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Jim Steenvoorden

2×2 · top 1.4% of 186,767 all-time · competing since October 2022 · 2022STEE08

Jim Steenvoorden has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.31, set at Eat Sleep Cube Repeat Leersum 2025, puts him in the top 1.4% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 39th in the Netherlands. Until November 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 26 competitions since October 2022, he has put 1,007 official solves on the record across twelve events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 54% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 16.13 in October 2022 to 9.15, a 43% improvement. Jim has entered 26 competitions, more competitions than 98% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 1.4% of 186,767 all-time
1.31
signature single · Eat Sleep Cube Repeat Leersum 2025
1,007
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 54% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingNetherlands
2×21.311.99
top 1.4%39 / 1,665
3×39.1510.74
top 5.2%144 / 2,294
Clock5.548.58
top 5.8%23 / 466
Skewb3.337.41
top 6.7%68 / 957
Pyraminx4.116.20
top 8.2%137 / 1,283
4×437.3641.84
top 9.1%80 / 1,000
3×3 one-handed17.2726.17
top 13.3%76 / 726
3×3 Fewest Moves31 moves38.67
top 17.4%32 / 167
3×3 blindfolded2:56.06—
early days — 3 solves59 / 132
Square-132.1152.35
top 53.5%206 / 407
3×3 Multi-Blind3 of 3 cubes · 28:05—
early days — 2 solves28 / 44
5×52:42.863:01.37
top 71.7%377 / 532

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

Westfries Open 2022: 16.13Kampen Open 2023: 14.90Capelle Cubing 2023: 13.50Amsterdam Open 2023: 12.08Leersum Algs 2024: 11.46Dutch Winter South 2024: 12.11Arnhem Open A 2024: 12.41Lente Spring 2024: 12.35Leersum Algs 24 Hours in 2024: 12.15Dutch Open 2024: 12.05Dutch Nationals 2024: 9.16Alphen Cubing 2025: 9.90Leersum Squared 2025: 11.03Start in Veenendaal 2025: 9.65Lente in Lent 2025: 10.11Arnhem Open 2025: 9.57Eat Sleep Cube Repeat Leersum 2025: 9.33Beginner Utrecht 2025: 11.44Rubik's Dutch Nationals 2025: 10.82Amsterdam Open 2026: 9.43West-Fries Open 2026: 10.65Meppel Mayhem 2026: 9.52Rubik's WCA European Championship 2026: 9.53Capelle Chaos A 2026: 9.159.1516.1322 Oct 202222 Aug 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-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.31 away.
  • A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.15 away.

Targets move as he improves.