People · Netherlands
Jelte van der Graaff
3×3 · top 8.6% of 284,439 all-time · competing since October 2024 · 2024GRAA04
Jelte van der Graaff has been competing for a year. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 10.39, set at Alphen Cubing 2025, puts him in the top 8.6% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 239th in the Netherlands. Until February 2007, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 4 competitions since October 2024, he has put 161 official solves on the record across eleven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, an early reading from 9 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 12.35 in October 2024 to 10.39, a 16% improvement. Jelte has entered four competitions, more competitions than 78% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Netherlands | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 10.39 | 12.82 | top 8.6% | 239 / 2,294 | |
| 2×2 | 2.48 | 3.33 | top 8.7% | 185 / 1,665 | |
| Skewb | 4.94 | 10.00 | top 17.7% | 183 / 957 | |
| 4×4 | 47.47 | 53.89 | top 21.4% | 199 / 1,000 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 21.07 | 27.95 | top 23.4% | 149 / 726 | |
| Square-1 | 20.20 | 36.08 | top 28.4% | 99 / 407 | |
| 5×5 | 1:31.97 | 1:47.51 | top 28.9% | 145 / 532 | |
| Pyraminx | 7.68 | 9.25 | top 33.5% | 553 / 1,283 | |
| 6×6 | 3:11.68 | 3:20.68 | early days — 3 solves | 103 / 205 | |
| Megaminx | 2:06.32 | — | top 49.3% | 209 / 414 | |
| 7×7 | 5:20.48 | — | early days — 1 solve | 115 / 169 |
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
- 15 Nov 2024Six personal bests in one day at Dutch Nationals 2024.
- 26 Oct 2024First competition: Dutch Open 2024. A 12.35 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Lente in Lent 2025 · 12 Apr 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Alphen Cubing 2025 · 19 Jan 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Dutch Nationals 2024 · 15 Nov 2024 — 6 personal bests set
- Dutch Open 2024 · 26 Oct 2024 — 1 personal best set
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.
- Bram van der Wal — met in 37 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
- Vincent Chan — met in 37 rounds, never finished ahead
- Ferre Poortier — met in 36 rounds, finished ahead 29 times
Next targets
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 0.39 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.48 away.
Targets move as he improves.