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Gert Niewold

3×3 · top 13.9% of 288,433 all-time · competing since May 2022 · 2022NIEW02

Gert Niewold has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 11.97, set at Kampen Open 2023, puts him in the top 13.9% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 389th in the Netherlands. Across 5 competitions since May 2022, he has put 129 official solves on the record across eight events. His 2×2 best has come down from 4.29 in July 2022 to 3.06, a 29% improvement. Gert has entered five competitions, more competitions than 83% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 13.9% of 288,433 all-time
11.97
signature single · Kampen Open 2023
129
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingNetherlands
3×311.9714.47
top 13.9%389 / 2,318
2×23.064.55
top 15.0%341 / 1,680
Pyraminx5.467.71
top 16.2%277 / 1,296
4×41:00.611:07.27
top 37.2%363 / 1,009
Skewb8.3211.45
top 43.8%471 / 968
5×51:55.082:12.13
top 46.2%241 / 542
Megaminx2:00.972:22.04
top 46.3%198 / 417
Square-11:30.28—
early days — 1 solve393 / 407

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

Hoorn Open 2022: 4.29Westfries Open 2022: 3.06Dutch Nationals 2022: 3.133.064.292 Jul 202226 Nov 2022

Best single per competition, 2×2. 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-10 3×3 single — 21,606 people have one; it is 1.97 away.
  • A sub-3 2×2 single — 27,049 people have one; it is 0.06 away.

Targets move as he improves.