People · Netherlands
Julius van der Velden
Clock · top 0.47% of 32,048 all-time · competing since December 2023 · 2023VELD06
Julius van der Velden has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the Clock: a personal-best single of 2.75, set at Rubik's WCA European Championship 2026, puts him in the top 0.47% of the 32,048 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2nd in the Netherlands. Until June 2023, no official Clock solve in the world had been that fast. Across 23 competitions since December 2023, he has put 783 official solves on the record across eleven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 52% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 16.13 in December 2023 to 7.71, a 52% improvement. Julius has entered 23 competitions, more competitions than 97% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Netherlands | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clock | 2.75 | 3.55 | top 0.47% | 2 / 466 | |
| 3×3 | 7.71 | 9.14 | top 2.3% | 68 / 2,294 | |
| 2×2 | 1.68 | 3.28 | top 3.0% | 68 / 1,665 | |
| 4×4 | 30.68 | 38.93 | top 3.3% | 30 / 1,000 | |
| 5×5 | 1:07.54 | 1:12.23 | top 10.0% | 42 / 532 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 17.01 | 20.92 | top 12.6% | 70 / 726 | |
| 6×6 | 2:11.27 | 2:19.21 | top 15.9% | 31 / 205 | |
| Skewb | 5.39 | 7.00 | top 21.1% | 224 / 957 | |
| Pyraminx | 7.31 | 10.17 | top 30.4% | 519 / 1,283 | |
| 7×7 | 4:31.64 | — | early days — 1 solve | 66 / 169 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 4:00.21 | — | early days — 2 solves | 87 / 132 |
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
- 13 Jun 2026Four personal bests in one day at Rotterdam Big 'n Brain 2026.
- 8 Mar 2026Three personal bests in one day at Classic Cubing Capelle 2026.
- 22 Feb 2026Three personal bests in one day at Amsterdam Open 2026.
- 20 Dec 2025Three personal bests in one day at Cubing in Oud IJsselmuiden 2025.
- 11 Oct 2025Five personal bests in one day at Ranst Autumn 2025.
- 19 Jan 2025Four personal bests in one day at Alphen Cubing 2025.
Competitions
- Rubik's WCA European Championship 2026 · 16 Jul 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Warm Up Lent 2026 · 10 Jul 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Rotterdam Big 'n Brain 2026 · 13 Jun 2026 — 4 personal bests set
- West-Fries Open 2026 · 2 May 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Classic Cubing Capelle 2026 · 8 Mar 2026 — 3 personal bests set
- Amsterdam Open 2026 · 22 Feb 2026 — 3 personal bests set
- Leersum Open 2026 · 10 Jan 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Cubing in Oud IJsselmuiden 2025 · 20 Dec 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Pakje Open in Lent 2025 · 6 Dec 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Take Your Time Ermelo 2025 · 18 Oct 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Ranst Autumn 2025 · 11 Oct 2025 — 5 personal bests set
- Rubik's Dutch Nationals 2025 · 5 Sep 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Small Sides Alphen 2025 · 26 Jul 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Arnhem Open 2025 · 28 Jun 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Lente in Lent 2025 · 12 Apr 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Leersum Squared 2025 · 8 Feb 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Alphen Cubing 2025 · 19 Jan 2025 — 4 personal bests set
- Dutch Nationals 2024 · 15 Nov 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Dutch Open 2024 · 26 Oct 2024 — 4 personal bests set
- Leersum Algs 24 Hours in 2024 · 31 Aug 2024 — 7 personal bests set
- Capelle Cubing 2024 · 9 Jun 2024 — 5 personal bests set
- Arnhem Open A 2024 · 23 Mar 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Take Your Time Ermelo 2023 · 16 Dec 2023 — 1 personal best set
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.
- Mick Boekema — met in 154 rounds, finished ahead 7 times
- Davian van Plateringen — met in 137 rounds, finished ahead 87 times
- Hugo Goudriaan — met in 135 rounds, finished ahead 41 times
Next targets
- A sub-2 Clock single — 17 people have one; it is 0.75 away.
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 1.71 away.
Targets move as he improves.