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Eltjo Rietman

3×3 · top 3.1% of 284,439 all-time · competing since November 2021 · 2021RIET01

Eltjo Rietman has been competing for 5 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.15, set at Dutch Nationals 2022, puts him in the top 3.1% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 93rd in the Netherlands. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 5 competitions since November 2021, he has put 81 official solves on the record across two events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 58% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 9.27 in November 2021 to 8.15, a 12% improvement. Eltjo has entered five competitions, more competitions than 83% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 3.1% of 284,439 all-time
8.15
signature single · Dutch Nationals 2022
81
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 58% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingNetherlands
3×38.159.92
top 3.1%93 / 2,294
2×22.084.59
top 5.3%116 / 1,665

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

German Mini Open B 2021: 9.27Dutch Spring 2022: 9.76Dutch Nationals 2022: 8.15Ermelo Cubing A 2023: 8.15Dutch Nationals 2023: 8.868.159.767 Nov 202125 Nov 2023

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 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.15 away.
  • A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.08 away.

Targets move as he improves.