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Joël van Noort

3×3 · top 6.7% of 284,439 all-time · competing since August 2004 · 2004NOOR01

Joël van Noort has been competing for 22 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.72, set at Aachen Open 2011, puts him in the top 6.7% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 180th in the Netherlands. Until November 2007, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 57 competitions since August 2004, he has put 1,481 official solves on the record across eleven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 83% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 18.95 in August 2004 to 9.72, a 49% improvement. He has entered 57 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 6.7% of 284,439 all-time
9.72
signature single · Aachen Open 2011
1,481
official solves on the record
11%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 83% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingNetherlands
3×39.7212.13
top 6.7%180 / 2,294
2×22.315.69
top 7.1%153 / 1,665
3×3 one-handed17.6622.09
top 14.2%82 / 726
3×3 Fewest Moves32 moves—
top 20.4%41 / 167
4×452.6659.35
top 28.0%262 / 1,000
3×3 blindfolded2:02.41—
top 34.2%42 / 132
3×3 Multi-Blind4 of 4 cubes · 33:30—
early days — 2 solves19 / 44
5×51:51.752:04.10
top 43.8%222 / 532
Megaminx2:11.192:28.29
top 51.8%224 / 414
Square-144.121:04.32
top 70.1%261 / 407
7×78:34.50—
early days — 1 solve161 / 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

European Rubik's Games Championship 2004: 18.95Dutch Open 2004: 17.42German Open 2005: 14.99Dutch Open 2005: 14.40Dutch Championship 2005: 13.55Rubik's World Championship 2005: 15.09German Open 2006: 14.42Belgian Open 2006: 13.48European Rubik's Cube Championship 2006: 11.26Dutch Open 2006: 11.29Dutch Championship 2006: 14.43Belgian Open 2007: 11.43German Open 2007: 11.83Czech Open 2007: 10.96Lyon Open 2007: 10.78World Rubik's Cube Championship 2007: 12.08Dutch Open 2007: 12.34Dutch Championship 2007: 12.06Belgian Open 2008: 12.53Benelux Open 2008: 11.15Danish Open 2008: 11.34Madrid Open 2008: 10.81Polish Open 2008: 12.61Czech Open 2008: 12.31European Championship 2008: 11.27Dutch Open 2008: 11.11Dutch Nationals 2008: 11.77Aachen Open 2009: 13.19Benelux Open 2009: 10.84German Open 2009: 12.40Czech Open 2009: 12.06World Rubik's Cube Championship 2009: 12.30German Open 2010: 12.44Belgian Open 2010: 13.02Poznan Open 2010: 11.93Czech Open 2010: 11.72Aachen Open 2011: 9.72NEMO Amsterdam Open 2011: 11.40Czech Open 2011: 11.69World Rubik's Cube Championship 2011: 11.68Twente Open 2012: 10.19NEMO Amsterdam Open 2012: 10.16Czech Open 2012: 11.551 AVG competition 2013: 10.84Amstelveen Open 2013: 11.40Dutch Open 2013: 11.46Twente Open 2013: 10.72Zeeland Open 2013: 10.342 AVG competition 2014: 11.51Turkish Ankara Open 2014: 10.25Rubik's Cube European Championships 2014: 10.02Dutch Open 2014: 12.01Marathon Open 2017: 9.93Happy New Year Cubing Dordrecht 2018: 9.90Classic Cubing Capelle 2026: 10.729.7218.957 Aug 20048 Mar 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-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.72 away.
  • A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.31 away.

Targets move as he improves.