People · Netherlands
Harvey van den Akker
Skewb · top 13.3% of 74,164 all-time · competing since May 2022 · 2022AKKE02
Harvey van den Akker has been competing for 4 years. Their best event is the Skewb: a personal-best single of 4.33, set at Take Your Time Ermelo 2023, puts them in the top 13.3% of the 74,164 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 131st in the Netherlands. Across 16 competitions since May 2022, they have put 415 official solves on the record across ten events. Solve to solve, their 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 50% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. Their 2×2 best has come down from 9.05 in May 2022 to 4.78, a 47% improvement. Harvey has entered 16 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Skewb | 4.33 | 8.36 | top 13.3% | 131 / 968 | |
| Pyraminx | 7.07 | 10.23 | top 28.5% | 493 / 1,296 | |
| 2×2 | 4.78 | 6.19 | top 36.6% | 808 / 1,680 | |
| 3×3 | 19.30 | 22.62 | top 38.0% | 1,049 / 2,318 | |
| 4×4 | 1:26.23 | 1:40.88 | top 60.9% | 599 / 1,009 | |
| Megaminx | 2:33.23 | — | top 62.8% | 275 / 417 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 42.51 | 48.04 | top 68.8% | 482 / 737 | |
| 5×5 | 3:02.22 | — | top 78.8% | 424 / 542 | |
| Square-1 | 1:20.46 | — | early days — 2 solves | 380 / 407 | |
| Clock | 54.95 | — | early days — 1 solve | 470 / 479 |
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, 2×2. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 22 Mar 2025First sub-20 3×3: 19.73 at Start in Veenendaal 2025.
- 15 Nov 2024Four personal bests in one day at Dutch Nationals 2024.
- 23 Mar 2024Three personal bests in one day at Arnhem Open A 2024.
- 16 Dec 2023First sub-30 3×3: 29.27 at Take Your Time Ermelo 2023.
- 16 Dec 2023Three personal bests in one day at Take Your Time Ermelo 2023.
- 21 May 2022First competition: Dutch Masters 2022. A 44.94 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Back in Ermelo 2026 · 17 Oct 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Warm Up Lent 2026 · 10 Jul 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Stevenage 10th Anniversary 2025 · 8 Nov 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Eat Sleep Cube Repeat Leersum 2025 · 19 Jul 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Lente in Lent 2025 · 12 Apr 2025
- Start in Veenendaal 2025 · 22 Mar 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Leersum Squared 2025 · 8 Feb 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Alphen Cubing 2025 · 19 Jan 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Dutch Nationals 2024 · 15 Nov 2024 — 4 personal bests set
- Capelle Cubing 2024 · 9 Jun 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Lente Spring 2024 · 7 Apr 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Arnhem Open A 2024 · 23 Mar 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Dutch Winter South 2024 · 13 Jan 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Take Your Time Ermelo 2023 · 16 Dec 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Ermelo Cubing B 2023 · 23 Apr 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Dutch Masters 2022 · 21 May 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 their.
- Nanno Venhorst — met in 101 rounds, finished ahead once
- Mick Boekema — met in 97 rounds, never finished ahead
- Bram van der Wal — met in 85 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-4 Skewb single — 8,121 people have one; it is 0.33 away.
- A sub-6 Pyraminx single — 26,233 people have one; it is 1.07 away.
Targets move as they improves.