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Luc Engelen

Pyraminx · top 14.2% of 129,321 all-time · competing since May 2022 · 2022ENGE01

Luc Engelen has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 5.16, set at Leersum Open 2026, puts him in the top 14.2% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 236th in the Netherlands. Across 25 competitions since May 2022, he has put 670 official solves on the record across ten events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 56% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 19.64 in May 2022 to 12.82, a 35% improvement. Luc has entered 25 competitions, more competitions than 98% of everyone who has ever competed.

Pyraminx
best event — top 14.2% of 129,321 all-time
5.16
signature single · Leersum Open 2026
670
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 56% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingNetherlands
Pyraminx5.167.69
top 14.2%236 / 1,283
Skewb4.5412.45
top 14.8%145 / 957
3×312.8217.20
top 16.8%491 / 2,294
2×23.466.06
top 19.7%450 / 1,665
4×453.671:04.02
top 29.2%277 / 1,000
Clock13.3416.15
top 41.1%200 / 466
5×52:07.462:29.85
top 53.9%275 / 532
Megaminx2:38.20—
top 65.2%286 / 414
3×3 one-handed45.391:00.76
top 72.0%507 / 726
3×3 Fewest Moves73 moves—
early days — 1 solve165 / 167

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: 19.64Hoorn Open 2022: 21.78Dutch Autumn 2022: 20.12Westfries Open 2022: 19.19Belgian Nationals 2022: 20.47Dutch Nationals 2022: 16.55Alphen Cubing 2023: 18.05Kampen Open 2023: 20.00Ermelo Cubing B 2023: 19.69Capelle Cubing 2023: 16.65Amsterdam Open 2023: 17.95Dutch Autumn 2023: 15.51Dutch Nationals 2023: 16.50Dutch Winter South 2024: 17.09Arnhem Open A 2024: 17.72Heerenveen Open 2024: 16.14Dutch Nationals 2024: 14.37Christmas Cubing Breda 2024: 16.84Start in Veenendaal 2025: 15.92Lente in Lent 2025: 15.90Arnhem Open 2025: 14.18Rubik's Dutch Nationals 2025: 19.03Leersum Open 2026: 15.70Amsterdam Open 2026: 12.8212.8221.7821 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-5 Pyraminx single — 17,019 people have one; it is 0.16 away.
  • A sub-4 Skewb single — 7,977 people have one; it is 0.54 away.

Targets move as he improves.