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David Akerboom

3×3 one-handed · top 1% of 74,621 all-time · competing since October 2018 · 2018AKER01

David Akerboom has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the 3×3 one-handed: a personal-best single of 9.89, set at Rubik's WCA European Championship 2026, puts him in the top 1% of the 74,621 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 8th in the Netherlands. Until December 2011, no official 3×3 one-handed solve in the world had been that fast. Across 35 competitions since October 2018, he has put 1,364 official solves on the record across 17 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 71% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 13.78 in October 2018 to 7.19, a 48% improvement. David has entered 35 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3 one-handed
best event — top 1% of 74,621 all-time
9.89
signature single · Rubik's WCA European Championship 2026
1,364
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 71% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingNetherlands
3×3 one-handed9.8913.25
top 1%8 / 737
3×37.1910.38
top 1.6%51 / 2,318
2×21.763.40
top 3.4%81 / 1,680
Skewb2.734.36
top 3.8%39 / 968
Pyraminx3.695.69
top 6.3%100 / 1,296
4×435.1041.85
top 6.9%53 / 1,009
3×3 Fewest Moves27 moves36.33
top 8.0%12 / 171
3×3 Multi-Blind13 of 13 cubes · 46:42—
top 10.2%5 / 44
Megaminx1:05.291:16.25
top 12.9%53 / 417
3×3 blindfolded59.901:22.00
top 13.0%10 / 134
Clock7.669.83
top 13.5%61 / 479
Square-115.1819.99
top 16.9%53 / 407
5×51:20.071:24.92
top 19.3%95 / 542
6×62:39.412:55.05
top 30.5%68 / 208
4×4 blindfolded6:28.90—
top 32.8%8 / 23
7×74:24.274:31.47
top 39.4%66 / 171
5×5 blindfolded15:40.00—
top 43.9%6 / 13

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

Dutch Open 2018: 13.78Dutch Open 2019: 13.46Ermelo Cubing B 2023: 10.30Capelle Cubing 2023: 11.16Dutch Autumn 2023: 10.72Dutch Winter South 2024: 10.15Arnhem Open A 2024: 10.68Lente Spring 2024: 9.73Capelle Cubing 2024: 10.10Leersum Algs 24 Hours in 2024: 9.21Dutch Open 2024: 9.84Dutch Nationals 2024: 7.19Alphen Cubing 2025: 10.01Eat Sleep Cube Repeat Leersum 2025: 10.62Little LeideNxN 2025: 9.11Rubik's Dutch Nationals 2025: 7.56Visé Saturday Open 2025: 10.51Pakje Open in Lent 2025: 9.39Amsterdam Open 2026: 9.44Classic Cubing Capelle 2026: 10.21Rubik's WCA European Championship 2026: 9.957.1913.7813 Oct 201816 Jul 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-8 3×3 one-handed single — 155 people have one; it is 1.89 away.
  • A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,419 people have one; it is 1.19 away.

Targets move as he improves.