People · Netherlands
Thijs Gerritsen
3×3 · top 4.0% of 284,439 all-time · competing since April 2024 · 2024GERR01
Thijs Gerritsen has been competing for 2 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.63, set at Take Your Time Ermelo 2025, puts him in the top 4.0% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 115th in the Netherlands. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 8 competitions since April 2024, he has put 251 official solves on the record across eleven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 59% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 18.43 in April 2024 to 8.63, a 53% improvement. Thijs has entered eight competitions, more competitions than 90% 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 | 8.63 | 10.46 | top 4.0% | 115 / 2,294 | |
| 2×2 | 2.27 | 3.98 | top 6.8% | 146 / 1,665 | |
| Pyraminx | 4.17 | 7.40 | top 8.5% | 141 / 1,283 | |
| 4×4 | 42.67 | 48.54 | top 15.3% | 147 / 1,000 | |
| 5×5 | 1:18.31 | 1:31.10 | top 17.8% | 80 / 532 | |
| Clock | 8.89 | 9.96 | top 19.4% | 85 / 466 | |
| Megaminx | 1:43.64 | 1:49.84 | top 36.8% | 155 / 414 | |
| Skewb | 7.70 | 11.99 | top 39.0% | 414 / 957 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 27.17 | 29.26 | top 39.8% | 265 / 726 | |
| 7×7 | 5:04.29 | — | early days — 1 solve | 98 / 169 | |
| 6×6 | 3:32.04 | 3:47.41 | early days — 3 solves | 128 / 205 |
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
- 18 Oct 2025First sub-10 3×3: 8.63 at Take Your Time Ermelo 2025.
- 18 Oct 2025Three personal bests in one day at Take Your Time Ermelo 2025.
- 5 Sep 2025Four personal bests in one day at Rubik's Dutch Nationals 2025.
- 15 Nov 2024Four personal bests in one day at Dutch Nationals 2024.
- 4 May 2024First sub-15 3×3: 14.92 at Bigger in Breda 2024.
- 7 Apr 2024First competition: Lente Spring 2024. A 18.43 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Take Your Time Ermelo 2025 · 18 Oct 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Rubik's Dutch Nationals 2025 · 5 Sep 2025 — 4 personal bests set
- Lente in Lent 2025 · 12 Apr 2025
- Alphen Cubing 2025 · 19 Jan 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Christmas Cubing Breda 2024 · 22 Dec 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Dutch Nationals 2024 · 15 Nov 2024 — 4 personal bests set
- Bigger in Breda 2024 · 4 May 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Lente Spring 2024 · 7 Apr 2024
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.
- Casper Hegt — met in 54 rounds, finished ahead 28 times
- Rick Hamburger — met in 54 rounds, finished ahead once
- Ferre Poortier — met in 53 rounds, finished ahead 31 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.63 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.27 away.
Targets move as he improves.