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Roel Hoogeveen

2×2 · top 1.0% of 186,767 all-time · competing since January 2019 · 2019HOOG01

Roel Hoogeveen has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.20, set at Leersum Algs 2024, puts him in the top 1.0% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 29th in the Netherlands. Until November 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 45 competitions since January 2019, he has put 2,251 official solves on the record across 14 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 88% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 17.03 in January 2019 to 7.70, a 55% improvement. Roel has entered 45 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 1.0% of 186,767 all-time
1.20
signature single · Leersum Algs 2024
2,251
official solves on the record
11%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 88% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingNetherlands
2×21.203.05
top 1.0%29 / 1,665
3×37.708.95
top 2.3%67 / 2,294
Pyraminx2.695.63
top 2.7%51 / 1,283
Skewb3.524.82
top 7.9%78 / 957
4×438.9143.19
top 10.9%92 / 1,000
3×3 one-handed17.1520.15
top 13.0%71 / 726
Clock8.579.99
top 17.8%77 / 466
5×51:19.521:28.95
top 18.7%91 / 532
Megaminx1:27.441:46.48
top 26.5%113 / 414
3×3 Fewest Moves34 moves40.33
top 26.7%55 / 167
Square-121.1430.80
top 30.5%106 / 407
6×63:04.283:16.07
top 43.1%95 / 205
7×74:43.705:17.17
top 45.6%75 / 169
3×3 blindfolded7:20.10—
early days — 1 solve123 / 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

Happy New Year Cubing Nijmegen 2019: 17.03Haarlem Cubing 2019: 16.29Dutch Masters 2019: 12.53Breda Open 2019: 12.07Hoogland Open 2019: 11.31Dutch Nationals 2019: 11.89Dutch Open 2019: 12.37Dutch Masters 2020: 11.85Star Cubing Nijmegen 2020: 10.93Veenendaal Open 2020: 11.46Dutch Spring 2022: 10.15Dutch Masters 2022: 10.50Dutch Autumn 2022: 8.66Dutch Nationals 2022: 9.99Alphen Cubing 2023: 8.17Kampen Open 2023: 8.91Ermelo Cubing A 2023: 7.70Capelle Cubing 2023: 8.38Dutch Open 2023: 8.76Take Your Time Ermelo 2023: 9.00Leersum Algs 2024: 9.05Dutch Winter North 2024: 9.18Arnhem Open A 2024: 9.51Lente Spring 2024: 9.92Bigger in Breda 2024: 9.07Capelle Cubing 2024: 9.46Rubik's WCA European Championship 2024: 8.04Leersum Algs 24 Hours in 2024: 10.50Heerenveen Open 2024: 9.41Dutch Open 2024: 9.79Dutch Nationals 2024: 9.10Christmas Cubing Breda 2024: 8.67Alphen Cubing 2025: 7.83Start in Veenendaal 2025: 8.39Lente in Lent 2025: 8.12Eat Sleep Cube Repeat Leersum 2025: 7.99Rubik's Irish Championship 2025: 8.23Rubik's Dutch Nationals 2025: 7.94Pakje Open in Lent 2025: 8.68Freezing Fryslân 2025: 8.49Warm Up Lent 2026: 8.97Rubik's WCA European Championship 2026: 8.697.7017.035 Jan 201916 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-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.20 away.
  • A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 1.70 away.

Targets move as he improves.