People · Netherlands
Ellis Kouwenhoven
2×2 · top 2.2% of 186,767 all-time · competing since January 2024 · 2024KOUW01
Ellis Kouwenhoven has been competing for 3 years. Her best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.52, set at Arnhem Open 2025, puts her in the top 2.2% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 52nd in the Netherlands. Until November 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 10 competitions since January 2024, she has put 279 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, her 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 57% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. Her 3×3 best has come down from 11.67 in January 2024 to 9.97, a 15% improvement. Ellis 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 1.52 | 4.28 | top 2.2% | 52 / 1,665 | |
| Pyraminx | 3.35 | 6.14 | top 4.9% | 76 / 1,283 | |
| 3×3 | 9.97 | 12.78 | top 7.4% | 199 / 2,294 | |
| Skewb | 5.96 | 10.66 | top 25.4% | 281 / 957 | |
| Clock | 11.07 | 13.27 | top 30.4% | 146 / 466 | |
| 4×4 | 57.20 | 1:06.86 | top 33.4% | 316 / 1,000 | |
| 5×5 | 2:34.65 | — | top 68.0% | 355 / 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
- 8 Mar 2026First sub-10 3×3: 9.97 at Classic Cubing Capelle 2026.
- 8 Mar 2026Three personal bests in one day at Classic Cubing Capelle 2026.
- 28 Jun 2025Four personal bests in one day at Arnhem Open 2025.
- 5 Jan 2024First competition: Leersum Algs 2024. A 14.81 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Classic Cubing Capelle 2026 · 8 Mar 2026 — 3 personal bests set
- Leersum Open 2026 · 10 Jan 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Take Your Time Ermelo 2025 · 18 Oct 2025
- Rubik's Dutch Nationals 2025 · 5 Sep 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Arnhem Open 2025 · 28 Jun 2025 — 4 personal bests set
- Alphen Cubing 2025 · 19 Jan 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Dutch Nationals 2024 · 15 Nov 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Capelle Cubing 2024 · 9 Jun 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Arnhem Open A 2024 · 23 Mar 2024
- Leersum Algs 2024 · 5 Jan 2024 — 2 personal bests 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 her.
- Davian van Plateringen — met in 57 rounds, finished ahead 18 times
- Mick Boekema — met in 55 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Casper Hegt — met in 54 rounds, finished ahead 22 times
Next targets
- A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.52 away.
- A sub-3 Pyraminx single — 4,700 people have one; it is 0.35 away.
Targets move as she improves.