People · Netherlands
Luca Stalpers
2×2 · top 2.8% of 186,767 all-time · competing since September 2017 · 2017STAL02
Luca Stalpers has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.64, set at Veenendaal Open 2018, puts him in the top 2.8% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 64th in the Netherlands. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 18 competitions since September 2017, he has put 924 official solves on the record across 16 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one; 82% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 23.89 in September 2017 to 8.01, a 66% improvement. Luca has entered 18 competitions, more competitions than 96% 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 | 1.64 | 3.39 | top 2.8% | 64 / 1,665 | |
| 3×3 | 8.01 | 10.09 | top 2.8% | 83 / 2,294 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 13.72 | 18.47 | top 5.6% | 35 / 726 | |
| 4×4 | 35.63 | 38.74 | top 7.3% | 57 / 1,000 | |
| 5×5 | 1:04.60 | 1:10.76 | top 8.1% | 38 / 532 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 50.28 | 1:15.03 | top 10.0% | 7 / 132 | |
| Skewb | 3.90 | 5.35 | top 10.2% | 99 / 957 | |
| Megaminx | 1:04.40 | 1:07.49 | top 12.3% | 51 / 414 | |
| Square-1 | 13.71 | 16.54 | top 13.5% | 42 / 407 | |
| Pyraminx | 5.10 | 6.40 | top 13.8% | 229 / 1,283 | |
| 6×6 | 2:15.49 | 2:28.53 | top 18.2% | 33 / 205 | |
| 7×7 | 3:26.69 | 3:43.10 | top 18.6% | 27 / 169 | |
| 3×3 Multi-Blind | 11 of 13 cubes · 50:02 | — | top 19.3% | 9 / 44 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 33 moves | 42.33 | top 23.4% | 48 / 167 | |
| 4×4 blindfolded | 5:25.71 | — | early days — 1 solve | 5 / 22 | |
| Clock | 13.32 | 15.75 | top 41.0% | 199 / 466 |
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
- 22 Oct 2022Three personal bests in one day at Westfries Open 2022.
- 21 May 2022Three personal bests in one day at Dutch Masters 2022.
- 4 Jan 2020Five personal bests in one day at Happy New Year Cubing Hoorn 2020.
- 21 Sep 2019Seven personal bests in one day at Dutch Nationals 2019.
- 3 May 2019Six personal bests in one day at Mental Breakdown Capelle 2019.
- 10 Nov 2018First sub-10 3×3: 9.48 at Meppel Open 2018.
Competitions
- Dutch Nationals 2022 · 26 Nov 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- Westfries Open 2022 · 22 Oct 2022 — 3 personal bests set
- Hoorn Open 2022 · 2 Jul 2022 — 1 personal best set
- Dutch Masters 2022 · 21 May 2022 — 3 personal bests set
- Veenendaal Open 2020 · 19 Sep 2020 — 1 personal best set
- Star Cubing Nijmegen 2020 · 29 Feb 2020 — 1 personal best set
- Happy New Year Cubing Hoorn 2020 · 4 Jan 2020 — 5 personal bests set
- Dutch Nationals 2019 · 21 Sep 2019 — 7 personal bests set
- Star Cubing Nijmegen 2019 · 29 Jun 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Mental Breakdown Capelle 2019 · 3 May 2019 — 6 personal bests set
- FMC Europe 2019 · 23 Mar 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Meppel Open 2018 · 10 Nov 2018 — 4 personal bests set
- Dutch Nationals 2018 · 22 Sep 2018 — 8 personal bests set
- Veenendaal Open 2018 · 23 Jun 2018 — 5 personal bests set
- Breda Open 2018 · 19 May 2018 — 9 personal bests set
- Assen Open 2018 · 3 Mar 2018 — 4 personal bests set
- Happy New Year Cubing Dordrecht 2018 · 5 Jan 2018 — 4 personal bests set
- Dutch Nationals 2017 · 23 Sep 2017
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.
- Daniël Kassab — met in 189 rounds, finished ahead 69 times
- Olivier Vos — met in 189 rounds, finished ahead 43 times
- Vincent Chan — met in 159 rounds, finished ahead 105 times
Next targets
- A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.64 away.
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.01 away.
Targets move as he improves.