People · Netherlands
Rodney van den Velden
Pyraminx · top 1.0% of 129,321 all-time · competing since January 2018 · 2018VELD01
Rodney van den Velden has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 1.94, set at Cube Weekend Sint Michielsgestel 2019, puts him in the top 1.0% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 28th in the Netherlands. Until July 2011, no official Pyraminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 19 competitions since January 2018, he has put 891 official solves on the record across twelve events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 66% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 20.21 in January 2018 to 12.20, a 40% improvement. Rodney has entered 19 competitions, more competitions than 97% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Netherlands | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pyraminx | 1.94 | 7.68 | top 1.0% | 28 / 1,283 | |
| 2×2 | 2.74 | 4.50 | top 11.4% | 238 / 1,665 | |
| Skewb | 4.08 | 7.32 | top 11.4% | 109 / 957 | |
| 3×3 | 12.20 | 14.60 | top 14.6% | 410 / 2,294 | |
| 4×4 | 45.07 | 51.80 | top 18.4% | 170 / 1,000 | |
| 5×5 | 1:31.79 | 1:41.20 | top 28.8% | 144 / 532 | |
| Clock | 11.81 | 15.51 | top 34.0% | 168 / 466 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 26.51 | 36.49 | top 38.1% | 255 / 726 | |
| Megaminx | 2:10.97 | — | top 51.7% | 222 / 414 | |
| 6×6 | 3:29.70 | 3:38.15 | top 54.5% | 124 / 205 | |
| 7×7 | 5:12.49 | 5:22.55 | top 54.6% | 105 / 169 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 48 moves | — | early days — 2 solves | 129 / 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
Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 21 Sep 2019Three personal bests in one day at Dutch Nationals 2019.
- 6 Apr 2019Three personal bests in one day at Dutch Masters 2019.
- 22 Mar 2019Three personal bests in one day at Cube Weekend Sint Michielsgestel 2019.
- 5 Jan 2019Three personal bests in one day at Happy New Year Cubing Nijmegen 2019.
- 10 Nov 2018Three personal bests in one day at Meppel Open 2018.
- 22 Sep 2018Seven personal bests in one day at Dutch Nationals 2018.
Competitions
- Hoorn Open 2022 · 2 Jul 2022
- Dutch Masters 2022 · 21 May 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- Dutch Nationals 2019 · 21 Sep 2019 — 3 personal bests set
- Hoogland Open 2019 · 16 Aug 2019
- Star Cubing Nijmegen 2019 · 29 Jun 2019
- Breda Open 2019 · 8 Jun 2019
- Dutch Masters 2019 · 6 Apr 2019 — 3 personal bests set
- Cube Weekend Sint Michielsgestel 2019 · 22 Mar 2019 — 3 personal bests set
- Haarlem Cubing 2019 · 10 Feb 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Happy New Year Cubing Nijmegen 2019 · 5 Jan 2019 — 3 personal bests set
- Rijswijk Open 2018 · 15 Dec 2018 — 1 personal best set
- Meppel Open 2018 · 10 Nov 2018 — 3 personal bests set
- Dutch Nationals 2018 · 22 Sep 2018 — 7 personal bests set
- Zwolle Open 2018 · 17 Aug 2018 — 3 personal bests set
- Veenendaal Open 2018 · 23 Jun 2018 — 5 personal bests set
- Breda Open 2018 · 19 May 2018 — 3 personal bests set
- Cube Weekend St. Michielsgestel 2018 · 24 Mar 2018 — 5 personal bests set
- Assen Open 2018 · 3 Mar 2018 — 4 personal bests set
- Happy New Year Cubing Dordrecht 2018 · 5 Jan 2018 — 1 personal best set
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.
- Daniël Kassab — met in 182 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
- Ron van Bruchem — met in 180 rounds, finished ahead 80 times
- Mark Bennis — met in 171 rounds, finished ahead 17 times
Next targets
- A sub-1 Pyraminx single — 49 people have one; it is 0.94 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.74 away.
Targets move as he improves.