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Koen Rijpkema

3×3 · top 1.5% of 284,439 all-time · competing since May 2022 · 2022RIJP01

Koen Rijpkema has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 7.13, set at Amsterdam Open 2026, puts him in the top 1.5% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 49th in the Netherlands. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 17 competitions since May 2022, he has put 693 official solves on the record across 13 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 58% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 10.53 in May 2022 to 7.13, a 32% improvement. Koen has entered 17 competitions, more competitions than 96% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 1.5% of 284,439 all-time
7.13
signature single · Amsterdam Open 2026
693
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 58% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingNetherlands
3×37.139.07
top 1.5%49 / 2,294
2×22.123.76
top 5.6%121 / 1,665
4×435.3043.73
top 7.0%54 / 1,000
5×51:11.511:18.92
top 12.7%59 / 532
3×3 one-handed17.2819.96
top 13.3%77 / 726
Pyraminx5.286.81
top 14.9%252 / 1,283
7×73:58.414:12.63
top 30.1%48 / 169
Skewb6.5710.19
top 30.3%330 / 957
6×62:42.552:49.48
top 32.1%70 / 205
Clock14.4418.88
top 45.7%219 / 466
Square-129.3637.23
top 48.2%184 / 407
3×3 blindfolded2:50.19—
top 49.7%57 / 132
Megaminx2:07.52—
top 49.8%213 / 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

Dutch Masters 2022: 10.53Hoorn Open 2022: 10.88Dutch Autumn 2022: 10.48Dutch Nationals 2022: 9.38Alphen Cubing 2023: 8.73Ermelo Cubing A 2023: 8.18Capelle Cubing 2023: 8.13Dutch Open 2023: 8.34Amsterdam Open 2023: 8.68Dutch Nationals 2023: 8.26Take Your Time Ermelo 2023: 8.09Leersum Algs 2024: 8.01Dutch Winter South 2024: 8.12Arnhem Open B 2024: 8.36Bigger in Breda 2024: 8.42Beveren Sunday Open 2024: 7.85Amsterdam Open 2026: 7.137.1310.8821 May 202222 Feb 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 — 1,376 people have one; it is 1.13 away.
  • A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.12 away.

Targets move as he improves.