People · Netherlands
Nils Derksen
3×3 · top 5.6% of 284,439 all-time · competing since February 2025 · 2025DERK01
Nils Derksen has been competing for a year. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.30, set at Rubik's Dutch Nationals 2025, puts him in the top 5.6% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 155th in the Netherlands. Until February 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 9 competitions since February 2025, he has put 191 official solves on the record across three events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 73% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 15.27 in February 2025 to 9.30, a 39% improvement. Nils 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 9.30 | 11.76 | top 5.6% | 155 / 2,294 | |
| 2×2 | 2.90 | 4.26 | top 13.1% | 286 / 1,665 | |
| 4×4 | 1:21.14 | 1:29.33 | top 56.9% | 549 / 1,000 |
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
- 5 Sep 2025First sub-10 3×3: 9.30 at Rubik's Dutch Nationals 2025.
- 10 Aug 2025Three personal bests in one day at Little LeideNxN 2025.
- 22 Mar 2025First sub-15 3×3: 13.93 at Start in Veenendaal 2025.
- 8 Feb 2025First competition: Leersum Squared 2025. A 16.59 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Capelle Chaos A 2026 · 22 Aug 2026
- Breda Open 2026 · 18 Apr 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Amsterdam Open 2026 · 22 Feb 2026
- Freezing Fryslân 2025 · 21 Dec 2025
- Rubik's Dutch Nationals 2025 · 5 Sep 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Little LeideNxN 2025 · 10 Aug 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Lente in Lent 2025 · 12 Apr 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Start in Veenendaal 2025 · 22 Mar 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Leersum Squared 2025 · 8 Feb 2025 — 1 personal best set
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.
- Veerle Melis — met in 37 rounds, finished ahead 12 times
- Sebastiano Tronto — met in 35 rounds, finished ahead once
- Tristan Paulussen — met in 32 rounds, finished ahead 18 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.30 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.90 away.
Targets move as he improves.