People · Netherlands
Jis van der Hoek
3×3 · top 6.0% of 288,433 all-time · competing since April 2022 · 2022HOEK01
Jis van der Hoek has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.45, set at Leersum Squared 2025, puts him in the top 6.0% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 168th in the Netherlands. Until February 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 9 competitions since April 2022, he has put 213 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 60% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 14.64 in April 2022 to 9.45, a 35% improvement. Jis has entered nine competitions, more competitions than 91% 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 | 9.45 | 11.98 | top 6.0% | 168 / 2,318 | |
| Pyraminx | 5.85 | 8.81 | top 18.9% | 329 / 1,296 | |
| 4×4 | 45.70 | 51.51 | top 19.3% | 178 / 1,009 | |
| 5×5 | 1:26.06 | 1:37.71 | top 24.3% | 123 / 542 | |
| 2×2 | 4.03 | 5.29 | top 26.9% | 628 / 1,680 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 24.67 | 31.84 | top 33.4% | 224 / 737 | |
| Skewb | 7.12 | 11.19 | top 34.7% | 364 / 968 | |
| Clock | 14.04 | 17.99 | top 44.0% | 219 / 479 |
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
- 8 Feb 2025First sub-10 3×3: 9.45 at Leersum Squared 2025.
- 8 Feb 2025Five personal bests in one day at Leersum Squared 2025.
- 26 Oct 2024Three personal bests in one day at Dutch Open 2024.
- 17 Apr 2022First competition: Dutch Spring 2022. A 14.64 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Back in Ermelo 2026 · 17 Oct 2026
- Leersum Squared 2025 · 8 Feb 2025 — 5 personal bests set
- Dutch Open 2024 · 26 Oct 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Capelle Cubing 2024 · 9 Jun 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Dutch Nationals 2023 · 25 Nov 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Ermelo Cubing B 2023 · 23 Apr 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Dutch Autumn 2022 · 25 Sep 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- Hoorn Open 2022 · 2 Jul 2022
- Dutch Spring 2022 · 17 Apr 2022
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.
- Ron van Bruchem — met in 42 rounds, finished ahead 25 times
- Jonathan Plug — met in 41 rounds, never finished ahead
- Mattheo de Wit — met in 40 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 8,101 people have one; it is 1.45 away.
- A sub-5 Pyraminx single — 17,242 people have one; it is 0.85 away.
Targets move as he improves.