People · Estonia
Simon Holster
Skewb · top 8.2% of 74,164 all-time · competing since April 2023 · 2023HOLS02
Simon Holster has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the Skewb: a personal-best single of 3.57, set at Estonian Championship 2024, puts him in the top 8.2% of the 74,164 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 14th in Estonia. Until February 2014, no official Skewb solve in the world had been that fast. Across 14 competitions since April 2023, he has put 696 official solves on the record across twelve events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 69% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 25.18 in April 2023 to 12.31, a 51% improvement. Simon has entered 14 competitions, more competitions than 95% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Estonia | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Skewb | 3.57 | 6.11 | top 8.2% | 14 / 129 | |
| 2×2 | 2.68 | 4.33 | top 10.8% | 39 / 245 | |
| Pyraminx | 4.98 | 7.57 | top 13.1% | 33 / 189 | |
| 3×3 | 12.31 | 14.36 | top 15.0% | 47 / 311 | |
| Clock | 10.19 | 12.96 | top 25.9% | 14 / 49 | |
| 4×4 | 53.84 | 1:02.87 | top 29.4% | 31 / 124 | |
| Megaminx | 1:33.76 | 1:38.69 | top 30.6% | 12 / 48 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 24.68 | 28.20 | top 33.5% | 31 / 116 | |
| 5×5 | 1:50.82 | 1:57.17 | top 43.3% | 22 / 61 | |
| Square-1 | 28.91 | 39.16 | top 47.4% | 20 / 47 | |
| 7×7 | 5:51.17 | — | top 65.6% | 9 / 20 | |
| 6×6 | 4:00.39 | — | top 65.7% | 14 / 27 |
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
- 25 Jul 2026Three personal bests in one day at Viljandi Open 2026.
- 10 Oct 2025Five personal bests in one day at Estonian Championship 2025.
- 14 Dec 2024Three personal bests in one day at Tartu Open 2024.
- 4 Oct 2024Nine personal bests in one day at Estonian Championship 2024.
- 29 Jun 2024First sub-15 3×3: 14.15 at Tallinn Open 2024.
- 29 Jun 2024Eight personal bests in one day at Tallinn Open 2024.
Competitions
- Nuti Estonian Championship 2026 · 3 Oct 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Viljandi Open 2026 · 25 Jul 2026 — 3 personal bests set
- Nuti Cube Day 2026 · 11 Apr 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Estonian Championship 2025 · 10 Oct 2025 — 5 personal bests set
- Tallinn Spring 2025 · 26 Apr 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Tartu Open 2024 · 14 Dec 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Estonian Championship 2024 · 4 Oct 2024 — 9 personal bests set
- Tallinn Open 2024 · 29 Jun 2024 — 8 personal bests set
- Twist 'n Turn Tallinn 2024 · 18 May 2024 — 6 personal bests set
- TKTK Side Events I 2024 · 27 Apr 2024
- Tallinn Spring 2024 · 9 Mar 2024 — 7 personal bests set
- Estonian Open 2023 · 23 Sep 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Viljandi Värk 2023 · 15 Jul 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- TKTK Workday Cubing I 2023 · 26 Apr 2023
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.
- Mike Vidrik Rätsep — met in 161 rounds, finished ahead 12 times
- Maksim Zemtšihhin — met in 156 rounds, finished ahead 7 times
- Remo Pihel — met in 143 rounds, finished ahead once
Next targets
- A sub-3 Skewb single — 3,709 people have one; it is 0.57 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 9,039 people have one; it is 0.68 away.
Targets move as he improves.