People · Canada
Simon Meerstra
2×2 · top 2.2% of 186,767 all-time · competing since July 2023 · 2023MEER02
Simon Meerstra has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.50, set at White Rock's Back to Square-1 2025, puts him in the top 2.2% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 139th in Canada. Until November 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 5 competitions since July 2023, he has put 134 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 75% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 15.25 in July 2023 to 8.36, a 45% improvement. Simon has entered five competitions, more competitions than 83% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 1.50 | 3.30 | top 2.2% | 139 / 7,173 | |
| 3×3 | 8.36 | 10.51 | top 3.4% | 341 / 10,392 | |
| Pyraminx | 5.96 | 7.97 | top 19.7% | 809 / 4,858 | |
| Skewb | 5.43 | 9.39 | top 21.4% | 495 / 2,907 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 25.91 | 28.64 | top 36.6% | 807 / 2,620 | |
| 4×4 | 1:28.79 | — | early days — 2 solves | 1,779 / 3,118 |
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
- 12 Jul 2025First sub-10 3×3: 8.36 at White Rock's Back to Square-1 2025.
- 12 Jul 2025Three personal bests in one day at White Rock's Back to Square-1 2025.
- 19 Oct 2024Three personal bests in one day at Vancouver Southlands Sprint 2024.
- 30 Sep 2023First sub-15 3×3: 13.97 at Lucky Lynnwood 2023.
- 30 Sep 2023Three personal bests in one day at Lucky Lynnwood 2023.
- 13 Jul 2023First competition: Canadian Championship 2023. A 15.25 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Make Cutoff Maple Ridge 2025 · 6 Sep 2025
- White Rock's Back to Square-1 2025 · 12 Jul 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Vancouver Southlands Sprint 2024 · 19 Oct 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Lucky Lynnwood 2023 · 30 Sep 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Canadian Championship 2023 · 13 Jul 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.
- Heewon Hwang — met in 24 rounds, finished ahead 9 times
- Ben Wessels — met in 23 rounds, finished ahead 14 times
- Naitik Kaushal — met in 23 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
Next targets
- A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.50 away.
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.36 away.
Targets move as he improves.