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Rick Hamburger

3×3 · top 0.3% of 284,439 all-time · competing since October 2016 · 2016HAMB01

Rick Hamburger has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 5.63, set at Leersum Squared 2025, puts him in the top 0.3% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 11th in the Netherlands. Until March 2013, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 64 competitions since October 2016, he has put 3,438 official solves on the record across 14 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 20.26 in October 2016 to 5.63, a 72% improvement. Rick has entered 64 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 0.3% of 284,439 all-time
5.63
signature single · Leersum Squared 2025
3,438
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 79% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingNetherlands
3×35.637.73
top 0.3%11 / 2,294
2×20.872.39
top 0.33%9 / 1,665
Skewb1.522.82
top 0.47%7 / 957
3×3 one-handed11.2914.83
top 2.2%16 / 726
4×429.2132.18
top 2.4%25 / 1,000
Pyraminx2.644.23
top 2.6%49 / 1,283
Square-17.7510.79
top 2.7%11 / 407
5×554.481:04.47
top 3.2%18 / 532
Megaminx1:01.881:09.50
top 11.0%44 / 414
6×62:02.742:10.78
top 12.1%25 / 205
7×73:14.363:29.15
top 14.6%23 / 169
3×3 Fewest Moves33 moves36.33
top 23.4%48 / 167
Clock9.6911.27
top 23.6%115 / 466
3×3 blindfolded3:50.08—
top 65.7%79 / 132

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 Nationals 2016: 20.26Breda Open 2017: 13.52Dutch Nationals 2017: 13.48Marathon Open 2017: 11.28Happy New Year Cubing Dordrecht 2018: 10.87Assen Open 2018: 12.00Dutch Open 2018: 10.93Meppel Open 2018: 10.94Happy New Year Cubing Nijmegen 2019: 9.86Dutch Masters 2019: 10.24Star Cubing Nijmegen 2019: 9.74Dutch Nationals 2019: 7.71Dutch Masters 2022: 7.97Hoorn Open 2022: 7.62Dutch Autumn 2022: 8.36Dutch Nationals 2022: 7.62Kampen Open 2023: 8.31Ermelo Cubing B 2023: 7.97Dutch Open 2023: 6.68Amsterdam Open 2023: 7.43Dutch Nationals 2023: 6.49Leersum Algs 2024: 6.66Dutch Winter South 2024: 8.13Arnhem Open A 2024: 7.03Lente Spring 2024: 7.15Bigger in Breda 2024: 7.84Capelle Cubing 2024: 7.73Warm Up Portugalete 2024: 6.98Rubik's WCA European Championship 2024: 7.58Leersum Algs 24 Hours in 2024: 7.03Dutch Open 2024: 6.10Dutch Nationals 2024: 7.26Christmas Cubing Breda 2024: 7.91Alphen Cubing 2025: 8.08Leersum Squared 2025: 5.63Start in Veenendaal 2025: 7.43Lente in Lent 2025: 7.40Quick 'n Slick Meppel 2025: 6.82Small Sides Alphen 2025: 7.70Rubik's Irish Championship 2025: 7.15Breda Open 2025: 6.13Rubik's Dutch Nationals 2025: 7.72Rubik's German Nationals 2025: 6.97Take Your Time Ermelo 2025: 6.43Belgian Nationals 2025: 6.70Pakje Open in Lent 2025: 7.76Cubing in Oud IJsselmuiden 2025: 7.23Freezing Fryslân 2025: 6.50Leersum Open 2026: 7.29Classic Cubing Capelle 2026: 7.47West-Fries Open 2026: 6.57Meppel Mayhem 2026: 7.93Rubik's WCA European Championship 2026: 7.365.6320.261 Oct 201616 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 his.

Next targets

  • A sub-5 3×3 single — 344 people have one; it is 0.63 away.
  • A sub-1 Skewb single — 35 people have one; it is 0.52 away.

Targets move as he improves.