People · Netherlands
Raf Wijngaards
3×3 · top 14.2% of 284,439 all-time · competing since November 2024 · 2024WIJN02
Raf Wijngaards has been competing for a year. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 12.09, set at Breda Open 2026, puts him in the top 14.2% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 400th in the Netherlands. Across 4 competitions since November 2024, he has put 77 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, an early reading from 8 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 29.26 in November 2024 to 12.09, a 59% improvement. Raf has entered four competitions, more competitions than 78% 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 | 12.09 | 14.39 | top 14.2% | 400 / 2,294 | |
| Skewb | 5.12 | 7.79 | top 19.1% | 198 / 957 | |
| 2×2 | 4.23 | 7.28 | top 29.5% | 664 / 1,665 | |
| Pyraminx | 8.00 | 10.71 | top 36.2% | 592 / 1,283 | |
| 4×4 | 1:08.67 | 1:24.21 | top 45.5% | 443 / 1,000 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 32.62 | 1:01.25 | top 52.5% | 364 / 726 |
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
- 18 Apr 2026Four personal bests in one day at Breda Open 2026.
- 6 Dec 2025First sub-15 3×3: 13.09 at Pakje Open in Lent 2025.
- 5 Sep 2025First sub-20 3×3: 18.91 at Rubik's Dutch Nationals 2025.
- 15 Nov 2024First competition: Dutch Nationals 2024. A 29.26 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Breda Open 2026 · 18 Apr 2026 — 4 personal bests set
- Pakje Open in Lent 2025 · 6 Dec 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Rubik's Dutch Nationals 2025 · 5 Sep 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Dutch Nationals 2024 · 15 Nov 2024
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.
- Tristan Paulussen — met in 17 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Veerle Melis — met in 17 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Sebastiano Tronto — met in 17 rounds, finished ahead once
Next targets
- A sub-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 0.09 away.
- A sub-5 Skewb single — 13,285 people have one; it is 0.12 away.
Targets move as he improves.