People · Netherlands
Lionel Graaf
2×2 · top 55.6% of 189,179 all-time · competing since March 2023 · 2023GRAA02
Lionel Graaf has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 6.46, set at Capelle Cubing 2024, puts him in the top 55.6% of the 189,179 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,098th in the Netherlands. Across 10 competitions since March 2023, he has put 80 official solves on the record across three events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one; 85% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 49.77 in March 2023 to 27.22, a 45% improvement. Lionel has entered ten competitions, more competitions than 92% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Netherlands | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 6.46 | 12.73 | top 55.6% | 1,098 / 1,680 | |
| 3×3 | 27.22 | 41.25 | top 57.4% | 1,465 / 2,318 | |
| Pyraminx | 17.66 | 27.88 | top 89.2% | 1,201 / 1,296 |
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
- 19 Jan 2025First sub-30 3×3: 27.22 at Alphen Cubing 2025.
- 11 Mar 2023First competition: Kampen Open 2023. A 49.77 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Amsterdam Open 2026 · 22 Feb 2026
- Rubik's Dutch Nationals 2025 · 5 Sep 2025
- Alphen Cubing 2025 · 19 Jan 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Christmas Cubing Breda 2024 · 22 Dec 2024
- Capelle Cubing 2024 · 9 Jun 2024
- Dutch Winter South 2024 · 13 Jan 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Amsterdam Open 2023 · 10 Sep 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Capelle Cubing 2023 · 14 May 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Brugge Open 2023 · 11 Mar 2023 — 1 personal best 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.
- Laura Graaf — met in 15 rounds, finished ahead 12 times
- Dalísha van der Schoor — met in 15 rounds, never finished ahead
- Alessandro van Burken — met in 14 rounds, finished ahead once
Next targets
- A sub-6 2×2 single — 96,384 people have one; it is 0.46 away.
- A sub-25 3×3 single — 151,957 people have one; it is 2.22 away.
Targets move as he improves.