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Jules Porteners

3×3 · top 1.7% of 288,433 all-time · competing since June 2019 · 2019PORT04

Jules Porteners has been competing for 7 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 7.27, set at Pakje Open in Lent 2025, puts him in the top 1.7% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 55th in the Netherlands. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 28 competitions since June 2019, he has put 1,307 official solves on the record across 13 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 67% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 12.41 in June 2019 to 7.27, a 41% improvement. Jules has entered 28 competitions, more competitions than 98% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 1.7% of 288,433 all-time
7.27
signature single · Pakje Open in Lent 2025
1,307
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 67% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingNetherlands
3×37.279.31
top 1.7%55 / 2,318
2×21.461.98
top 2.0%49 / 1,680
Pyraminx3.035.81
top 3.8%61 / 1,296
Skewb2.925.64
top 4.6%47 / 968
4×434.0540.66
top 6.0%46 / 1,009
3×3 Fewest Moves27 moves33.33
top 8.0%12 / 171
Megaminx59.071:10.26
top 9.5%38 / 417
Clock7.639.01
top 13.4%59 / 479
5×51:13.701:21.38
top 14.4%69 / 542
3×3 one-handed18.0324.12
top 15.2%94 / 737
Square-120.6930.36
top 29.6%102 / 407
6×63:03.18—
early days — 2 solves97 / 208
7×75:22.39—
early days — 2 solves118 / 171

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

Star Cubing Nijmegen 2019: 12.41Star Cubing Nijmegen 2020: 9.80Veenendaal Open 2020: 8.76Dutch Spring 2022: 7.97Amsterdam Open 2023: 8.31Dutch Winter South 2024: 9.05Arnhem Open A 2024: 8.98Lente Spring 2024: 8.24Capelle Cubing 2024: 9.14Leersum Algs 24 Hours in 2024: 8.36Dutch Nationals 2024: 9.32Lente in Lent 2025: 8.88Arnhem Open 2025: 8.83Eat Sleep Cube Repeat Leersum 2025: 8.30Beginner Utrecht 2025: 8.48Rubik's Dutch Nationals 2025: 8.36Take Your Time Ermelo 2025: 9.36Pakje Open in Lent 2025: 7.27Cubing in Oud IJsselmuiden 2025: 8.63Leersum Open 2026: 7.76Amsterdam Open 2026: 8.46Classic Cubing Capelle 2026: 8.95Breda Open 2026: 8.00Warm Up Lent 2026: 8.19Rubik's WCA European Championship 2026: 8.34Capelle Chaos B 2026: 9.47Back in Ermelo 2026: 9.807.2712.4129 Jun 201917 Oct 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-6 3×3 single — 1,419 people have one; it is 1.27 away.
  • A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,050 people have one; it is 0.46 away.

Targets move as he improves.