People · Netherlands
Ruben Dirk Grégoire
Pyraminx · top 5.6% of 129,321 all-time · competing since January 2020 · 2020GREG01
Ruben Dirk Grégoire has been competing for 7 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 3.54, set at Stevenage July 2023, puts him in the top 5.6% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 86th in the Netherlands. Until February 2008, no official Pyraminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 18 competitions since January 2020, he has put 396 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 63% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 2×2 best has come down from 4.44 in April 2022 to 2.50, a 44% improvement. Ruben has entered 18 competitions, more competitions than 96% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Netherlands | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pyraminx | 3.54 | 7.44 | top 5.6% | 86 / 1,283 | |
| 2×2 | 2.50 | 4.28 | top 8.9% | 190 / 1,665 | |
| Skewb | 5.70 | 9.72 | top 23.4% | 257 / 957 | |
| 3×3 | 15.40 | 21.44 | top 25.8% | 731 / 2,294 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 32.34 | 35.12 | top 51.9% | 357 / 726 | |
| Clock | 17.46 | 22.72 | top 57.0% | 272 / 466 | |
| 4×4 | 1:34.08 | — | early days — 2 solves | 653 / 1,000 |
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, 2×2. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 21 May 2022First sub-20 3×3: 15.40 at Dutch Masters 2022.
- 4 Jan 2020First competition: Happy New Year Cubing Hoorn 2020. A 28.53 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Rubik's Dutch Nationals 2025 · 5 Sep 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Dutch Nationals 2024 · 15 Nov 2024
- Dutch Winter South 2024 · 13 Jan 2024
- Leersum Algs 2024 · 5 Jan 2024
- Take Your Time Ermelo 2023 · 16 Dec 2023
- Dutch Nationals 2023 · 25 Nov 2023
- Dutch Autumn 2023 · 23 Sep 2023
- Amsterdam Open 2023 · 10 Sep 2023
- Stevenage July 2023 · 22 Jul 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Dutch Open 2023 · 3 Jun 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Ermelo Cubing B 2023 · 23 Apr 2023
- Kampen Open 2023 · 11 Mar 2023
- Dutch Nationals 2022 · 26 Nov 2022 — 1 personal best set
- Dutch Autumn 2022 · 25 Sep 2022
- German Nationals 2022 · 19 Aug 2022
- Dutch Masters 2022 · 21 May 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- Dutch Spring 2022 · 17 Apr 2022
- Happy New Year Cubing Hoorn 2020 · 4 Jan 2020
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.
- Olivier Vos — met in 75 rounds, finished ahead 7 times
- Nanno Venhorst — met in 73 rounds, finished ahead 11 times
- Ivo Stoutjesdijk — met in 70 rounds, finished ahead twice
Next targets
- A sub-3 Pyraminx single — 4,700 people have one; it is 0.54 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.50 away.
Targets move as he improves.