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Erik Akkersdijk

2×2 · top 0.48% of 186,767 all-time · competing since October 2005 · 2005AKKE01

Erik Akkersdijk has been competing for 21 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 0.96, set at Geneva Open 2008, puts him in the top 0.48% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 16th in the Netherlands. Until November 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 176 competitions since October 2005, he has put 10,829 official solves on the record across 17 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 53% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 44.80 in October 2005 to 6.54, an 85% improvement. Erik has entered 176 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 0.48% of 186,767 all-time
0.96
signature single · Geneva Open 2008
10,829
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 53% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingNetherlands
2×20.962.68
top 0.48%16 / 1,665
3×36.548.08
top 0.89%28 / 2,294
3×3 Fewest Moves20 moves29.33
top 1.0%1 / 167
4×426.5731.53
top 1.2%11 / 1,000
3×3 one-handed11.2815.96
top 2.1%15 / 726
5×552.2559.20
top 2.4%14 / 532
Pyraminx2.814.33
top 3.0%54 / 1,283
Megaminx47.1852.60
top 3.9%16 / 414
Skewb3.538.98
top 7.9%79 / 957
6×61:55.412:03.35
top 9.3%19 / 205
7×72:58.383:07.31
top 10.1%16 / 169
3×3 Multi-Blind14 of 17 cubes · 55:47—
top 14.9%7 / 44
3×3 blindfolded1:06.041:22.92
top 15.0%12 / 132
Clock8.3410.24
top 16.8%73 / 466
Square-117.5626.45
top 22.3%75 / 407
5×5 blindfolded31:57.00—
early days — 1 solve13 / 13
4×4 blindfolded21:34.00—
top 91.7%20 / 22

