People · Netherlands
Siem Broeder
3×3 · top 3.3% of 284,439 all-time · competing since January 2018 · 2018BROE01
Siem Broeder has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.27, set at Dutch Spring 2022, puts him in the top 3.3% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 98th in the Netherlands. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 12 competitions since January 2018, he has put 473 official solves on the record across twelve events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 65% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 10.91 in January 2018 to 8.27, a 24% improvement. Siem has entered twelve competitions, more competitions than 94% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Netherlands | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 8.27 | 10.35 | top 3.3% | 98 / 2,294 | |
| Pyraminx | 3.76 | 7.28 | top 6.5% | 107 / 1,283 | |
| 2×2 | 2.82 | 3.82 | top 12.2% | 265 / 1,665 | |
| Square-1 | 13.52 | 17.78 | top 13.0% | 41 / 407 | |
| 4×4 | 43.92 | 48.43 | top 16.9% | 161 / 1,000 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 18.69 | 23.37 | top 16.9% | 105 / 726 | |
| 5×5 | 1:24.74 | 1:33.97 | top 23.1% | 116 / 532 | |
| 6×6 | 2:38.27 | 2:55.01 | top 29.8% | 64 / 205 | |
| Megaminx | 1:35.75 | 1:46.95 | top 31.9% | 138 / 414 | |
| 7×7 | 5:12.78 | 5:31.96 | early days — 3 solves | 106 / 169 | |
| Skewb | 13.03 | 18.38 | top 70.8% | 715 / 957 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 4:25.08 | — | early days — 1 solve | 95 / 132 |
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
- 6 Apr 2019Five personal bests in one day at Dutch Masters 2019.
- 5 Jan 2019First sub-10 3×3: 9.50 at Happy New Year Cubing Nijmegen 2019.
- 22 Sep 2018Five personal bests in one day at Dutch Nationals 2018.
- 23 Jun 2018Four personal bests in one day at Veenendaal Open 2018.
- 19 May 2018Nine personal bests in one day at Breda Open 2018.
- 5 Jan 2018First competition: Happy New Year Cubing Dordrecht 2018. A 10.91 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Bigger in Breda 2024 · 4 May 2024
- Dutch Open 2023 · 3 Jun 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Dutch Nationals 2022 · 26 Nov 2022 — 1 personal best set
- Dutch Spring 2022 · 17 Apr 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- Star Cubing Nijmegen 2020 · 29 Feb 2020 — 2 personal bests set
- Dutch Masters 2019 · 6 Apr 2019 — 5 personal bests set
- Happy New Year Cubing Nijmegen 2019 · 5 Jan 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Dutch Nationals 2018 · 22 Sep 2018 — 5 personal bests set
- Veenendaal Open 2018 · 23 Jun 2018 — 4 personal bests set
- Breda Open 2018 · 19 May 2018 — 9 personal bests set
- Assen Open 2018 · 3 Mar 2018 — 1 personal best set
- Happy New Year Cubing Dordrecht 2018 · 5 Jan 2018
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.
- Daniël Kassab — met in 96 rounds, finished ahead 15 times
- Ron van Bruchem — met in 93 rounds, finished ahead 72 times
- Mika Smulders — met in 89 rounds, finished ahead 18 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.27 away.
- A sub-3 Pyraminx single — 4,700 people have one; it is 0.76 away.
Targets move as he improves.