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Simon Geertsema

3×3 · top 0.77% of 284,439 all-time · competing since December 2015 · 2015GEER01

Simon Geertsema has been competing for 11 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 6.40, set at NZ North Island Championship 2021, puts him in the top 0.77% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 30th in New Zealand. Until May 2011, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 22 competitions since December 2015, he has put 988 official solves on the record across ten events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 66% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 19.61 in December 2015 to 6.40, a 67% improvement. Simon has entered 22 competitions, more competitions than 97% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 0.77% of 284,439 all-time
6.40
signature single · NZ North Island Championship 2021
988
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 66% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingNew Zealand
3×36.407.38
top 0.77%30 / 2,095
4×429.3133.06
top 2.4%31 / 722
2×21.572.43
top 2.5%73 / 1,615
3×3 one-handed12.2917.10
top 3.4%38 / 600
5×51:07.791:12.45
top 10.1%40 / 355
Pyraminx7.239.82
top 29.8%411 / 1,141
6×62:50.843:03.79
top 36.5%70 / 149
3×3 Fewest Moves37 moves—
early days — 2 solves53 / 111
7×75:15.86—
early days — 3 solves86 / 126
Skewb10.7213.96
top 59.3%423 / 666

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

New Zealand Nationals 2015: 19.61Hamilton Winter 2016: 13.97New Zealand Nationals 2016: 11.71Techweek NZ 2017: 10.83Hamilton Spring 2017: 9.90New Zealand Nationals 2017: 9.47NxNZ Open 2018: 8.45SNZ Southern 2018: 7.76SNZ Northern 2018: 9.13Auckland Spring 2018: 7.66New Zealand Nationals 2018: 8.27NxNZ 2019: 7.77WCA World Championship 2019: 8.38Bay Area Speedcubin' 23 2020: 6.58A New Year in Auckland 2021: 7.13NZ North Island Championship 2021: 6.40Popping Off Pukekohe A 2022: 7.69NZ North Island Championship 2022: 7.38New Zealand Nationals 2022: 6.82Auckland Autumn 2023: 6.56New Zealand Nationals 2023: 7.25NZ South Island Championship 2025: 7.616.4019.616 Dec 201512 Apr 2025

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-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 0.40 away.
  • A sub-25 4×4 single — 588 people have one; it is 4.31 away.

Targets move as he improves.