People · Netherlands
Daniel Loijenga
3×3 · top 4.4% of 284,439 all-time · competing since March 2024 · 2024LOIJ01
Daniel Loijenga has been competing for 2 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.80, set at Rubik's Dutch Nationals 2025, puts him in the top 4.4% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 120th in the Netherlands. Until May 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 10 competitions since March 2024, he has put 348 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 67% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. That figure sets aside his 6 DNFs. His 3×3 best has come down from 13.82 in March 2024 to 8.80, a 36% improvement. Daniel has entered ten competitions, more competitions than 92% 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 | 8.80 | 10.73 | top 4.4% | 120 / 2,294 | |
| 2×2 | 2.40 | 3.46 | top 8.0% | 170 / 1,665 | |
| Pyraminx | 4.61 | 7.74 | top 10.9% | 182 / 1,283 | |
| 4×4 | 43.83 | 49.49 | top 16.8% | 159 / 1,000 | |
| Clock | 9.02 | 14.53 | top 20.1% | 90 / 466 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 19.96 | 21.84 | top 20.4% | 126 / 726 | |
| Skewb | 5.65 | 8.82 | top 23.1% | 249 / 957 | |
| 5×5 | 1:28.09 | 1:35.36 | top 25.7% | 128 / 532 |
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
- 5 Sep 2025Six personal bests in one day at Rubik's Dutch Nationals 2025.
- 22 Mar 2025Five personal bests in one day at Start in Veenendaal 2025.
- 8 Feb 2025Four personal bests in one day at Leersum Squared 2025.
- 15 Nov 2024Five personal bests in one day at Dutch Nationals 2024.
- 15 Sep 2024First sub-10 3×3: 9.91 at Heerenveen Open 2024.
- 23 Mar 2024First competition: Arnhem Open A 2024. A 16.78 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Rubik's WCA European Championship 2026 · 16 Jul 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Freezing Fryslân 2025 · 21 Dec 2025
- Rubik's Dutch Nationals 2025 · 5 Sep 2025 — 6 personal bests set
- Start in Veenendaal 2025 · 22 Mar 2025 — 5 personal bests set
- Leersum Squared 2025 · 8 Feb 2025 — 4 personal bests set
- Dutch Nationals 2024 · 15 Nov 2024 — 5 personal bests set
- Dutch Open 2024 · 26 Oct 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Heerenveen Open 2024 · 15 Sep 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Schiller Theater FMC Utrecht 2024 · 11 May 2024
- Arnhem Open A 2024 · 23 Mar 2024 — 1 personal best set
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.
- Mick Boekema — met in 76 rounds, never finished ahead
- Hugo Garstman — met in 74 rounds, finished ahead 21 times
- Sebastiano Tronto — met in 71 rounds, finished ahead 11 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.80 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.40 away.
Targets move as he improves.