People · Netherlands
Jamie van den Bos
2×2 · top 7.7% of 189,179 all-time · competing since May 2023 · 2023BOSJ01
Jamie van den Bos has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.37, set at Breda Open 2026, puts him in the top 7.7% of the 189,179 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 165th in the Netherlands. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 10 competitions since May 2023, he has put 286 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 52% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 21.48 in May 2023 to 11.25, a 48% improvement. Jamie has entered ten competitions, more competitions than 92% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Netherlands | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 2.37 | 3.93 | top 7.7% | 165 / 1,680 | |
| 3×3 | 11.25 | 14.62 | top 11.3% | 318 / 2,318 | |
| Pyraminx | 6.40 | 8.39 | top 23.1% | 410 / 1,296 | |
| Skewb | 5.79 | 10.15 | top 24.2% | 268 / 968 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 25.57 | 37.86 | top 35.8% | 240 / 737 | |
| Clock | 21.33 | — | top 68.4% | 307 / 479 | |
| 4×4 | 1:39.55 | — | top 70.4% | 703 / 1,009 |
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
- 5 Sep 2025Three personal bests in one day at Rubik's Dutch Nationals 2025.
- 26 Oct 2024First sub-15 3×3: 12.87 at Dutch Open 2024.
- 26 Oct 2024Five personal bests in one day at Dutch Open 2024.
- 25 Nov 2023Three personal bests in one day at Dutch Nationals 2023.
- 10 Sep 2023First sub-20 3×3: 16.67 at Amsterdam Open 2023.
- 10 Sep 2023Three personal bests in one day at Amsterdam Open 2023.
Competitions
- Breda Open 2026 · 18 Apr 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Pakje Open in Lent 2025 · 6 Dec 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Rubik's Dutch Nationals 2025 · 5 Sep 2025 — 3 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 — 1 personal best set
- Dutch Open 2024 · 26 Oct 2024 — 5 personal bests set
- Dutch Nationals 2023 · 25 Nov 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Amsterdam Open 2023 · 10 Sep 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Capelle Cubing 2023 · 14 May 2023
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.
- Nanno Venhorst — met in 65 rounds, finished ahead 7 times
- Veerle Melis — met in 64 rounds, finished ahead 13 times
- Sebastiano Tronto — met in 63 rounds, finished ahead 8 times
Next targets
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 9,039 people have one; it is 0.37 away.
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,606 people have one; it is 1.25 away.
Targets move as he improves.