People · Netherlands
Daan van Gemeren
Pyraminx · top 11.5% of 129,321 all-time · competing since April 2023 · 2023GEME01
Daan van Gemeren has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 4.72, set at Arnhem Open 2025, puts him in the top 11.5% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 192nd in the Netherlands. Across 11 competitions since April 2023, he has put 328 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one; 86% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 42.16 in April 2023 to 13.55, a 68% improvement. Daan has entered eleven competitions, more competitions than 93% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Netherlands | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pyraminx | 4.72 | 10.00 | top 11.5% | 192 / 1,283 | |
| 2×2 | 3.20 | 5.06 | top 16.6% | 368 / 1,665 | |
| 3×3 | 13.55 | 17.87 | top 19.4% | 568 / 2,294 | |
| Clock | 11.04 | 13.35 | top 30.3% | 145 / 466 | |
| Skewb | 8.11 | 10.69 | top 42.1% | 448 / 957 | |
| 4×4 | 1:20.05 | 1:40.96 | top 55.9% | 543 / 1,000 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 37.11 | 45.97 | top 61.0% | 421 / 726 | |
| Megaminx | 2:58.55 | — | top 73.8% | 337 / 414 |
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
- 28 Jun 2025Three personal bests in one day at Arnhem Open 2025.
- 17 May 2025First sub-15 3×3: 13.55 at Quick 'n Slick Meppel 2025.
- 17 May 2025Four personal bests in one day at Quick 'n Slick Meppel 2025.
- 9 Jun 2024First sub-30 3×3: 20.55 at Capelle Cubing 2024.
- 9 Jun 2024First sub-20 3×3: 19.47 at Capelle Cubing 2024.
- 9 Jun 2024Five personal bests in one day at Capelle Cubing 2024.
Competitions
- Meppel Mayhem 2026 · 30 May 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Freezing Fryslân 2025 · 21 Dec 2025
- Rubik's Dutch Nationals 2025 · 5 Sep 2025
- Arnhem Open 2025 · 28 Jun 2025 — 3 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 — 2 personal bests set
- Dutch Nationals 2024 · 15 Nov 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Heerenveen Open 2024 · 15 Sep 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Capelle Cubing 2024 · 9 Jun 2024 — 5 personal bests set
- Ermelo Cubing B 2023 · 23 Apr 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 his.
- Veerle Melis — met in 70 rounds, finished ahead once
- Sieb van Geel — met in 67 rounds, finished ahead 19 times
- Pablito Poye — met in 67 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-4 Pyraminx single — 9,892 people have one; it is 0.72 away.
- A sub-3 2×2 single — 26,570 people have one; it is 0.20 away.
Targets move as he improves.