People · Netherlands
Gijs van der Hoeven
3×3 · top 5.4% of 284,439 all-time · competing since April 2022 · 2022HOEV01
Gijs van der Hoeven has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.22, set at Quick 'n Slick Meppel 2025, puts him in the top 5.4% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 149th in the Netherlands. Until February 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 17 competitions since April 2022, he has put 512 official solves on the record across nine events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 90% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 19.56 in April 2022 to 9.22, a 53% improvement. Gijs has entered 17 competitions, more competitions than 96% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Netherlands | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 9.22 | 11.41 | top 5.4% | 149 / 2,294 | |
| 2×2 | 2.67 | 4.45 | top 10.6% | 225 / 1,665 | |
| Skewb | 4.92 | 7.71 | top 17.5% | 182 / 957 | |
| Pyraminx | 5.68 | 8.90 | top 17.6% | 305 / 1,283 | |
| Clock | 8.61 | 10.77 | top 18.0% | 78 / 466 | |
| 4×4 | 53.34 | 56.92 | top 28.8% | 272 / 1,000 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 23.29 | 32.07 | top 29.5% | 192 / 726 | |
| 5×5 | 2:29.41 | — | top 65.5% | 339 / 532 | |
| Square-1 | 1:02.38 | — | early days — 2 solves | 343 / 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
Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 15 Nov 2024Three personal bests in one day at Dutch Nationals 2024.
- 15 Sep 2024First sub-10 3×3: 9.91 at Heerenveen Open 2024.
- 23 Apr 2023Three personal bests in one day at Ermelo Cubing B 2023.
- 26 Nov 2022Three personal bests in one day at Dutch Nationals 2022.
- 22 Oct 2022Three personal bests in one day at Westfries Open 2022.
- 25 Sep 2022First sub-15 3×3: 14.64 at Dutch Autumn 2022.
Competitions
- Quick 'n Slick Meppel 2025 · 17 May 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Lente in Lent 2025 · 12 Apr 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Alphen Cubing 2025 · 19 Jan 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Dutch Nationals 2024 · 15 Nov 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Dutch Open 2024 · 26 Oct 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Heerenveen Open 2024 · 15 Sep 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Dutch Winter North 2024 · 14 Jan 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Dutch Nationals 2023 · 25 Nov 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Dutch Open 2023 · 3 Jun 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Ermelo Cubing B 2023 · 23 Apr 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Kampen Open 2023 · 11 Mar 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Dutch Nationals 2022 · 26 Nov 2022 — 3 personal bests set
- Westfries Open 2022 · 22 Oct 2022 — 3 personal bests set
- Dutch Autumn 2022 · 25 Sep 2022 — 5 personal bests set
- Hoorn Open 2022 · 2 Jul 2022 — 3 personal bests set
- Dutch Masters 2022 · 21 May 2022 — 4 personal bests set
- Dutch Spring 2022 · 17 Apr 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.
- Gijs Peletier — met in 94 rounds, finished ahead 14 times
- Mark Bennis — met in 91 rounds, finished ahead 8 times
- Tim van Loo — met in 90 rounds, finished ahead 6 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.22 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.67 away.
Targets move as he improves.