People · Netherlands
Ruben Burghout
2×2 · top 10.3% of 189,179 all-time · competing since April 2025 · 2025BURG03
Ruben Burghout has been competing for a year. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.63, set at Breda Open 2026, puts him in the top 10.3% of the 189,179 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 217th in the Netherlands. Across 10 competitions since April 2025, he has put 161 official solves on the record across nine events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 68% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 21.63 in April 2025 to 11.25, a 48% improvement. Ruben has entered ten competitions, more competitions than 92% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Netherlands | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 2.63 | 3.82 | top 10.3% | 217 / 1,680 | |
| 3×3 | 11.25 | 13.71 | top 11.3% | 318 / 2,318 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 27.61 | 35.48 | top 41.0% | 279 / 737 | |
| Pyraminx | 9.25 | 12.32 | top 47.0% | 745 / 1,296 | |
| Skewb | 9.98 | 18.46 | top 54.9% | 568 / 968 | |
| 4×4 | 1:20.99 | 1:31.59 | top 56.8% | 557 / 1,009 | |
| Megaminx | 3:10.83 | — | early days — 1 solve | 359 / 417 | |
| Clock | 27.33 | — | early days — 2 solves | 380 / 479 | |
| Square-1 | 1:03.33 | — | top 85.6% | 346 / 407 |
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 2026Three personal bests in one day at Meppel Mayhem 2026.
- 7 Feb 2026First sub-15 3×3: 14.76 at Leuven Open 2026.
- 6 Dec 2025First sub-20 3×3: 16.58 at Pakje Open in Lent 2025.
- 12 Apr 2025First competition: Lente in Lent 2025. A 21.63 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Back in Ermelo 2026 · 17 Oct 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Visé Saturday Open 2026 · 12 Sep 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Aachen Summer Open 2026 · 4 Jul 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Meppel Mayhem 2026 · 30 May 2026 — 3 personal bests set
- Breda Open 2026 · 18 Apr 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Hurlubik's Cube Mouscron 2026 · 21 Feb 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Leuven Open 2026 · 7 Feb 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Cubing in Oud IJsselmuiden 2025 · 20 Dec 2025
- Pakje Open in Lent 2025 · 6 Dec 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Lente in Lent 2025 · 12 Apr 2025
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.
- Andrey Che — met in 34 rounds, finished ahead once
- Vincent Chan — met in 31 rounds, never finished ahead
- Marc Dullemond — met in 30 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
Next targets
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 9,039 people have one; it is 0.63 away.
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,606 people have one; it is 1.25 away.
Targets move as he improves.