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Sam Ruijs

2×2 · top 8.6% of 186,767 all-time · competing since January 2019 · 2019RUIJ01

Sam Ruijs has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.47, set at Dutch Open 2023, puts him in the top 8.6% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 182nd in the Netherlands. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 18 competitions since January 2019, he has put 833 official solves on the record across 13 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 17% around a typical one; 96% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 31.57 in January 2019 to 10.73, a 66% improvement. Sam has entered 18 competitions, more competitions than 96% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 8.6% of 186,767 all-time
2.47
signature single · Dutch Open 2023
833
official solves on the record
17%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 96% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingNetherlands
2×22.474.86
top 8.6%182 / 1,665
3×310.7314.17
top 9.7%270 / 2,294
Square-112.5017.52
top 10.9%34 / 407
4×443.4051.97
top 16.3%154 / 1,000
Skewb5.067.61
top 18.6%190 / 957
Pyraminx6.147.99
top 21.0%366 / 1,283
5×51:30.571:47.81
top 27.8%139 / 532
Megaminx1:45.282:12.92
top 37.7%160 / 414
3×3 one-handed28.2639.27
top 42.6%288 / 726
Clock16.4717.09
top 53.5%252 / 466
3×3 blindfolded3:21.22—
top 58.5%68 / 132
7×76:02.01—
early days — 2 solves133 / 169
6×64:21.79—
early days — 2 solves163 / 205

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

Happy New Year Cubing Nijmegen 2019: 31.57Dutch Masters 2019: 16.00Breda Open 2019: 16.01Star Cubing Nijmegen 2019: 16.82Hoogland Open 2019: 13.96Dutch Nationals 2019: 12.09Dutch Open 2019: 14.94Rijswijk Open 2019: 10.73Dutch Masters 2020: 14.13Star Cubing Nijmegen 2020: 11.84Veenendaal Open 2020: 12.88Dutch Masters 2022: 14.75Dutch Autumn 2022: 12.36Dutch Nationals 2022: 12.29Ermelo Cubing A 2023: 15.51Dutch Open 2023: 12.01Dutch Winter North 2024: 12.44Arnhem Open A 2024: 12.0810.7331.575 Jan 201923 Mar 2024

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-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.47 away.
  • A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 0.73 away.

Targets move as he improves.