People · Netherlands
Thijs Beentjes
3×3 · top 3.0% of 284,439 all-time · competing since September 2018 · 2018BEEN01
Thijs Beentjes has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.12, set at Rubik's Dutch Nationals 2025, puts him in the top 3.0% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 88th in the Netherlands. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 9 competitions since September 2018, he has put 419 official solves on the record across ten events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 67% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 11.07 in September 2018 to 8.12, a 27% improvement. Thijs has entered nine competitions, more competitions than 91% 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 | 8.12 | 10.64 | top 3.0% | 88 / 2,294 | |
| Pyraminx | 4.00 | 8.34 | top 7.6% | 125 / 1,283 | |
| 4×4 | 40.35 | 45.73 | top 12.5% | 117 / 1,000 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 17.17 | 19.87 | top 13.0% | 72 / 726 | |
| 2×2 | 3.21 | 4.53 | top 16.7% | 370 / 1,665 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 1:17.81 | 1:55.67 | top 18.8% | 15 / 132 | |
| 5×5 | 1:30.37 | 1:40.12 | top 27.6% | 138 / 532 | |
| 3×3 Multi-Blind | 6 of 6 cubes · 41:24 | — | early days — 2 solves | 15 / 44 | |
| Skewb | 9.07 | 13.82 | top 48.9% | 506 / 957 | |
| 4×4 blindfolded | 11:34.00 | — | early days — 1 solve | 14 / 22 |
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
- 5 Sep 2025Five personal bests in one day at Rubik's Dutch Nationals 2025.
- 1 Feb 2020Three personal bests in one day at Dutch Masters 2020.
- 21 Sep 2019Eight personal bests in one day at Dutch Nationals 2019.
- 8 Jun 2019First sub-10 3×3: 9.82 at Breda Open 2019.
- 8 Jun 2019Seven personal bests in one day at Breda Open 2019.
- 10 Nov 2018Five personal bests in one day at Meppel Open 2018.
Competitions
- Rubik's Dutch Nationals 2025 · 5 Sep 2025 — 5 personal bests set
- Dutch Nationals 2024 · 15 Nov 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Dutch Nationals 2022 · 26 Nov 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- Hoorn Open 2022 · 2 Jul 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- Dutch Masters 2020 · 1 Feb 2020 — 3 personal bests set
- Dutch Nationals 2019 · 21 Sep 2019 — 8 personal bests set
- Breda Open 2019 · 8 Jun 2019 — 7 personal bests set
- Meppel Open 2018 · 10 Nov 2018 — 5 personal bests set
- Dutch Nationals 2018 · 22 Sep 2018 — 3 personal bests 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 88 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Antonie Paterakis — met in 84 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
- Mark Bennis — met in 78 rounds, finished ahead 18 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.12 away.
- A sub-3 Pyraminx single — 4,700 people have one; it is 1.00 away.
Targets move as he improves.