People · Netherlands
Bo van Gool
5×5 · top 4.4% of 41,402 all-time · competing since September 2024 · 2024GOOL01
Bo van Gool has been competing for 2 years. Their best event is the 5×5: a personal-best single of 57.68, set at Rotterdam Big 'n Brain 2026, puts them in the top 4.4% of the 41,402 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 26th in the Netherlands. Until October 2011, no official 5×5 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 14 competitions since September 2024, they have put 381 official solves on the record across nine events. Solve to solve, their 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one; 83% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. Their 3×3 best has come down from 13.27 in September 2024 to 10.30, a 22% improvement. Bo has entered 14 competitions, more competitions than 95% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Netherlands | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5×5 | 57.68 | 1:04.06 | top 4.4% | 26 / 542 | |
| 6×6 | 1:44.01 | 1:50.48 | top 5.3% | 15 / 208 | |
| 7×7 | 2:40.36 | 2:49.96 | top 5.6% | 11 / 171 | |
| 4×4 | 36.40 | 39.84 | top 8.2% | 68 / 1,009 | |
| 3×3 | 10.30 | 11.79 | top 8.4% | 237 / 2,318 | |
| 2×2 | 2.83 | 4.22 | top 12.4% | 272 / 1,680 | |
| Megaminx | 1:09.03 | 1:24.96 | top 15.1% | 65 / 417 | |
| Pyraminx | 5.42 | 7.63 | top 15.9% | 267 / 1,296 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 32.25 | 34.02 | top 51.8% | 358 / 737 |
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
- 28 Mar 2026Three personal bests in one day at Maxi Mental Delft 2026.
- 22 Feb 2026Three personal bests in one day at Amsterdam Open 2026.
- 5 Sep 2025Six personal bests in one day at Rubik's Dutch Nationals 2025.
- 28 Jun 2025Three personal bests in one day at Arnhem Open 2025.
- 22 Dec 2024Five personal bests in one day at Christmas Cubing Breda 2024.
- 15 Sep 2024First competition: Heerenveen Open 2024. A 15.28 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Deep Focus Apeldoorn 2026 · 4 Oct 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Warm Up Lent 2026 · 10 Jul 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Rotterdam Big 'n Brain 2026 · 13 Jun 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Maxi Mental Delft 2026 · 28 Mar 2026 — 3 personal bests set
- Amsterdam Open 2026 · 22 Feb 2026 — 3 personal bests set
- Leersum Open 2026 · 10 Jan 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Rubik's Dutch Nationals 2025 · 5 Sep 2025 — 6 personal bests set
- Arnhem Open 2025 · 28 Jun 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Start in Veenendaal 2025 · 22 Mar 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Leersum Squared 2025 · 8 Feb 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Alphen Cubing 2025 · 19 Jan 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Christmas Cubing Breda 2024 · 22 Dec 2024 — 5 personal bests set
- Dutch Open 2024 · 26 Oct 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Heerenveen Open 2024 · 15 Sep 2024 — 1 personal best 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 their.
- Vincent Chan — met in 77 rounds, finished ahead 11 times
- Robin Teune — met in 74 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Mick Boekema — met in 73 rounds, finished ahead 13 times
Next targets
- A sub-50 5×5 single — 733 people have one; it is 7.68 away.
- A sub-1:30 6×6 single — 346 people have one; it is 14.01 away.
Targets move as they improves.