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Dean Smulders
Pyraminx · top 5.0% of 129,321 all-time · competing since November 2022 · 2022SMUL02
Dean Smulders has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 3.39, set at Take Your Time Ermelo 2023, puts him in the top 5.0% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 81st in the Netherlands. Until February 2008, no official Pyraminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 10 competitions since November 2022, he has put 238 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 73% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 19.94 in November 2022 to 12.61, a 37% improvement. Dean 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pyraminx | 3.39 | 6.16 | top 5.0% | 81 / 1,283 | |
| 2×2 | 2.34 | 4.88 | top 7.4% | 157 / 1,665 | |
| 3×3 | 12.61 | 15.17 | top 16.1% | 468 / 2,294 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 30.38 | 36.69 | top 47.5% | 321 / 726 | |
| Skewb | 10.34 | 14.28 | top 57.0% | 574 / 957 | |
| Clock | 18.89 | 20.35 | top 61.4% | 287 / 466 | |
| 4×4 | 1:28.66 | 1:46.81 | top 62.6% | 618 / 1,000 |
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
- 23 Apr 2023First sub-15 3×3: 14.67 at Ermelo Cubing B 2023.
- 11 Mar 2023Three personal bests in one day at Brugge Open 2023.
- 19 Nov 2022First competition: Gijzegem Open 2022. A 19.94 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Capelle Cubing 2024 · 9 Jun 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Take Your Time Ermelo 2023 · 16 Dec 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Annuntia Sunday Open 2023 · 19 Nov 2023
- Capelle Cubing 2023 · 14 May 2023
- Koersel Sunday Open 2023 · 7 May 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Ermelo Cubing B 2023 · 23 Apr 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Brugge Open 2023 · 11 Mar 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Alphen Cubing 2023 · 5 Feb 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Dutch Nationals 2022 · 26 Nov 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- Gijzegem Open 2022 · 19 Nov 2022
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 39 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Christofor Gabriel Costea — met in 39 rounds, finished ahead once
- Vincent Chan — met in 38 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-3 Pyraminx single — 4,700 people have one; it is 0.39 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.34 away.
Targets move as he improves.