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Per Noordstrand

Skewb · top 1.0% of 73,281 all-time · competing since February 2023 · 2023NOOR02

Per Noordstrand has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the Skewb: a personal-best single of 1.85, set at Meppel Mayhem 2026, puts him in the top 1.0% of the 73,281 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 11th in the Netherlands. Until December 2014, no official Skewb solve in the world had been that fast. Across 29 competitions since February 2023, he has put 1,261 official solves on the record across 14 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 53% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 17.99 in February 2023 to 9.25, a 49% improvement. Per has entered 29 competitions, more competitions than 98% of everyone who has ever competed.

Skewb
best event — top 1.0% of 73,281 all-time
1.85
signature single · Meppel Mayhem 2026
1,261
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 53% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingNetherlands
Skewb1.853.81
top 1.0%11 / 957
Square-17.468.57
top 2.3%8 / 407
Megaminx47.4154.89
top 4.0%18 / 414
Pyraminx3.323.97
top 4.8%72 / 1,283
3×39.2511.03
top 5.5%151 / 2,294
2×22.333.00
top 7.3%155 / 1,665
Clock6.337.39
top 8.5%33 / 466
3×3 one-handed15.4020.70
top 8.9%56 / 726
4×437.6640.89
top 9.4%83 / 1,000
5×51:07.761:20.41
top 10.1%43 / 532
6×62:27.182:37.22
top 24.1%45 / 205
7×73:52.784:07.48
top 28.0%40 / 169
3×3 blindfolded2:09.45—
early days — 3 solves44 / 132
3×3 Fewest Moves38 moves44.00
top 40.9%80 / 167

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

Alphen Cubing 2023: 17.99Kampen Open 2023: 20.50Ermelo Cubing A 2023: 17.12Capelle Cubing 2023: 13.49Amsterdam Open 2023: 15.12Dutch Autumn 2023: 14.42Dutch Winter North 2024: 12.22Arnhem Open A 2024: 13.75Lente Spring 2024: 13.21Leersum Algs 24 Hours in 2024: 14.73Leersum Squared 2025: 12.39Lente in Lent 2025: 12.95Quick 'n Slick Meppel 2025: 9.67Eat Sleep Cube Repeat Leersum 2025: 11.92Small Sides Alphen 2025: 9.89Rubik's Dutch Nationals 2025: 9.34Take Your Time Ermelo 2025: 11.17Pakje Open in Lent 2025: 11.33Leersum Open 2026: 10.47Classic Cubing Capelle 2026: 11.61West-Fries Open 2026: 9.25Meppel Mayhem 2026: 9.43Rubik's WCA European Championship 2026: 10.82Capelle Chaos B 2026: 10.689.2520.505 Feb 202323 Aug 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 his.

Next targets

  • A sub-1 Skewb single — 35 people have one; it is 0.85 away.
  • A sub-6 Square-1 single — 201 people have one; it is 1.46 away.

Targets move as he improves.