People · Netherlands
Martijn van 't Zelfde
Pyraminx · top 4.7% of 129,321 all-time · competing since December 2017 · 2017ZELF01
Martijn van 't Zelfde has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 3.30, set at Ermelo Cubing B 2023, puts him in the top 4.7% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 71st in the Netherlands. Until February 2008, no official Pyraminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 15 competitions since December 2017, he has put 474 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 59% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 33.22 in December 2017 to 12.37, a 63% improvement. Martijn has entered 15 competitions, more competitions than 95% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Netherlands | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pyraminx | 3.30 | 6.36 | top 4.7% | 71 / 1,283 | |
| 2×2 | 2.38 | 4.29 | top 7.8% | 163 / 1,665 | |
| 3×3 | 12.37 | 16.10 | top 15.2% | 435 / 2,294 | |
| Skewb | 4.90 | 8.15 | top 17.4% | 181 / 957 | |
| Square-1 | 22.75 | 31.09 | top 34.2% | 124 / 407 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 30.45 | 41.31 | top 47.7% | 324 / 726 | |
| 4×4 | 1:18.68 | 1:29.31 | top 54.8% | 530 / 1,000 | |
| Clock | 23.16 | — | early days — 2 solves | 322 / 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
- 29 Feb 2020Three personal bests in one day at Star Cubing Nijmegen 2020.
- 4 Jan 2020Three personal bests in one day at Happy New Year Cubing Hoorn 2020.
- 12 Oct 2019First sub-15 3×3: 14.50 at Dutch Open 2019.
- 10 Feb 2019First sub-20 3×3: 15.96 at Haarlem Cubing 2019.
- 10 Feb 2019Three personal bests in one day at Haarlem Cubing 2019.
- 10 Nov 2018First sub-30 3×3: 20.90 at Meppel Open 2018.
Competitions
- Dutch Open 2023 · 3 Jun 2023
- Ermelo Cubing B 2023 · 23 Apr 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Hoorn Open 2022 · 2 Jul 2022
- Dutch Masters 2022 · 21 May 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- Dutch Spring 2022 · 17 Apr 2022 — 1 personal best set
- Star Cubing Nijmegen 2020 · 29 Feb 2020 — 3 personal bests set
- Dutch Masters 2020 · 1 Feb 2020 — 1 personal best set
- Happy New Year Cubing Hoorn 2020 · 4 Jan 2020 — 3 personal bests set
- Rijswijk Open 2019 · 8 Dec 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Dutch Open 2019 · 12 Oct 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Dutch Nationals 2019 · 21 Sep 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Dutch Masters 2019 · 6 Apr 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Haarlem Cubing 2019 · 10 Feb 2019 — 3 personal bests set
- Meppel Open 2018 · 10 Nov 2018 — 1 personal best set
- Marathon Open 2017 · 16 Dec 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.
- Olivier Vos — met in 91 rounds, finished ahead 13 times
- Gijs Peletier — met in 85 rounds, finished ahead 13 times
- Daniël Kassab — met in 85 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
Next targets
- A sub-3 Pyraminx single — 4,700 people have one; it is 0.30 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.38 away.
Targets move as he improves.