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Daniël Veldman
Pyraminx · top 1.1% of 129,321 all-time · competing since April 2019 · 2019VELD01
Daniël Veldman has been competing for 7 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 1.99, set at Dutch Masters 2022, puts him in the top 1.1% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 31st in the Netherlands. Until July 2011, no official Pyraminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 13 competitions since April 2019, he has put 609 official solves on the record across eleven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 74% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 17.20 in April 2019 to 8.13, a 53% improvement. He has entered 13 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pyraminx | 1.99 | 3.05 | top 1.1% | 31 / 1,283 | |
| 3×3 | 8.13 | 10.50 | top 3.0% | 91 / 2,294 | |
| Skewb | 2.78 | 5.70 | top 4.0% | 40 / 957 | |
| 2×2 | 2.12 | 3.72 | top 5.6% | 121 / 1,665 | |
| 4×4 | 37.18 | 42.56 | top 8.9% | 78 / 1,000 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 18.75 | 22.15 | top 17.1% | 107 / 726 | |
| Square-1 | 16.35 | 19.58 | top 19.4% | 65 / 407 | |
| Megaminx | 1:24.90 | 1:40.19 | top 24.9% | 108 / 414 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 1:48.37 | — | early days — 3 solves | 34 / 132 | |
| 5×5 | 1:40.12 | 1:49.05 | top 35.5% | 176 / 532 | |
| Clock | 18.58 | — | early days — 2 solves | 283 / 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
Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 21 May 2022First sub-10 3×3: 8.13 at Dutch Masters 2022.
- 21 May 2022Seven personal bests in one day at Dutch Masters 2022.
- 19 Sep 2020Three personal bests in one day at Veenendaal Open 2020.
- 1 Feb 2020Nine personal bests in one day at Dutch Masters 2020.
- 21 Sep 2019Six personal bests in one day at Dutch Nationals 2019.
- 16 Aug 2019Seven personal bests in one day at Hoogland Open 2019.
Competitions
- Dutch Nationals 2024 · 15 Nov 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Heerenveen Open 2024 · 15 Sep 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Westfries Open 2022 · 22 Oct 2022
- Hoorn Open 2022 · 2 Jul 2022 — 1 personal best set
- Dutch Masters 2022 · 21 May 2022 — 7 personal bests set
- Veenendaal Open 2020 · 19 Sep 2020 — 3 personal bests set
- Star Cubing Nijmegen 2020 · 29 Feb 2020 — 2 personal bests set
- Dutch Masters 2020 · 1 Feb 2020 — 9 personal bests set
- Rijswijk Open 2019 · 8 Dec 2019
- Dutch Nationals 2019 · 21 Sep 2019 — 6 personal bests set
- Hoogland Open 2019 · 16 Aug 2019 — 7 personal bests set
- Star Cubing Nijmegen 2019 · 29 Jun 2019 — 3 personal bests set
- Dutch Masters 2019 · 6 Apr 2019 — 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.
- Olivier Vos — met in 124 rounds, finished ahead 24 times
- Daniël Kassab — met in 122 rounds, finished ahead 21 times
- Gijs Peletier — met in 108 rounds, finished ahead 61 times
Next targets
- A sub-1 Pyraminx single — 49 people have one; it is 0.99 away.
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.13 away.
Targets move as he improves.