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Ronan de Rooij

Clock · top 1.4% of 32,048 all-time · competing since August 2019 · 2019ROOI02

Ronan de Rooij has been competing for 7 years. His best event is the Clock: a personal-best single of 3.44, set at Rubik's WCA European Championship 2026, puts him in the top 1.4% of the 32,048 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 9th in the Netherlands. Until July 2018, no official Clock solve in the world had been that fast. Across 28 competitions since August 2019, he has put 1,179 official solves on the record across 14 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 71% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 16.47 in August 2019 to 8.56, a 48% improvement. Ronan has entered 28 competitions, more competitions than 98% of everyone who has ever competed.

Clock
best event — top 1.4% of 32,048 all-time
3.44
signature single · Rubik's WCA European Championship 2026
1,179
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 71% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingNetherlands
Clock3.444.38
top 1.4%9 / 466
2×21.593.13
top 2.6%63 / 1,665
Pyraminx2.883.83
top 3.2%57 / 1,283
3×38.5611.40
top 3.9%109 / 2,294
4×436.9740.40
top 8.6%76 / 1,000
3×3 Fewest Moves31 moves47.67
top 17.4%32 / 167
Skewb5.078.28
top 18.7%192 / 957
Square-116.3625.05
top 19.5%66 / 407
5×51:20.991:27.39
top 19.9%102 / 532
3×3 blindfolded1:36.64—
top 25.5%25 / 132
Megaminx1:28.221:44.75
top 27.1%116 / 414
3×3 one-handed29.1845.93
top 44.8%306 / 726
6×63:18.733:34.60
top 49.9%116 / 205
7×76:46.88—
early days — 2 solves143 / 169

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

Hoogland Open 2019: 16.47Annuntia Open 2020: 13.81Dutch Spring 2022: 11.59Dutch Masters 2022: 12.78Wommelgem Open 2023: 12.09Capelle Cubing 2023: 10.12Dutch Open 2023: 10.32On Alphen Track to Records 24h 2023: 10.29Belgian Nationals 2023: 9.67Annuntia Saturday Open 2023: 11.12Dutch Nationals 2023: 10.81Bigger in Breda 2024: 10.73Rubik's WCA European Championship 2024: 11.26Leersum Algs 24 Hours in 2024: 10.49Leuven Open 2025: 10.44Eat Sleep Cube Repeat Leersum 2025: 10.78Small Sides Alphen 2025: 10.08Rubik's Dutch Nationals 2025: 10.52Beveren Saturday Open 2025: 10.63Belgian Nationals 2025: 10.97No Rush Hasselt 2026: 10.22Breda Open 2026: 9.48Wezemaal Open 2026: 9.74Warm Up Lent 2026: 10.60Rubik's WCA European Championship 2026: 9.62Capelle Chaos B 2026: 8.568.5616.4716 Aug 201923 Aug 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-3 Clock single — 239 people have one; it is 0.44 away.
  • A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.59 away.

Targets move as he improves.