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Luuk van Gastel

3×3 · top 1.3% of 288,433 all-time · competing since April 2019 · 2019GAST01

Luuk van Gastel has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 6.94, set at Rubik's WCA European Championship 2024, puts him in the top 1.3% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 40th in the Netherlands. Until November 2010, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 19 competitions since April 2019, he has put 836 official solves on the record across twelve events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 78% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 15.79 in April 2019 to 6.94, a 56% improvement. Luuk has entered 19 competitions, more competitions than 96% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 1.3% of 288,433 all-time
6.94
signature single · Rubik's WCA European Championship 2024
836
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 78% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingNetherlands
3×36.948.90
top 1.3%40 / 2,318
5×556.731:01.63
top 4.1%21 / 542
2×21.892.95
top 4.1%91 / 1,680
4×432.1934.48
top 4.4%35 / 1,009
Square-19.1910.67
top 4.7%19 / 407
6×61:52.191:58.95
top 8.1%20 / 208
Skewb3.566.15
top 8.1%81 / 968
Pyraminx4.225.43
top 8.8%150 / 1,296
7×73:00.433:05.16
top 10.7%17 / 171
3×3 one-handed17.7421.40
top 14.5%88 / 737
Megaminx1:10.421:20.32
top 15.9%69 / 417
Clock9.3211.03
top 21.5%99 / 479

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 2019: 15.79Hoogland Open 2019: 14.81Dutch Nationals 2019: 13.64Dutch Open 2019: 12.12Happy New Year Cubing Hoorn 2020: 12.88Dutch Masters 2020: 12.94Veenendaal Open 2020: 12.15Dutch Spring 2022: 9.20Dutch Masters 2022: 7.98Rubik's WCA European Championship 2022: 8.96Ganshoren Saturday Open 2022: 7.36Dutch Autumn 2022: 8.61Brugge Open 2023: 7.79Ermelo Cubing B 2023: 7.84Capelle Cubing 2023: 7.58Dutch Open 2023: 7.14Leersum Algs 2024: 7.16Rubik's WCA European Championship 2024: 6.94Dutch Open 2024: 8.256.9415.796 Apr 201926 Oct 2024

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-6 3×3 single — 1,419 people have one; it is 0.94 away.
  • A sub-50 5×5 single — 733 people have one; it is 6.73 away.

Targets move as he improves.