People · Netherlands
Roel Kapteijns
3×3 · top 6.5% of 288,433 all-time · competing since April 2022 · 2022KAPT01
Roel Kapteijns has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.63, set at Douvrin Open 2023, puts him in the top 6.5% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 179th in the Netherlands. Until November 2007, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 5 competitions since April 2022, he has put 150 official solves on the record across nine events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 75% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 11.84 in April 2022 to 9.63, a 19% improvement. Roel has entered five competitions, more competitions than 83% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Netherlands | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 9.63 | 12.41 | top 6.5% | 179 / 2,318 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 15.44 | 31.92 | top 9.1% | 58 / 737 | |
| Pyraminx | 4.85 | 7.29 | top 12.3% | 208 / 1,296 | |
| 2×2 | 3.08 | 3.75 | top 15.2% | 346 / 1,680 | |
| 4×4 | 49.09 | 56.48 | top 23.7% | 229 / 1,009 | |
| 5×5 | 1:39.22 | 1:47.87 | top 34.8% | 177 / 542 | |
| Skewb | 7.59 | 11.22 | top 38.3% | 406 / 968 | |
| Megaminx | 2:00.59 | — | top 46.1% | 197 / 417 | |
| 6×6 | 4:25.17 | — | early days — 1 solve | 171 / 208 |
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
- 18 Mar 2023First sub-10 3×3: 9.63 at Douvrin Open 2023.
- 18 Mar 2023Three personal bests in one day at Douvrin Open 2023.
- 5 Feb 2023Three personal bests in one day at Alphen Cubing 2023.
- 17 Apr 2022First competition: Dutch Spring 2022. A 11.87 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Douvrin Open 2023 · 18 Mar 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Alphen Cubing 2023 · 5 Feb 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Dutch Autumn 2022 · 25 Sep 2022 — 1 personal best set
- Dutch Masters 2022 · 21 May 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- Dutch Spring 2022 · 17 Apr 2022 — 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.
- Tristan Paulussen — met in 25 rounds, finished ahead 15 times
- Maarten Schuil — met in 25 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
- Roel Hoogeveen — met in 25 rounds, finished ahead twice
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 8,101 people have one; it is 1.63 away.
- A sub-15 3×3 one-handed single — 6,118 people have one; it is 0.44 away.
Targets move as he improves.