People · Netherlands
Rijk de Groot
2×2 · top 18.3% of 186,767 all-time · competing since September 2024 · 2024GROO04
Rijk de Groot has been competing for 2 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 3.34, set at Start in Veenendaal 2025, puts him in the top 18.3% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 412th in the Netherlands. Across 9 competitions since September 2024, he has put 217 official solves on the record across ten events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 70% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 30.49 in September 2024 to 18.09, a 41% improvement. Rijk has entered nine competitions, more competitions than 91% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Netherlands | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 3.34 | 6.89 | top 18.3% | 412 / 1,665 | |
| Skewb | 6.06 | 18.42 | top 26.2% | 286 / 957 | |
| 3×3 | 18.09 | 21.28 | top 34.4% | 945 / 2,294 | |
| Pyraminx | 8.43 | 16.03 | top 39.9% | 631 / 1,283 | |
| 4×4 | 1:13.36 | 1:28.04 | top 50.1% | 489 / 1,000 | |
| Clock | 16.43 | 19.08 | top 53.4% | 251 / 466 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 41.71 | 50.99 | top 67.7% | 467 / 726 | |
| 5×5 | 2:50.70 | 3:21.18 | top 74.9% | 399 / 532 | |
| Square-1 | 52.60 | — | early days — 2 solves | 301 / 407 | |
| Megaminx | 3:25.62 | — | early days — 3 solves | 379 / 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
- 5 Sep 2025Three personal bests in one day at Rubik's Dutch Nationals 2025.
- 23 Aug 2025Three personal bests in one day at Breda Open 2025.
- 19 Jul 2025Three personal bests in one day at Eat Sleep Cube Repeat Leersum 2025.
- 22 Mar 2025First sub-20 3×3: 19.09 at Start in Veenendaal 2025.
- 22 Mar 2025Four personal bests in one day at Start in Veenendaal 2025.
- 8 Feb 2025Three personal bests in one day at Leersum Squared 2025.
Competitions
- Cubing in Oud IJsselmuiden 2025 · 20 Dec 2025
- Rubik's Dutch Nationals 2025 · 5 Sep 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Breda Open 2025 · 23 Aug 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Eat Sleep Cube Repeat Leersum 2025 · 19 Jul 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Quick 'n Slick Meppel 2025 · 17 May 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Start in Veenendaal 2025 · 22 Mar 2025 — 4 personal bests set
- Leersum Squared 2025 · 8 Feb 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Alphen Cubing 2025 · 19 Jan 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Heerenveen Open 2024 · 15 Sep 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.
- Sieb van Geel — met in 54 rounds, finished ahead once
- Anja Strydom — met in 53 rounds, finished ahead once
- Hugo Garstman — met in 50 rounds, finished ahead twice
Next targets
- A sub-3 2×2 single — 26,570 people have one; it is 0.34 away.
- A sub-6 Skewb single — 18,841 people have one; it is 0.06 away.
Targets move as he improves.