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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.

3×3
best event — top 5.4% of 284,439 all-time
9.22
signature single · Quick 'n Slick Meppel 2025
512
official solves on the record
11%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 90% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingNetherlands
3×39.2211.41
top 5.4%149 / 2,294
2×22.674.45
top 10.6%225 / 1,665
Skewb4.927.71
top 17.5%182 / 957
Pyraminx5.688.90
top 17.6%305 / 1,283
Clock8.6110.77
top 18.0%78 / 466
4×453.3456.92
top 28.8%272 / 1,000
3×3 one-handed23.2932.07
top 29.5%192 / 726
5×52:29.41
top 65.5%339 / 532
Square-11:02.38
early days — 2 solves343 / 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

Dutch Spring 2022: 19.56Dutch Masters 2022: 16.81Hoorn Open 2022: 16.53Dutch Autumn 2022: 14.04Westfries Open 2022: 13.46Dutch Nationals 2022: 13.94Kampen Open 2023: 12.36Ermelo Cubing B 2023: 12.98Dutch Open 2023: 12.64Dutch Nationals 2023: 12.92Dutch Winter North 2024: 13.92Heerenveen Open 2024: 9.91Dutch Open 2024: 12.11Dutch Nationals 2024: 11.39Alphen Cubing 2025: 11.17Lente in Lent 2025: 9.48Quick 'n Slick Meppel 2025: 9.229.2219.5617 Apr 202217 May 2025

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 1.22 away.
  • A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.67 away.

Targets move as he improves.