People · Netherlands
Casper Holtrop
Pyraminx · top 0.76% of 129,321 all-time · competing since November 2023 · 2023HOLT13
Casper Holtrop has been competing for 3 years. Their best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 1.76, set at Breda Open 2026, puts them in the top 0.76% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 19th in the Netherlands. Until April 2012, no official Pyraminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 20 competitions since November 2023, they have put 647 official solves on the record across eleven events. Solve to solve, their 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 59% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. Their 3×3 best has come down from 32.04 in November 2023 to 10.07, a 69% improvement. Casper has entered 20 competitions, more competitions than 97% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Netherlands | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pyraminx | 1.76 | 4.76 | top 0.76% | 19 / 1,283 | |
| 2×2 | 2.10 | 3.87 | top 5.4% | 118 / 1,665 | |
| 3×3 | 10.07 | 12.40 | top 7.7% | 209 / 2,294 | |
| Megaminx | 59.77 | 1:17.07 | top 9.9% | 40 / 414 | |
| Skewb | 3.99 | 7.00 | top 10.8% | 103 / 957 | |
| Clock | 7.44 | 9.21 | top 12.7% | 52 / 466 | |
| 4×4 | 43.48 | 50.05 | top 16.4% | 156 / 1,000 | |
| 5×5 | 1:34.02 | 1:44.92 | top 30.7% | 150 / 532 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 24.06 | 28.77 | top 31.6% | 210 / 726 | |
| Square-1 | 21.77 | 35.79 | top 32.0% | 113 / 407 | |
| 6×6 | 4:00.39 | — | early days — 2 solves | 149 / 205 |
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
- 23 Aug 2026Four personal bests in one day at Capelle Chaos B 2026.
- 2 May 2026Three personal bests in one day at West-Fries Open 2026.
- 5 Sep 2025Four personal bests in one day at Rubik's Dutch Nationals 2025.
- 23 Aug 2025Four personal bests in one day at Breda Open 2025.
- 28 Jun 2025Eight personal bests in one day at Arnhem Open 2025.
- 17 May 2025Four personal bests in one day at Quick 'n Slick Meppel 2025.
Competitions
- Capelle Chaos B 2026 · 23 Aug 2026 — 4 personal bests set
- Rubik's WCA European Championship 2026 · 16 Jul 2026
- West-Fries Open 2026 · 2 May 2026 — 3 personal bests set
- Breda Open 2026 · 18 Apr 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Classic Cubing Capelle 2026 · 8 Mar 2026
- Freezing Fryslân 2025 · 21 Dec 2025
- Pakje Open in Lent 2025 · 6 Dec 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Take Your Time Ermelo 2025 · 18 Oct 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Rubik's Dutch Nationals 2025 · 5 Sep 2025 — 4 personal bests set
- Breda Open 2025 · 23 Aug 2025 — 4 personal bests set
- Arnhem Open 2025 · 28 Jun 2025 — 8 personal bests set
- Quick 'n Slick Meppel 2025 · 17 May 2025 — 4 personal bests set
- Lente in Lent 2025 · 12 Apr 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Alphen Cubing 2025 · 19 Jan 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Christmas Cubing Breda 2024 · 22 Dec 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Dutch Nationals 2024 · 15 Nov 2024 — 5 personal bests set
- Heerenveen Open 2024 · 15 Sep 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Arnhem Open B 2024 · 24 Mar 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Dutch Winter North 2024 · 14 Jan 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Dutch Nationals 2023 · 25 Nov 2023
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.
- Florine Zuur — met in 135 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Anja Strydom — met in 127 rounds, finished ahead 57 times
- Pablito Poye — met in 126 rounds, finished ahead 13 times
Next targets
- A sub-1 Pyraminx single — 49 people have one; it is 0.76 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.10 away.
Targets move as they improves.