People · Netherlands
Rowan van Wijnbergen
3×3 · top 7.3% of 288,433 all-time · competing since March 2025 · 2025WIJN01
Rowan van Wijnbergen has been competing for a year. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.92, set at Meppel Mayhem 2026, puts him in the top 7.3% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 197th in the Netherlands. Until May 2007, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 6 competitions since March 2025, he has put 272 official solves on the record across ten events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 18% around a typical one; 97% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 16.01 in March 2025 to 9.92, a 38% improvement. Rowan 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 | 9.92 | 13.28 | top 7.3% | 197 / 2,318 | |
| Pyraminx | 4.89 | 6.44 | top 12.5% | 215 / 1,296 | |
| 2×2 | 3.08 | 5.11 | top 15.2% | 346 / 1,680 | |
| Skewb | 5.85 | 8.19 | top 24.7% | 272 / 968 | |
| Megaminx | 1:25.20 | 1:26.71 | top 25.1% | 110 / 417 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 21.67 | 29.83 | top 25.2% | 159 / 737 | |
| Clock | 11.35 | 15.10 | top 31.7% | 153 / 479 | |
| 4×4 | 57.28 | 1:04.78 | top 33.6% | 324 / 1,009 | |
| Square-1 | 28.06 | 31.19 | top 45.8% | 179 / 407 | |
| 5×5 | 2:05.24 | 2:20.20 | top 52.7% | 277 / 542 |
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
- 30 May 2026First sub-10 3×3: 9.92 at Meppel Mayhem 2026.
- 30 May 2026Six personal bests in one day at Meppel Mayhem 2026.
- 5 Sep 2025Three personal bests in one day at Rubik's Dutch Nationals 2025.
- 17 May 2025First sub-15 3×3: 11.79 at Quick 'n Slick Meppel 2025.
- 17 May 2025Three personal bests in one day at Quick 'n Slick Meppel 2025.
- 22 Mar 2025First competition: Start in Veenendaal 2025. A 16.40 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Back in Ermelo 2026 · 17 Oct 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Meppel Mayhem 2026 · 30 May 2026 — 6 personal bests set
- Take Your Time Ermelo 2025 · 18 Oct 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Rubik's Dutch Nationals 2025 · 5 Sep 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Quick 'n Slick Meppel 2025 · 17 May 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Start in Veenendaal 2025 · 22 Mar 2025 — 3 personal bests 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.
- Ivo Stoutjesdijk — met in 62 rounds, never finished ahead
- Maarten Schuil — met in 61 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
- Stijn de Gooijer — met in 61 rounds, finished ahead once
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 8,101 people have one; it is 1.92 away.
- A sub-4 Pyraminx single — 10,050 people have one; it is 0.89 away.
Targets move as he improves.