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Isar Elian van Gelder

3×3 · top 17.1% of 284,439 all-time · competing since September 2022 · 2022GELD04

Isar Elian van Gelder has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 12.92, set at Alphen Cubing 2023, puts him in the top 17.1% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 496th in the Netherlands. Across 5 competitions since September 2022, he has put 123 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 16% around a typical one; 92% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 15.04 in September 2022 to 12.92, a 14% improvement. Isar has entered five competitions, more competitions than 83% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 17.1% of 284,439 all-time
12.92
signature single · Alphen Cubing 2023
123
official solves on the record
16%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 92% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingNetherlands
3×312.9214.43
top 17.1%496 / 2,294
2×23.715.34
top 22.8%523 / 1,665
4×41:02.341:15.87
top 39.0%379 / 1,000
Pyraminx8.7010.08
top 42.2%663 / 1,283
Megaminx2:34.76
early days — 3 solves276 / 414
3×3 one-handed40.86
top 66.5%460 / 726
Skewb13.3218.70
top 72.1%730 / 957
Clock32.08
early days — 1 solve399 / 466

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 Autumn 2022: 15.04Dutch Nationals 2022: 13.33Alphen Cubing 2023: 12.92Kampen Open 2023: 15.94Ermelo Cubing B 2023: 13.3112.9215.9425 Sep 202223 Apr 2023

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-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 0.92 away.
  • A sub-3 2×2 single — 26,570 people have one; it is 0.71 away.

Targets move as he improves.