People · Netherlands
Sam Houweling
Pyraminx · top 20.6% of 130,891 all-time · competing since November 2024 · 2024HOUW02
Sam Houweling has been competing for a year. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 6.07, set at Leersum Squared 2025, puts him in the top 20.6% of the 130,891 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 359th in the Netherlands. Across 6 competitions since November 2024, he has put 128 official solves on the record across nine events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 20% around a typical one, an early reading from 6 counted rounds. His 2×2 best has come down from 14.48 in November 2024 to 5.77, a 60% improvement. Sam 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pyraminx | 6.07 | 12.27 | top 20.6% | 359 / 1,296 | |
| 3×3 | 21.41 | 25.90 | top 44.0% | 1,179 / 2,318 | |
| 2×2 | 5.77 | 6.65 | top 48.5% | 989 / 1,680 | |
| Skewb | 10.41 | 16.69 | top 57.5% | 584 / 968 | |
| 4×4 | 1:38.99 | 1:52.30 | top 70.0% | 700 / 1,009 | |
| Megaminx | 3:24.53 | — | early days — 3 solves | 379 / 417 | |
| 5×5 | 3:14.94 | — | early days — 3 solves | 451 / 542 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 58.04 | — | top 82.8% | 600 / 737 | |
| Clock | 34.10 | — | top 88.9% | 424 / 479 |
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
- 17 Oct 2026Five personal bests in one day at Back in Ermelo 2026.
- 5 Sep 2025Three personal bests in one day at Rubik's Dutch Nationals 2025.
- 8 Feb 2025Five personal bests in one day at Leersum Squared 2025.
- 22 Dec 2024First sub-30 3×3: 27.62 at Christmas Cubing Breda 2024.
- 15 Nov 2024First competition: Dutch Nationals 2024. A 35.60 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Back in Ermelo 2026 · 17 Oct 2026 — 5 personal bests set
- Rubik's Dutch Nationals 2025 · 5 Sep 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Lente in Lent 2025 · 12 Apr 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Leersum Squared 2025 · 8 Feb 2025 — 5 personal bests set
- Christmas Cubing Breda 2024 · 22 Dec 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Dutch Nationals 2024 · 15 Nov 2024
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.
- Ron van Bruchem — met in 42 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Nanno Venhorst — met in 42 rounds, never finished ahead
- Rick Hamburger — met in 39 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-6 Pyraminx single — 26,233 people have one; it is 0.07 away.
- A sub-20 3×3 single — 115,495 people have one; it is 1.41 away.
Targets move as he improves.