People · Netherlands
Kenzo van der Arend
3×3 · top 2.7% of 288,433 all-time · competing since May 2022 · 2022AREN01
Kenzo van der Arend has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 7.93, set at Warm Up Wommelgem 2024, puts him in the top 2.7% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 79th in the Netherlands. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 11 competitions since May 2022, he has put 478 official solves on the record across eleven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 65% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 13.64 in May 2022 to 7.93, a 42% improvement. Kenzo has entered eleven competitions, more competitions than 93% 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 | 7.93 | 10.69 | top 2.7% | 79 / 2,318 | |
| Megaminx | 49.31 | 58.89 | top 4.9% | 20 / 417 | |
| 4×4 | 38.43 | 42.13 | top 10.3% | 89 / 1,009 | |
| Pyraminx | 4.56 | 7.12 | top 10.6% | 178 / 1,296 | |
| 5×5 | 1:18.57 | 1:26.31 | top 18.1% | 86 / 542 | |
| 2×2 | 3.60 | 4.69 | top 21.5% | 491 / 1,680 | |
| 7×7 | 3:55.40 | 4:01.65 | top 29.0% | 47 / 171 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 23.25 | 32.07 | top 29.5% | 195 / 737 | |
| 6×6 | 2:37.90 | 2:50.12 | top 29.7% | 65 / 208 | |
| Clock | 15.22 | — | early days — 2 solves | 239 / 479 | |
| Skewb | 9.27 | 11.54 | top 50.4% | 527 / 968 |
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
- 4 May 2024Five personal bests in one day at Bigger in Breda 2024.
- 24 Mar 2024Three personal bests in one day at Arnhem Open B 2024.
- 13 Jan 2024Three personal bests in one day at Dutch Winter South 2024.
- 25 Nov 2023First sub-10 3×3: 9.94 at Dutch Nationals 2023.
- 5 Feb 2023Three personal bests in one day at Alphen Cubing 2023.
- 26 Nov 2022Six personal bests in one day at Dutch Nationals 2022.
Competitions
- Heerenveen Open 2024 · 15 Sep 2024
- Warm Up Wommelgem 2024 · 13 Jul 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Capelle Cubing 2024 · 9 Jun 2024
- Bigger in Breda 2024 · 4 May 2024 — 5 personal bests set
- Arnhem Open B 2024 · 24 Mar 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Dutch Winter South 2024 · 13 Jan 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Dutch Nationals 2023 · 25 Nov 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Alphen Cubing 2023 · 5 Feb 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Dutch Nationals 2022 · 26 Nov 2022 — 6 personal bests set
- Westfries Open 2022 · 22 Oct 2022 — 5 personal bests set
- Dutch Masters 2022 · 21 May 2022 — 2 personal bests 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.
- Christofor Gabriel Costea — met in 89 rounds, finished ahead 31 times
- Ivo Stoutjesdijk — met in 83 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Tijmen van der Ree — met in 80 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
Next targets
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,419 people have one; it is 1.93 away.
- A sub-40 Megaminx single — 567 people have one; it is 9.31 away.
Targets move as he improves.