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Pepijn Huigen
3×3 · top 3.9% of 284,439 all-time · competing since October 2013 · 2013HUIG01
Pepijn Huigen has been competing for 13 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.56, set at Arnhem Open B 2024, puts him in the top 3.9% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 109th in the Netherlands. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 7 competitions since October 2013, he has put 224 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 79% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 36.19 in October 2013 to 8.56, a 76% improvement. Pepijn has entered seven competitions, more competitions than 88% 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 | 8.56 | 9.70 | top 3.9% | 109 / 2,294 | |
| 2×2 | 2.40 | 4.41 | top 8.0% | 170 / 1,665 | |
| 4×4 | 38.27 | 45.02 | top 10.1% | 86 / 1,000 | |
| 5×5 | 1:09.11 | 1:21.83 | top 11.0% | 50 / 532 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 19.34 | 22.12 | top 18.8% | 114 / 726 | |
| Pyraminx | 6.50 | 8.84 | top 23.8% | 424 / 1,283 | |
| 6×6 | 2:39.78 | — | early days — 3 solves | 66 / 205 | |
| Megaminx | 1:42.24 | 2:01.74 | top 35.9% | 153 / 414 |
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
- 26 Oct 2024Four personal bests in one day at Dutch Open 2024.
- 24 Mar 2024First sub-10 3×3: 9.33 at Arnhem Open B 2024.
- 24 Mar 2024Five personal bests in one day at Arnhem Open B 2024.
- 27 Sep 2015First sub-20 3×3: 12.62 at Dutch Nationals 2015.
- 27 Sep 2015First sub-15 3×3: 12.62 at Dutch Nationals 2015.
- 27 Sep 2015Three personal bests in one day at Dutch Nationals 2015.
Competitions
- Breda Open 2025 · 23 Aug 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Dutch Open 2024 · 26 Oct 2024 — 4 personal bests set
- Arnhem Open B 2024 · 24 Mar 2024 — 5 personal bests set
- Dutch Winter North 2024 · 14 Jan 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Dutch Nationals 2015 · 27 Sep 2015 — 3 personal bests set
- 2 AVG competition 2014 · 2 Feb 2014 — 5 personal bests set
- Amstelveen Open 2013 · 13 Oct 2013
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.
- Ron van Bruchem — met in 45 rounds, finished ahead 34 times
- Pablito Poye — met in 32 rounds, finished ahead 15 times
- Robin Verstraten — met in 29 rounds, finished ahead 10 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.56 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.40 away.
Targets move as he improves.