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Thijs Rijsdijk

Skewb · top 6.7% of 73,281 all-time · competing since September 2018 · 2018RIJS01

Thijs Rijsdijk has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the Skewb: a personal-best single of 3.32, set at Star Cubing Nijmegen 2020, puts him in the top 6.7% of the 73,281 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 66th in the Netherlands. Until February 2014, no official Skewb solve in the world had been that fast. Across 10 competitions since September 2018, he has put 320 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 58% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 2×2 best has come down from 9.46 in September 2018 to 2.58, a 73% improvement. Thijs has entered ten competitions, more competitions than 92% of everyone who has ever competed.

Skewb
best event — top 6.7% of 73,281 all-time
3.32
signature single · Star Cubing Nijmegen 2020
320
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 58% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingNetherlands
Skewb3.325.01
top 6.7%66 / 957
2×22.584.87
top 9.7%205 / 1,665
Pyraminx4.708.45
top 11.4%190 / 1,283
3×311.9816.31
top 13.8%386 / 2,294
Square-125.3730.73
top 39.9%156 / 407
4×41:11.371:16.98
top 48.2%470 / 1,000

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

Dutch Nationals 2018: 9.46Meppel Open 2018: 8.43Happy New Year Cubing Nijmegen 2019: 8.02Haarlem Cubing 2019: 5.13Dutch Masters 2019: 5.59Breda Open 2019: 3.42Star Cubing Nijmegen 2019: 4.44Hoogland Open 2019: 3.98Dutch Nationals 2019: 4.56Star Cubing Nijmegen 2020: 2.582.589.4622 Sep 201829 Feb 2020

Best single per competition, 2×2. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.

The story so far

Competitions

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.

Next targets

  • A sub-3 Skewb single — 3,646 people have one; it is 0.32 away.
  • A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.58 away.

Targets move as he improves.