People · Netherlands
Caspar Switijnk
Pyraminx · top 0.24% of 129,321 all-time · competing since September 2023 · 2023SWIT02
Caspar Switijnk has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 1.32, set at CubingZA Nationals 2025, puts him in the top 0.24% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2nd in the Netherlands. Until October 2015, no official Pyraminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 16 competitions since September 2023, he has put 954 official solves on the record across twelve events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 17% around a typical one; 94% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 32.34 in September 2023 to 6.69, a 79% improvement. Caspar has entered 16 competitions, more competitions than 96% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Netherlands | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pyraminx | 1.32 | 2.28 | top 0.24% | 2 / 1,283 | |
| 2×2 | 1.07 | 2.35 | top 0.7% | 21 / 1,665 | |
| 3×3 | 6.69 | 10.95 | top 1.0% | 33 / 2,294 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 15.02 | 18.75 | top 8.2% | 52 / 726 | |
| Skewb | 4.15 | 6.67 | top 11.9% | 114 / 957 | |
| 4×4 | 46.78 | 50.69 | top 20.5% | 189 / 1,000 | |
| Clock | 10.52 | 14.43 | top 27.6% | 136 / 466 | |
| Megaminx | 1:29.31 | 1:43.48 | top 27.8% | 120 / 414 | |
| Square-1 | 24.86 | 32.60 | top 38.8% | 147 / 407 | |
| 5×5 | 1:58.67 | 2:11.29 | top 48.5% | 245 / 532 | |
| 6×6 | 4:52.51 | — | top 80.1% | 179 / 205 | |
| 7×7 | 8:06.32 | — | early days — 1 solve | 153 / 169 |
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
- 26 Apr 2025Three personal bests in one day at CubingZA Nationals 2025.
- 8 Mar 2025Six personal bests in one day at Newcomers Cape Cube-Fest 2025.
- 18 Jan 2025Seven personal bests in one day at Puzzles in Pinehurst 2025.
- 14 Dec 2024First sub-10 3×3: 9.38 at Cape Cubes Challenge 2024.
- 14 Dec 2024Eight personal bests in one day at Cape Cubes Challenge 2024.
- 21 Sep 2024First sub-15 3×3: 13.48 at Rubik's WCA African Championship 2024.
Competitions
- Eversdal Autumn Cape Town 2026 · 24 May 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Cubestuff Grand Challenge Cape Town 2025 · 6 Dec 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Solving in Sedgefield 2025 · 1 Nov 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Cape Cubes Spring 2025 · 18 Oct 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Cape Cubes Winter 2025 · 2 Aug 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Mother City Cubing Cape Town 2025 · 24 May 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- CubingZA Nationals 2025 · 26 Apr 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Newcomers Cape Cube-Fest 2025 · 8 Mar 2025 — 6 personal bests set
- Puzzles in Pinehurst 2025 · 18 Jan 2025 — 7 personal bests set
- Cape Cubes Challenge 2024 · 14 Dec 2024 — 8 personal bests set
- Rubik's WCA African Championship 2024 · 21 Sep 2024 — 7 personal bests set
- Qualifying in Kirstenhof 2024 · 24 Aug 2024 — 6 personal bests set
- Harvest Moon Cape Town 2024 · 27 Apr 2024 — 4 personal bests set
- Mid Summer Madness Cape Town 2024 · 17 Feb 2024 — 4 personal bests set
- CubingZA Cape Cubes Challenge 2023 · 9 Dec 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- CubingZA Cape Cubes Spring 2023 · 30 Sep 2023 — 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 his.
- Daniel Rush — met in 207 rounds, finished ahead 23 times
- Daniël Switijnk — met in 201 rounds, finished ahead 49 times · head to head
- Jesse Osburn — met in 193 rounds, finished ahead 21 times
Next targets
- A sub-1 Pyraminx single — 49 people have one; it is 0.32 away.
- A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.07 away.
Targets move as he improves.