People · Netherlands
Sjoerd Nijssen
3×3 · top 2.9% of 284,439 all-time · competing since May 2019 · 2019NIJS01
Sjoerd Nijssen has been competing for 7 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.07, set at Rubik's Dutch Nationals 2025, puts him in the top 2.9% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 86th in the Netherlands. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 19 competitions since May 2019, he has put 496 official solves on the record across eleven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 76% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 20.96 in May 2019 to 8.07, a 61% improvement. Sjoerd has entered 19 competitions, more competitions than 97% 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 | 8.07 | 9.83 | top 2.9% | 86 / 2,294 | |
| 4×4 | 35.19 | 41.63 | top 6.9% | 52 / 1,000 | |
| 2×2 | 2.74 | 3.51 | top 11.4% | 238 / 1,665 | |
| 5×5 | 1:17.64 | 1:26.69 | top 17.3% | 77 / 532 | |
| Skewb | 5.03 | 8.09 | top 18.4% | 189 / 957 | |
| 6×6 | 2:30.30 | 2:41.61 | top 25.7% | 50 / 205 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 23.23 | 27.39 | top 29.4% | 188 / 726 | |
| Pyraminx | 7.48 | 9.88 | top 31.8% | 542 / 1,283 | |
| Square-1 | 23.37 | 30.07 | top 35.6% | 132 / 407 | |
| Megaminx | 1:47.88 | 1:57.45 | top 39.2% | 165 / 414 | |
| 7×7 | 4:51.76 | — | early days — 1 solve | 83 / 169 |
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
- 19 Nov 2022First sub-10 3×3: 9.91 at Gijzegem Open 2022.
- 15 Feb 2020Three personal bests in one day at Annuntia Open 2020.
- 8 Jun 2019First sub-20 3×3: 12.63 at Breda Open 2019.
- 8 Jun 2019First sub-15 3×3: 12.63 at Breda Open 2019.
- 11 May 2019First competition: Brugge Open 2019. A 20.96 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Classic Cubing Capelle 2026 · 8 Mar 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Amsterdam Open 2026 · 22 Feb 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Rubik's Dutch Nationals 2025 · 5 Sep 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Breda Open 2025 · 23 Aug 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Dutch Nationals 2024 · 15 Nov 2024
- Bigger in Breda 2024 · 4 May 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Annuntia Sunday Open 2023 · 19 Nov 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Dutch Autumn 2023 · 23 Sep 2023
- Capelle Cubing 2023 · 14 May 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Alphen Cubing 2023 · 5 Feb 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Gijzegem Open 2022 · 19 Nov 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- Dutch Spring 2022 · 17 Apr 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- Annuntia Open 2020 · 15 Feb 2020 — 3 personal bests set
- Dutch Open 2019 · 12 Oct 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Dutch Nationals 2019 · 21 Sep 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Hoogland Open 2019 · 16 Aug 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Star Cubing Nijmegen 2019 · 29 Jun 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Breda Open 2019 · 8 Jun 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Brugge Open 2019 · 11 May 2019 — 1 personal best set
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.
- Olivier Vos — met in 78 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
- Robin Verstraten — met in 77 rounds, finished ahead 34 times
- Mika Smulders — met in 73 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.07 away.
- A sub-30 4×4 single — 2,388 people have one; it is 5.19 away.
Targets move as he improves.