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Daniël Switijnk

2×2 · top 0.58% of 189,179 all-time · competing since September 2023 · 2023SWIT03

Daniël Switijnk has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.01, set at Cubestuff Grand Challenge Cape Town 2025, puts him in the top 0.58% of the 189,179 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 18th in the Netherlands. Until November 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 17 competitions since September 2023, he has put 1,193 official solves on the record across 13 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 54% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 18.68 in September 2023 to 8.89, a 52% improvement. He has entered 17 competitions, more competitions than 96% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 0.58% of 189,179 all-time
1.01
signature single · Cubestuff Grand Challenge Cape Town 2025
1,193
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 54% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingNetherlands
2×21.011.34
top 0.58%18 / 1,680
Pyraminx2.256.01
top 1.6%37 / 1,296
Skewb2.714.25
top 3.7%37 / 968
3×38.8910.82
top 4.6%131 / 2,318
3×3 one-handed14.4017.09
top 6.9%47 / 737
Megaminx1:02.841:19.18
top 11.5%46 / 417
4×441.6448.95
top 14.1%138 / 1,009
Clock9.4711.43
top 22.3%105 / 479
5×51:35.271:41.85
top 31.8%161 / 542
Square-125.8932.74
top 41.2%162 / 407
6×63:19.933:35.19
top 50.6%119 / 208
7×75:53.586:32.73
top 66.2%131 / 171
3×3 Fewest Moves50 moves—
early days — 1 solve139 / 171

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

CubingZA Cape Cubes Spring 2023: 18.68CubingZA Cape Cubes Challenge 2023: 15.05Mid Summer Madness Cape Town 2024: 13.82Harvest Moon Cape Town 2024: 11.93Qualifying in Kirstenhof 2024: 12.52Rubik's WCA African Championship 2024: 9.91Cape Cubes Challenge 2024: 11.20Puzzles in Pinehurst 2025: 9.68Newcomers Cape Cube-Fest 2025: 10.44CubingZA Nationals 2025: 9.84Mother City Cubing Cape Town 2025: 9.97Cape Cubes Winter 2025: 9.13Cape Cubes Spring 2025: 9.96Solving in Sedgefield 2025: 10.44Cubestuff Grand Challenge Cape Town 2025: 9.78Eversdal Autumn Cape Town 2026: 9.64GAN WCA African Championship 2026: 8.898.8918.6830 Sep 202324 Sep 2026

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-1 2×2 single — 1,050 people have one; it is 0.01 away.
  • A sub-2 Pyraminx single — 1,497 people have one; it is 0.25 away.

Targets move as he improves.