People · Netherlands
Joël van den Broek
Skewb · top 3.0% of 73,281 all-time · competing since April 2025 · 2025BROE01
Joël van den Broek has been competing for a year. His best event is the Skewb: a personal-best single of 2.52, set at Rubik's Dutch Nationals 2025, puts him in the top 3.0% of the 73,281 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 28th in the Netherlands. Until February 2014, no official Skewb solve in the world had been that fast. Across 3 competitions since April 2025, he has put 69 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, an early reading from 5 counted rounds. He has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Netherlands | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Skewb | 2.52 | 5.80 | top 3.0% | 28 / 957 | |
| 3×3 | 11.01 | 13.37 | top 10.5% | 287 / 2,294 | |
| Pyraminx | 5.94 | 7.00 | top 19.5% | 340 / 1,283 | |
| 4×4 | 49.25 | 55.58 | top 23.8% | 230 / 1,000 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 21.81 | 29.59 | top 25.5% | 162 / 726 | |
| 2×2 | 4.39 | 5.27 | top 31.5% | 718 / 1,665 | |
| Square-1 | 26.17 | 30.47 | top 41.8% | 164 / 407 |
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
- 12 Apr 2025First competition: Lente in Lent 2025. A 11.01 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Rubik's Dutch Nationals 2025 · 5 Sep 2025
- Arnhem Open 2025 · 28 Jun 2025
- Lente in Lent 2025 · 12 Apr 2025
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 14 rounds, finished ahead 13 times
- Merijn van Tweel — met in 14 rounds, finished ahead 13 times
- Merijn Bossink — met in 14 rounds, finished ahead 12 times
Next targets
- A sub-2 Skewb single — 1,013 people have one; it is 0.52 away.
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 1.01 away.
Targets move as he improves.