People · Netherlands
Ronan Drost
3×3 · top 1.2% of 284,439 all-time · competing since November 2022 · 2022DROS01
Ronan Drost has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 6.86, set at Start in Veenendaal 2025, puts him in the top 1.2% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 37th in the Netherlands. Until November 2010, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 6 competitions since November 2022, he has put 187 official solves on the record across nine events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 10% around a typical one, steadier than 97% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 9.60 in November 2022 to 6.86, a 29% improvement. Ronan has entered six competitions, more competitions than 86% 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 | 6.86 | 8.01 | top 1.2% | 37 / 2,294 | |
| Pyraminx | 2.64 | 4.62 | top 2.6% | 49 / 1,283 | |
| 4×4 | 34.73 | 38.08 | top 6.5% | 47 / 1,000 | |
| 2×2 | 2.27 | 3.63 | top 6.8% | 146 / 1,665 | |
| Square-1 | 11.16 | 14.73 | top 8.3% | 29 / 407 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 15.92 | 21.57 | top 10.0% | 60 / 726 | |
| 5×5 | 1:08.79 | 1:23.10 | top 10.8% | 48 / 532 | |
| Skewb | 5.67 | 8.25 | top 23.2% | 252 / 957 | |
| Megaminx | 1:26.16 | 1:34.56 | top 25.7% | 110 / 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
- 24 Mar 2024Three personal bests in one day at Arnhem Open B 2024.
- 26 Nov 2022First competition: Dutch Nationals 2022. A 11.24 3×3 single to start from.
- 26 Nov 2022First sub-10 3×3: 9.60 at Dutch Nationals 2022.
Competitions
- Start in Veenendaal 2025 · 22 Mar 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Dutch Nationals 2024 · 15 Nov 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Arnhem Open B 2024 · 24 Mar 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Leersum Algs 2024 · 5 Jan 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Capelle Cubing 2023 · 14 May 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Dutch Nationals 2022 · 26 Nov 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.
- Pablito Poye — met in 35 rounds, finished ahead 26 times
- Maarten Schuil — met in 34 rounds, finished ahead 28 times
- Florine Zuur — met in 34 rounds, finished ahead 23 times
Next targets
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 0.86 away.
- A sub-2 Pyraminx single — 1,476 people have one; it is 0.64 away.
Targets move as he improves.