People · Netherlands
Mark de Graaf
Pyraminx · top 9.1% of 130,891 all-time · competing since February 2020 · 2020GRAA01
Mark de Graaf has been competing for 7 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 4.28, set at Dutch Spring 2022, puts him in the top 9.1% of the 130,891 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 151st in the Netherlands. Until September 2006, no official Pyraminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 4 competitions since February 2020, he has put 110 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one, an early reading from 6 counted rounds. Mark has entered four competitions, more competitions than 78% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Netherlands | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pyraminx | 4.28 | 9.98 | top 9.1% | 151 / 1,296 | |
| 3×3 | 12.35 | 13.88 | top 15.2% | 437 / 2,318 | |
| 2×2 | 3.31 | 5.45 | top 18.0% | 408 / 1,680 | |
| 4×4 | 52.29 | 56.89 | top 27.6% | 265 / 1,009 | |
| Skewb | 9.63 | 12.66 | top 52.7% | 549 / 968 | |
| 5×5 | 2:15.61 | — | top 58.7% | 313 / 542 | |
| Square-1 | 1:17.56 | — | early days — 1 solve | 376 / 407 |
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
- 17 Apr 2022Three personal bests in one day at Dutch Spring 2022.
- 19 Sep 2020Four personal bests in one day at Veenendaal Open 2020.
- 1 Feb 2020First competition: Dutch Masters 2020.
Competitions
- Dutch Autumn 2022 · 25 Sep 2022 — 1 personal best set
- Dutch Spring 2022 · 17 Apr 2022 — 3 personal bests set
- Veenendaal Open 2020 · 19 Sep 2020 — 4 personal bests set
- Dutch Masters 2020 · 1 Feb 2020
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.
- Ole Meindersma — met in 24 rounds, finished ahead once
- Daniël Kassab — met in 24 rounds, never finished ahead
- Robin Verstraten — met in 24 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-4 Pyraminx single — 10,050 people have one; it is 0.28 away.
- A sub-12 3×3 single — 40,277 people have one; it is 0.35 away.
Targets move as he improves.