People · Netherlands
Thijs Penning
Pyraminx · top 10.5% of 129,321 all-time · competing since September 2023 · 2023PENN05
Thijs Penning has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 4.55, set at Start in Veenendaal 2025, puts him in the top 10.5% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 175th in the Netherlands. Across 23 competitions since September 2023, he has put 700 official solves on the record across nine events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one; 84% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 18.63 in September 2023 to 15.90, a 15% improvement. Thijs has entered 23 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pyraminx | 4.55 | 7.93 | top 10.5% | 175 / 1,283 | |
| Clock | 7.97 | 9.14 | top 15.1% | 65 / 466 | |
| 2×2 | 3.40 | 6.18 | top 19.0% | 432 / 1,665 | |
| 3×3 | 15.90 | 19.04 | top 27.4% | 779 / 2,294 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 22.61 | 31.89 | top 27.7% | 174 / 726 | |
| Skewb | 6.41 | 9.90 | top 29.0% | 312 / 957 | |
| 4×4 | 1:01.57 | 1:08.43 | top 38.1% | 367 / 1,000 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 51 moves | — | early days — 1 solve | 138 / 167 | |
| Square-1 | 1:09.03 | — | early days — 1 solve | 365 / 407 |
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
- 24 Mar 2024Three personal bests in one day at Arnhem Open B 2024.
- 16 Dec 2023Three personal bests in one day at Take Your Time Ermelo 2023.
- 10 Sep 2023First competition: Amsterdam Open 2023. A 18.63 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Rubik's WCA European Championship 2026 · 16 Jul 2026
- Classic Cubing Capelle 2026 · 8 Mar 2026
- Freezing Fryslân 2025 · 21 Dec 2025
- Rubik's Dutch Nationals 2025 · 5 Sep 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Breda Open 2025 · 23 Aug 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Quick 'n Slick Meppel 2025 · 17 May 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Start in Veenendaal 2025 · 22 Mar 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Leersum Squared 2025 · 8 Feb 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Alphen Cubing 2025 · 19 Jan 2025
- Christmas Cubing Breda 2024 · 22 Dec 2024
- Dutch Nationals 2024 · 15 Nov 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Dutch Open 2024 · 26 Oct 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Heerenveen Open 2024 · 15 Sep 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Leersum Algs 24 Hours in 2024 · 31 Aug 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Capelle Cubing 2024 · 9 Jun 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Bigger in Breda 2024 · 4 May 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Lente Spring 2024 · 7 Apr 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Arnhem Open B 2024 · 24 Mar 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Dutch Winter North 2024 · 14 Jan 2024
- Take Your Time Ermelo 2023 · 16 Dec 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Dutch Nationals 2023 · 25 Nov 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Dutch Autumn 2023 · 23 Sep 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Amsterdam Open 2023 · 10 Sep 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.
- Florine Zuur — met in 134 rounds, never finished ahead
- Ron van Bruchem — met in 132 rounds, finished ahead 44 times
- Pablito Poye — met in 132 rounds, finished ahead 7 times
Next targets
- A sub-4 Pyraminx single — 9,892 people have one; it is 0.55 away.
- A sub-6 Clock single — 2,324 people have one; it is 1.97 away.
Targets move as he improves.