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Pauline Heesterman

Pyraminx · top 31.2% of 129,321 all-time · competing since April 2022 · 2022HEES01

Pauline Heesterman has been competing for 4 years. Her best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 7.41, set at Ermelo Cubing B 2023, puts her in the top 31.2% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 533rd in the Netherlands. Across 36 competitions since April 2022, she has put 672 official solves on the record across eleven events. Solve to solve, her 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 67% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. Her 3×3 best has come down from 28.94 in April 2022 to 18.58, a 36% improvement. Pauline has entered 36 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

Pyraminx
best event — top 31.2% of 129,321 all-time
7.41
signature single · Ermelo Cubing B 2023
672
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 67% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingNetherlands
Pyraminx7.4112.41
top 31.2%533 / 1,283
2×24.729.21
top 35.8%794 / 1,665
3×318.5823.09
top 35.9%976 / 2,294
Skewb9.4913.83
top 51.7%534 / 957
4×41:17.461:29.86
top 53.8%523 / 1,000
5×52:48.01—
top 73.9%390 / 532
Clock24.3926.44
top 75.6%330 / 466
Megaminx3:40.04—
early days — 1 solve388 / 414
6×67:10.28—
early days — 1 solve203 / 205
3×3 one-handed1:48.05—
early days — 1 solve714 / 726
Square-11:54.41—
early days — 1 solve400 / 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

Dutch Spring 2022: 28.94Annuntia Saturday Open 2022: 31.33Dutch Masters 2022: 32.15Hoorn Open 2022: 30.29Dutch Autumn 2022: 24.52Westfries Open 2022: 30.50Belgian Nationals 2022: 28.12Gijzegem Open 2022: 24.19Dutch Nationals 2022: 26.53Alphen Cubing 2023: 29.09Kampen Open 2023: 24.18Ermelo Cubing B 2023: 23.76Capelle Cubing 2023: 26.72Amsterdam Open 2023: 24.50Dutch Autumn 2023: 29.01Belgian Nationals 2023: 22.18Dutch Nationals 2023: 24.93Take Your Time Ermelo 2023: 24.52Leersum Algs 2024: 19.61Dutch Winter South 2024: 20.67German Open 2024: 21.45Bigger in Breda 2024: 22.25Capelle Cubing 2024: 22.45Warm Up Portugalete 2024: 22.03Rubik's WCA European Championship 2024: 25.50Dutch Open 2024: 18.58Dutch Nationals 2024: 21.73Christmas Cubing Breda 2024: 22.99Start in Veenendaal 2025: 23.03Lente in Lent 2025: 20.76Breda Open 2025: 19.39Rubik's Dutch Nationals 2025: 22.99Pakje Open in Lent 2025: 23.55Classic Cubing Capelle 2026: 21.40Rubik's WCA European Championship 2026: 22.1818.5832.1517 Apr 202216 Jul 2026

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 her.

Next targets

  • A sub-6 Pyraminx single — 25,870 people have one; it is 1.41 away.
  • A sub-4 2×2 single — 49,452 people have one; it is 0.72 away.

Targets move as she improves.