People · Netherlands
Clim Smulders
3×3 · top 22.4% of 284,439 all-time · competing since January 2017 · 2017SMUL01
Clim Smulders has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 14.42, set at Leersum Open 2026, puts him in the top 22.4% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 645th in the Netherlands. Across 8 competitions since January 2017, he has put 71 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one, an early reading from 6 counted rounds. His 2×2 best has come down from 15.00 in January 2017 to 4.05, a 73% improvement. Clim has entered eight competitions, more competitions than 90% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Netherlands | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 14.42 | 17.64 | top 22.4% | 645 / 2,294 | |
| 2×2 | 4.05 | 8.66 | top 27.1% | 626 / 1,665 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 52.98 | — | early days — 2 solves | 566 / 726 | |
| 4×4 | 2:03.96 | — | early days — 2 solves | 825 / 1,000 | |
| Skewb | 33.63 | 44.37 | top 98.1% | 940 / 957 |
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, 2×2. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 10 Jan 2026First sub-15 3×3: 14.93 at Leersum Open 2026.
- 5 Jan 2024First sub-20 3×3: 19.39 at Leersum Algs 2024.
- 26 Aug 2023First sub-30 3×3: 22.25 at On Alphen Track to Records 24h 2023.
- 6 Jan 2017First competition: Dutch Winter 2017.
Competitions
- Leersum Open 2026 · 10 Jan 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Leersum Algs 2024 · 5 Jan 2024 — 1 personal best set
- On Alphen Track to Records 24h 2023 · 26 Aug 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Hoogland Open 2019 · 16 Aug 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Breda Open 2018 · 19 May 2018 — 1 personal best set
- Happy New Year Cubing Dordrecht 2018 · 5 Jan 2018
- Dutch Open 2017 · 21 Oct 2017 — 1 personal best set
- Dutch Winter 2017 · 6 Jan 2017
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.
- Ron van Bruchem — met in 16 rounds, never finished ahead
- Mika Smulders — met in 16 rounds, never finished ahead
- Olivier Vos — met in 16 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 2.42 away.
- A sub-4 2×2 single — 49,452 people have one; it is 0.05 away.
Targets move as he improves.