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Hugo Garstman

3×3 · top 2.2% of 288,433 all-time · competing since April 2023 · 2023GARS01

Hugo Garstman has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 7.61, set at Quick 'n Slick Meppel 2025, puts him in the top 2.2% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 62nd in the Netherlands. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 35 competitions since April 2023, he has put 1,561 official solves on the record across twelve events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 54% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 15.04 in April 2023 to 7.61, a 49% improvement. Hugo has entered 35 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 2.2% of 288,433 all-time
7.61
signature single · Quick 'n Slick Meppel 2025
1,561
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 54% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingNetherlands
3×37.619.99
top 2.2%62 / 2,318
2×22.073.35
top 5.3%114 / 1,680
Clock5.676.70
top 6.2%24 / 479
Megaminx52.211:00.77
top 6.2%25 / 417
4×435.5241.18
top 7.3%59 / 1,009
3×3 one-handed15.0418.31
top 8.3%53 / 737
Skewb3.906.57
top 10.3%101 / 968
Pyraminx4.516.56
top 10.3%170 / 1,296
Square-113.3720.61
top 12.8%40 / 407
5×51:20.201:31.24
top 19.4%98 / 542
3×3 Fewest Moves35 moves41.33
top 30.1%62 / 171
6×63:17.093:31.06
top 49.1%113 / 208

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

Ermelo Cubing A 2023: 15.04Capelle Cubing 2023: 13.75Amsterdam Open 2023: 12.15Dutch Autumn 2023: 11.15Dutch Nationals 2023: 12.67Leersum Algs 2024: 10.17Dutch Winter South 2024: 10.21Arnhem Open A 2024: 10.66Lente Spring 2024: 10.41Bigger in Breda 2024: 11.40Capelle Cubing 2024: 10.59Warm Up Wommelgem 2024: 9.08Leersum Algs 24 Hours in 2024: 9.84Heerenveen Open 2024: 10.03Dutch Open 2024: 10.14Dutch Nationals 2024: 9.98Christmas Cubing Breda 2024: 9.55Alphen Cubing 2025: 9.70Leersum Squared 2025: 9.25Start in Veenendaal 2025: 8.72Lente in Lent 2025: 9.76Quick 'n Slick Meppel 2025: 7.61Eat Sleep Cube Repeat Leersum 2025: 9.80Breda Open 2025: 9.00Rubik's Dutch Nationals 2025: 8.46Take Your Time Ermelo 2025: 8.22Zottegem Open 2025: 8.53Cubing in Oud IJsselmuiden 2025: 9.42Freezing Fryslân 2025: 8.12Leersum Open 2026: 9.12Warm Up Lent 2026: 9.02Rubik's WCA European Championship 2026: 10.157.6115.0422 Apr 202316 Jul 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 — 1,419 people have one; it is 1.61 away.
  • A sub-2 2×2 single — 9,039 people have one; it is 0.07 away.

Targets move as he improves.