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Bram van der Wal

2×2 · top 1.1% of 189,179 all-time · competing since October 2022 · 2022WALB01

Bram van der Wal has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.22, set at Leersum Algs 2024, puts him in the top 1.1% of the 189,179 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 32nd in the Netherlands. Until November 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 32 competitions since October 2022, he has put 1,598 official solves on the record across 15 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 70% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 14.98 in October 2022 to 6.80, a 55% improvement. Bram has entered 32 competitions, more competitions than 98% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 1.1% of 189,179 all-time
1.22
signature single · Leersum Algs 2024
1,598
official solves on the record
14%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 70% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingNetherlands
2×21.222.49
top 1.1%32 / 1,680
3×36.808.98
top 1.1%36 / 2,318
4×427.6037.36
top 1.6%18 / 1,009
Skewb2.114.91
top 1.7%16 / 968
Pyraminx3.045.16
top 3.8%62 / 1,296
3×3 one-handed13.7819.55
top 5.8%36 / 737
5×51:02.391:10.84
top 6.9%35 / 542
3×3 Fewest Moves29 moves31.67
top 12.2%23 / 171
6×62:16.972:25.31
top 19.1%36 / 208
Megaminx1:18.661:21.76
top 20.9%87 / 417
Clock9.3210.74
top 21.5%99 / 479
7×73:46.583:58.01
top 25.9%38 / 171
3×3 blindfolded2:36.30—
top 45.4%54 / 134
Square-128.4838.56
top 46.7%180 / 407
3×3 Multi-Blind2 of 4 cubes · 37:26—
early days — 1 solve43 / 44

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

Westfries Open 2022: 14.98Alphen Cubing 2023: 14.70Ermelo Cubing B 2023: 10.85Capelle Cubing 2023: 12.18Amsterdam Open 2023: 10.32Dutch Autumn 2023: 11.75Dutch Nationals 2023: 12.10Take Your Time Ermelo 2023: 9.28Leersum Algs 2024: 10.04Dutch Winter South 2024: 9.36Arnhem Open A 2024: 9.16Lente Spring 2024: 9.36Capelle Cubing 2024: 9.61Leersum Algs 24 Hours in 2024: 9.46Dutch Open 2024: 9.65Dutch Nationals 2024: 8.32Alphen Cubing 2025: 8.70Leersum Squared 2025: 8.55Start in Veenendaal 2025: 7.11Lente in Lent 2025: 7.87Arnhem Open 2025: 8.13Eat Sleep Cube Repeat Leersum 2025: 8.77Rubik's Dutch Nationals 2025: 6.80Cubing in Oud IJsselmuiden 2025: 8.93Amsterdam Open 2026: 9.02West-Fries Open 2026: 8.10Meppel Mayhem 2026: 7.33Rubik's WCA European Championship 2026: 8.87Back in Ermelo 2026: 7.546.8014.9822 Oct 202217 Oct 2026

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 — 1,050 people have one; it is 0.22 away.
  • A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,419 people have one; it is 0.80 away.

Targets move as he improves.