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Loes van der Zanden

3×3 · top 99.7% of 284,439 all-time · competing since October 2008 · 2008ZAND01

Loes van der Zanden has been competing for 18 years. Her best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 2:27.52, set at Dutch Nationals 2009, puts her in the top 99.7% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,290th in the Netherlands. Across 2 competitions since October 2008, she has put 9 official solves on the record across one event. Her 3×3 best has come down from 2:47.36 in October 2008 to 2:27.52, a 12% improvement. Loes has entered two competitions.

3×3
best event — top 99.7% of 284,439 all-time
2:27.52
signature single · Dutch Nationals 2009
9
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingNetherlands
3×32:27.523:27.63
top 99.7%2,290 / 2,294

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 Open 2008: 2:47.36Dutch Nationals 2009: 2:27.522:27.522:47.3618 Oct 200814 Nov 2009

Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.

The story so far

  • 18 Oct 2008First competition: Dutch Open 2008. A 2:47.36 3×3 single to start from.

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.

Next targets

  • A sub-2:00 3×3 single — 282,609 people have one; it is 27.52 away.

Targets move as she improves.