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Raphael Eduardo Kuijpers

4×4 · top 1.7% of 85,040 all-time · competing since April 2022 · 2022KUIJ01

Raphael Eduardo Kuijpers has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 4×4: a personal-best single of 27.83, set at Beveren Sunday Open 2025, puts him in the top 1.7% of the 85,040 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 7th in Belgium. Until April 2012, no official 4×4 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 48 competitions since April 2022, he has put 1,841 official solves on the record across eleven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 57% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 9.58 in April 2022 to 7.37, a 23% improvement. Raphael has entered 48 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

4×4
best event — top 1.7% of 85,040 all-time
27.83
signature single · Beveren Sunday Open 2025
1,841
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 57% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingBelgium
4×427.8331.80
top 1.7%7 / 464
3×37.379.21
top 1.8%25 / 1,113
2×21.723.36
top 3.2%35 / 783
Pyraminx3.416.49
top 5.1%34 / 605
5×51:03.491:12.85
top 7.6%15 / 253
Skewb5.439.04
top 21.5%97 / 401
Square-119.2728.19
top 26.3%28 / 161
Megaminx1:34.941:44.64
top 31.4%54 / 203
3×3 one-handed25.2129.28
top 34.9%102 / 314
6×63:07.553:18.18
top 44.5%43 / 123
Clock17.0222.47
top 55.6%110 / 188

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

Annuntia Saturday Open 2022: 9.58Brugge Saturday Open 2022: 11.41Rubik's WCA European Championship 2022: 9.52Trentin Open 2022: 9.59German Nationals 2022: 9.32Ganshoren Saturday Open 2022: 10.10Belgian Nationals 2022: 8.83Gijzegem Open 2022: 10.81Brent Cross Winter 2023: 10.55Brugge Open 2023: 9.13Wommelgem Open 2023: 7.98Koersel Saturday Open 2023: 9.13Voula Summer Open 2023: 10.04Visé Sunday Open 2023: 10.66Belgian Nationals 2023: 9.84Zottegem Afternoon 2023: 10.48Annuntia Sunday Open 2023: 8.69Hurlubiks Cube Mouscron 2024: 9.39Geel Beginners Sunday 2024: 8.81Brugge Beginners Open 2024: 8.82Leuven Open 2024: 9.51Wommelgem Open 2024: 8.91Warm Up Wommelgem 2024: 8.54Warm Up Portugalete 2024: 10.80Rubik's WCA European Championship 2024: 10.73Visé Open Sunday 2024: 8.40Zottegem Sunday Open 2024: 8.93Belgian Nationals 2024: 8.22Beveren Sunday Open 2024: 9.10Christmas Cubing Breda 2024: 7.77Hurlubiks Cube Mouscron 2025: 9.19Hasselt Saturday Open 2025: 9.30Brugge Beginners Open 2025: 9.39Leuven Open 2025: 8.57Sicily Summer 2025: 8.69Breda Open 2025: 10.08Visé Sunday Open 2025: 7.37Beveren Sunday Open 2025: 8.19Zottegem Open 2025: 9.04Belgian Nationals 2025: 8.42Leuven Open 2026: 9.22Hurlubik's Cube Mouscron 2026: 8.29Rubik's WCA European Championship 2026: 9.21Visé Saturday Open 2026: 9.40Zottegem Open 2026: 9.157.3711.4123 Apr 202226 Sep 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-25 4×4 single — 614 people have one; it is 2.83 away.
  • A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,419 people have one; it is 1.37 away.

Targets move as he improves.