People · Netherlands
Daan Bolt
3×3 · top 3.2% of 284,439 all-time · competing since November 2022 · 2022BOLT05
Daan Bolt has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.25, set at Dutch Nationals 2024, puts him in the top 3.2% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 96th in the Netherlands. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 12 competitions since November 2022, he has put 371 official solves on the record across nine 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 23.36 in November 2022 to 8.25, a 65% improvement. Daan has entered twelve competitions, more competitions than 94% 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 | 8.25 | 10.67 | top 3.2% | 96 / 2,294 | |
| 2×2 | 2.61 | 3.71 | top 10.0% | 209 / 1,665 | |
| Pyraminx | 4.79 | 8.51 | top 11.9% | 197 / 1,283 | |
| Skewb | 5.45 | 8.30 | top 21.6% | 229 / 957 | |
| Clock | 10.19 | 11.85 | top 26.1% | 127 / 466 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 22.34 | 30.70 | top 27.0% | 171 / 726 | |
| 4×4 | 1:02.24 | 1:15.23 | top 38.9% | 378 / 1,000 | |
| Megaminx | 1:53.89 | — | top 42.5% | 182 / 414 | |
| Square-1 | 40.84 | — | top 66.4% | 248 / 407 |
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
- 15 Nov 2024Four personal bests in one day at Dutch Nationals 2024.
- 26 Oct 2024First sub-10 3×3: 9.50 at Dutch Open 2024.
- 26 Oct 2024Five personal bests in one day at Dutch Open 2024.
- 25 Nov 2023Four personal bests in one day at Dutch Nationals 2023.
- 10 Sep 2023First sub-20 3×3: 13.62 at Amsterdam Open 2023.
- 10 Sep 2023First sub-15 3×3: 13.62 at Amsterdam Open 2023.
Competitions
- Rubik's Dutch Nationals 2025 · 5 Sep 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Breda Open 2025 · 23 Aug 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Dutch Nationals 2024 · 15 Nov 2024 — 4 personal bests set
- Dutch Open 2024 · 26 Oct 2024 — 5 personal bests set
- Bigger in Breda 2024 · 4 May 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Arnhem Open B 2024 · 24 Mar 2024
- Dutch Winter South 2024 · 13 Jan 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Dutch Nationals 2023 · 25 Nov 2023 — 4 personal bests set
- Dutch Autumn 2023 · 23 Sep 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Amsterdam Open 2023 · 10 Sep 2023 — 4 personal bests set
- Dutch Open 2023 · 3 Jun 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Dutch Nationals 2022 · 26 Nov 2022
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.
- Ivo Stoutjesdijk — met in 76 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
- Veerle Melis — met in 74 rounds, finished ahead 37 times
- Mattheo de Wit — met in 73 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.25 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.61 away.
Targets move as he improves.