
  • Vincent Chan — met in 141 rounds, finished ahead 10 times
  • Yinte Dik — met in 140 rounds, finished ahead 85 times

Next targets

  • A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.24 away.
  • A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 0.08 away.

Targets move as he improves.