People · Netherlands
Marco Nijboer
Pyraminx · top 64.9% of 129,321 all-time · competing since January 2024 · 2024NIJB01
Marco Nijboer has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 11.64, set at Freezing Fryslân 2025, puts him in the top 64.9% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 928th in the Netherlands. Across 9 competitions since January 2024, he has put 129 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one, an early reading from 7 counted rounds. That figure sets aside his 2 DNFs. His 3×3 best has come down from 1:01.75 in January 2024 to 41.82, a 32% improvement. Marco has entered nine competitions, more competitions than 91% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Netherlands | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pyraminx | 11.64 | 28.74 | top 64.9% | 928 / 1,283 | |
| 3×3 | 41.82 | 50.58 | top 78.9% | 1,893 / 2,294 | |
| 2×2 | 11.07 | 13.63 | top 81.7% | 1,453 / 1,665 | |
| Skewb | 18.45 | 21.02 | top 87.0% | 857 / 957 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 1:24.12 | — | early days — 3 solves | 689 / 726 | |
| Clock | 42.19 | — | early days — 1 solve | 444 / 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
- 15 Nov 2024Three personal bests in one day at Dutch Nationals 2024.
- 23 Mar 2024First sub-60 3×3: 46.50 at Arnhem Open A 2024.
- 14 Jan 2024First competition: Dutch Winter North 2024. A 1:01.75 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Rubik's WCA European Championship 2026 · 16 Jul 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Meppel Mayhem 2026 · 30 May 2026
- Freezing Fryslân 2025 · 21 Dec 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Rubik's Dutch Nationals 2025 · 5 Sep 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Quick 'n Slick Meppel 2025 · 17 May 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Dutch Nationals 2024 · 15 Nov 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Heerenveen Open 2024 · 15 Sep 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Arnhem Open A 2024 · 23 Mar 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Dutch Winter North 2024 · 14 Jan 2024
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.
- Talitha Nijboer — met in 30 rounds, never finished ahead
- Daniël Kassab — met in 27 rounds, never finished ahead
- Marc Dullemond — met in 27 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-10 Pyraminx single — 68,530 people have one; it is 1.64 away.
- A sub-40 3×3 single — 218,634 people have one; it is 1.82 away.
Targets move as he improves.