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Daan Baartmans

3×3 · top 1.3% of 284,439 all-time · competing since September 2014 · 2014BAAR01

Daan Baartmans has been competing for 12 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 6.97, set at Annuntia Open 2018, puts him in the top 1.3% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 40th in the Netherlands. Until November 2010, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 54 competitions since September 2014, he has put 3,292 official solves on the record across 15 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 85% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 25.50 in September 2014 to 6.97, a 73% improvement. Daan has entered 54 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 1.3% of 284,439 all-time
6.97
signature single · Annuntia Open 2018
3,292
official solves on the record
11%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 85% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingNetherlands
3×36.979.05
top 1.3%40 / 2,294
2×21.302.69
top 1.4%38 / 1,665
3×3 one-handed10.8314.70
top 1.7%12 / 726
Skewb2.493.91
top 2.8%26 / 957
Pyraminx3.565.57
top 5.7%88 / 1,283
4×433.8737.05
top 5.7%43 / 1,000
Square-111.1120.25
top 8.2%28 / 407
5×51:09.151:21.11
top 11.0%51 / 532
Megaminx1:11.291:19.69
top 16.4%71 / 414
3×3 Fewest Moves31 moves37.00
top 17.4%32 / 167
3×3 blindfolded1:29.841:51.96
top 23.0%18 / 132
6×62:48.842:58.82
top 35.5%77 / 205
3×3 Multi-Blind4 of 4 cubes · 25:27—
top 41.8%18 / 44
7×74:47.455:25.92
top 47.0%79 / 169
Clock15.6316.89
top 50.4%237 / 466

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

Dutch Nationals 2014: 25.50Dutch Open 2014: 25.64Eat Sleep Cube Repeat 2014: 28.10Belgian Winter 2015: 18.89Zonhoven Open 2015: 16.06CBNBC 2015: 13.97Belgium Summer 2015: 12.50Dutch Nationals 2015: 11.96Dutch Open 2015: 10.03Hasselt Open 2015: 11.13Zonhoven Open 2016: 10.90Tulip Open 2016: 11.43King's Open 2016: 12.57West Friesche Open 2016: 10.78European Rubik's Cube Championship 2016: 11.42Breda Open 2016: 13.19Dutch Nationals 2016: 10.74Dutch Open 2016: 9.69Dutch Winter 2017: 10.53Belgian Winter 2017: 10.33The Hague Open 2017: 10.40Zuidplas Open 2017: 10.84German Open 2017: 10.33Hoogland Open 2017: 10.33Belgium Summer Open 2017: 9.34German Big Cube Open 2017: 9.72World Rubik's Cube Championship 2017: 10.36Zwolle Open 2017: 9.02Dutch Nationals 2017: 8.98Dutch Open 2017: 8.32Belgian Open 2017: 8.33Marathon Open 2017: 9.03Happy New Year Cubing Dordrecht 2018: 9.23Annuntia Open 2018: 6.97Assen Open 2018: 9.46Cube Weekend St. Michielsgestel 2018: 8.99German Open 2018: 8.51Zonhoven Open 2018: 7.72Breda Open 2018: 9.00Veenendaal Open 2018: 8.49WCA European Championship 2018: 8.05Belgian Summer 2018: 8.36Zwolle Open 2018: 8.56Dutch Nationals 2018: 7.71Dutch Open 2018: 8.38Meppel Open 2018: 7.93Rijswijk Open 2018: 8.04Happy New Year Cubing Nijmegen 2019: 8.11Berlin Winter Cubing 2019: 7.96Haarlem Cubing 2019: 7.91Dutch Masters 2019: 8.32Hoogland Open 2019: 7.93CUDES Cali 2020: 7.226.9728.1028 Sep 20147 Mar 2020

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-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 0.97 away.
  • A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.30 away.

Targets move as he improves.