People · Netherlands
Léon Nieuwstad
Pyraminx · top 23.2% of 129,321 all-time · competing since March 2023 · 2023NIEU01
Léon Nieuwstad has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 6.42, set at Leersum Open 2026, puts him in the top 23.2% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 409th in the Netherlands. Across 15 competitions since March 2023, he has put 196 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 16% around a typical one; 90% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 41.37 in March 2023 to 21.19, a 49% improvement. He has entered 15 competitions, more competitions than 95% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Netherlands | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pyraminx | 6.42 | 12.31 | top 23.2% | 409 / 1,283 | |
| 3×3 | 21.19 | 28.88 | top 43.2% | 1,148 / 2,294 | |
| 2×2 | 5.97 | 7.97 | top 50.6% | 1,012 / 1,665 | |
| Square-1 | 35.65 | 42.93 | top 59.5% | 227 / 407 | |
| 4×4 | 1:53.26 | 2:11.73 | top 78.5% | 773 / 1,000 | |
| Clock | 30.87 | — | early days — 3 solves | 391 / 466 | |
| Megaminx | 3:43.73 | — | early days — 2 solves | 391 / 414 | |
| 5×5 | 4:23.42 | — | early days — 2 solves | 515 / 532 |
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
- 23 Sep 2023First sub-30 3×3: 23.98 at Dutch Autumn 2023.
- 11 Mar 2023First competition: Kampen Open 2023. A 41.37 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Amsterdam Open 2026 · 22 Feb 2026
- Leersum Open 2026 · 10 Jan 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Lente in Lent 2025 · 12 Apr 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Start in Veenendaal 2025 · 22 Mar 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Leersum Squared 2025 · 8 Feb 2025
- Dutch Nationals 2024 · 15 Nov 2024
- Dutch Open 2024 · 26 Oct 2024
- Lente Spring 2024 · 7 Apr 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Dutch Winter South 2024 · 13 Jan 2024
- Leersum Algs 2024 · 5 Jan 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Dutch Nationals 2023 · 25 Nov 2023
- Dutch Autumn 2023 · 23 Sep 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Amsterdam Open 2023 · 10 Sep 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Ermelo Cubing A 2023 · 22 Apr 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Kampen Open 2023 · 11 Mar 2023
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.
- Ivo Stoutjesdijk — met in 49 rounds, never finished ahead
- Vincent Chan — met in 46 rounds, never finished ahead
- Sebastiano Tronto — met in 44 rounds, finished ahead twice
Next targets
- A sub-6 Pyraminx single — 25,870 people have one; it is 0.42 away.
- A sub-20 3×3 single — 113,584 people have one; it is 1.19 away.
Targets move as he improves.