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Ruben Zoeten

3×3 · top 4.6% of 284,439 all-time · competing since April 2017 · 2017ZOET01

Ruben Zoeten has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.89, set at Dutch Masters 2019, puts him in the top 4.6% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 128th in the Netherlands. Until May 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 10 competitions since April 2017, he has put 306 official solves on the record across ten events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 84% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 14.88 in April 2017 to 8.89, a 40% improvement. Ruben has entered ten competitions, more competitions than 92% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 4.6% of 284,439 all-time
8.89
signature single · Dutch Masters 2019
306
official solves on the record
11%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 84% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingNetherlands
3×38.8911.57
top 4.6%128 / 2,294
4×439.8450.84
top 12.0%111 / 1,000
2×22.985.98
top 14.0%311 / 1,665
5×51:44.451:47.23
top 38.7%197 / 532
7×74:58.825:21.38
top 50.2%92 / 169
6×63:30.843:33.66
top 55.0%126 / 205
Skewb10.4115.89
top 57.5%576 / 957
3×3 one-handed47.81
top 74.7%530 / 726
Megaminx3:07.84
early days — 2 solves353 / 414
Square-159.39
top 83.3%333 / 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

Zuidplas Open 2017: 14.88Dutch Nationals 2017: 12.88Marathon Open 2017: 12.30Happy New Year Cubing Dordrecht 2018: 12.71Veenendaal Open 2018: 10.80Zwolle Open 2018: 11.56Dutch Masters 2019: 8.89Happy New Year Cubing Hoorn 2020: 10.04Dutch Nationals 2022: 10.66Kampen Open 2023: 10.618.8914.8815 Apr 201711 Mar 2023

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-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.89 away.
  • A sub-30 4×4 single — 2,388 people have one; it is 9.84 away.

Targets move as he improves.