People · Netherlands
Kion Kessels
3×3 · top 5.9% of 284,439 all-time · competing since February 2023 · 2023KESS01
Kion Kessels has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.44, set at Bigger in Breda 2024, puts him in the top 5.9% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 163rd in the Netherlands. Until February 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 8 competitions since February 2023, he has put 273 official solves on the record across ten events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 77% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 15.11 in February 2023 to 9.44, a 38% improvement. Kion has entered eight competitions, more competitions than 90% 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 | 9.44 | 11.81 | top 5.9% | 163 / 2,294 | |
| 4×4 | 36.13 | 40.80 | top 7.8% | 62 / 1,000 | |
| 5×5 | 1:07.90 | 1:21.57 | top 10.2% | 44 / 532 | |
| Pyraminx | 5.85 | 10.47 | top 18.9% | 327 / 1,283 | |
| 2×2 | 3.57 | 5.70 | top 21.1% | 476 / 1,665 | |
| 7×7 | 4:19.99 | 4:43.01 | top 37.7% | 59 / 169 | |
| 6×6 | 2:54.33 | 3:00.34 | top 38.2% | 87 / 205 | |
| Clock | 13.29 | 17.73 | top 40.9% | 197 / 466 | |
| Skewb | 8.24 | 14.96 | top 43.1% | 460 / 957 | |
| Megaminx | 2:08.82 | — | top 50.5% | 214 / 414 |
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
- 10 Aug 2025Four personal bests in one day at Little LeideNxN 2025.
- 22 Dec 2024Four personal bests in one day at Christmas Cubing Breda 2024.
- 4 May 2024First sub-10 3×3: 9.44 at Bigger in Breda 2024.
- 4 May 2024Four personal bests in one day at Bigger in Breda 2024.
- 23 Mar 2024Three personal bests in one day at Arnhem Open A 2024.
- 23 Sep 2023First sub-15 3×3: 11.99 at Dutch Autumn 2023.
Competitions
- Breda Open 2025 · 23 Aug 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Little LeideNxN 2025 · 10 Aug 2025 — 4 personal bests set
- Christmas Cubing Breda 2024 · 22 Dec 2024 — 4 personal bests set
- Bigger in Breda 2024 · 4 May 2024 — 4 personal bests set
- Arnhem Open A 2024 · 23 Mar 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Dutch Autumn 2023 · 23 Sep 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Kampen Open 2023 · 11 Mar 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Alphen Cubing 2023 · 5 Feb 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.
- Mark Bennis — met in 49 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Davian van Plateringen — met in 48 rounds, finished ahead 29 times
- Jonas van Lier — met in 48 rounds, finished ahead 11 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.44 away.
- A sub-30 4×4 single — 2,388 people have one; it is 6.13 away.
Targets move as he improves.