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 Championship 2005: 44.80German Open 2006: 21.42European Rubik's Cube Championship 2006: 16.76Dutch Open 2006: 13.93Dutch Championship 2006: 16.65Belgian Open 2007: 11.94German Open 2007: 13.81Czech Open 2007: 12.34World Rubik's Cube Championship 2007: 12.56Dutch Open 2007: 9.77Dutch Championship 2007: 12.02Swedish Cube Day competition 2007: 9.94Belgian Open 2008: 11.19Benelux Open 2008: 10.40Danish Open 2008: 11.68Madrid Open 2008: 11.25German Open 2008: 10.97Polish Open 2008: 11.63Czech Open 2008: 7.08Dutch Masters 2008: 11.02Brussels Summer Open 2008: 8.90European Championship 2008: 11.16Danish Cube Day 2008: 11.50Dutch Open 2008: 10.71German Nationals 2008: 10.50Geneva Open 2008: 10.94Dutch Nationals 2008: 11.53The Hague Open 2008: 11.38Aachen Open 2009: 10.27Benelux Open 2009: 9.71Belgian Open 2009: 10.75Danish Open 2009: 10.18German Open 2009: 9.91Madrid Open 2009: 10.19Czech Open 2009: 9.58Brussels Summer Open 2009: 9.50Polish Open 2009: 9.97World Rubik's Cube Championship 2009: 10.59Dutch Open 2009: 10.13Essen Open 2009: 9.81Dutch Nationals 2009: 8.33German Nationals 2009: 9.56Swedish Cube Day competition 2009: 9.28The Hague Open 2009: 10.03Aachen Open 2010: 10.50Norwegian Open 2010: 9.86Benelux Open 2010: 9.86Danish Open 2010: 10.15Bristol Spring 2010: 9.21German Open 2010: 10.22Belgian Open 2010: 8.84Cologne Open 2010: 8.93Alania Open 2010: 8.83Czech Open 2010: 7.80Düsseldorf Open 2010: 9.21Lemgo Open 2010: 9.22German Nationals 2010: 8.58European Rubik's Cube Championship 2010: 9.27Dutch Open 2010: 8.13Dutch Nationals 2010: 7.56MPEI Open 2010: 9.02Aachen Open 2011: 8.94NEMO Amsterdam Open 2011: 7.71German Open 2011: 7.75Danish Open 2011: 9.18Hamburg Open 2011: 9.03Alania Open 2011: 8.36Danish Special 2011: 8.58Amstelveen Open 2011: 8.59World Rubik's Cube Championship 2011: 9.09V-CUBE Spiel 2011: 9.09Dutch Open 2011: 8.52Cachan Open 2011: 8.30Spols Open 2011: 10.27German Nationals 2011: 7.47Dutch Nationals 2011: 8.55Altbier 2012: 8.66Twente Open 2012: 9.27Austrian Open 2012: 8.72Danish Open 2012: 7.88Zune Open 2012: 8.53NEMO Amsterdam Open 2012: 7.77Aachen Summer Open 2012: 8.19Czech Open 2012: 7.43Moves are for n00bs 2012: 7.72Amstelveen Open 2012: 9.15European Rubik's Cube Championship 2012: 8.83Dutch Open 2012: 7.36Hasselt Open 2012: 8.55Hessen Open 2013: 8.16ARGO Open 2013: 8.64Velbert Open 2013: 8.65Zonhoven Open 2013: 7.501 AVG competition 2013: 8.25V-CUBE Spiel 2013: 7.21Hasselt Open 2013: 8.36Twente Open 2013: 9.03German Nationals 2013: 8.462 AVG competition 2014: 7.33Nottingham Open 2014: 8.86De Wilg Open 2014: 9.55Turkish Ankara Open 2014: 9.19Rubik's Cube European Championships 2014: 8.34German Nationals 2014: 8.36Dutch Nationals 2014: 8.21Cuthberts Open 2014: 8.24Austrian Big Cube Open 2014: 7.25German Nationals 2015: 8.21Dutch Open 2015: 8.48Cubelonia 2016: 8.07German Open 2016: 7.65European Rubik's Cube Championship 2016: 8.92Czech Open 2016: 7.82Vienna Open 2016: 8.01German Nationals 2016: 6.75Dutch Open 2016: 8.04Sydney Championship 2016: 8.34Danish Open 2017: 7.85German Big Cube Open 2017: 7.54World Rubik's Cube Championship 2017: 8.16Dutch Nationals 2017: 7.00Belgian Open 2017: 8.03Liechtenstein Open 2018: 6.54Manchester Open 2018: 8.09Cube Weekend St. Michielsgestel 2018: 6.61Heritage Cubing Day 2018: 8.22Cologne Open 2018: 8.16WCA European Championship 2018: 7.29Bratislava Mental Breakdown 2018: 7.16August Bank Holiday Competition 2018: 8.49MIT Fall 2018: 7.78UK Championship 2018: 7.21Luxembourg Open 2018: 7.74Weston-super-Mare Open 2018: 7.59Big CubingItaly 2018: 7.38Cube Weekend Sint Michielsgestel 2019: 7.60Athens SNFestival Cubing 2019: 7.71WCA World Championship 2019: 6.64UPM Open 2019: 7.47Nordic Championship 2019: 7.63Seraing Open 2019: 7.12Berlin Winter Cubing 2020: 7.33Star Cubing Nijmegen 2020: 7.36Rhein-Neckar Open A 2021: 7.43Twist 'n Turn Tallinn 2022: 7.90Dutch Masters 2022: 7.34Rubik's WCA European Championship 2022: 8.43German Nationals 2022: 6.97Cubing Universal San Jose 2022: 7.74Aasee Algorithms 2023: 7.52German Nationals 2023: 7.29Rubik's WCA World Championship 2023: 6.61Darmstadt Dodecahedron Days 2023: 7.58Meath Autumn 2023: 7.55Guildford Autumn 2023: 8.56Kölner Kubing 2024: 7.32Darmstadt Dodecahedron Days 2024: 7.55Rubik's WCA European Championship 2024: 8.32Allesammen Sammen i Roskilde 2024: 7.91Rubik's German Nationals 2024: 7.59Aachen Open 2025: 7.06Schnelle Solves Siegen 2025: 7.53Kölner Kubing 2025: 6.72Rubik's WCA World Championship 2025: 7.19Rubik's German Nationals 2025: 7.80Rhein-Sieg Open 2026: 7.42CuBonn Open 2026: 7.55Rubik's WCA European Championship 2026: 7.53Rubik's German Nationals 2026: 8.146.5444.8029 Oct 200528 Aug 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-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 0.54 away.

Targets move as he improves.