People · Netherlands
Thomas Chan
2×2 · top 14.2% of 189,179 all-time · competing since March 2024 · 2024CHAN22
Thomas Chan has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.99, set at Freezing Fryslân 2025, puts him in the top 14.2% of the 189,179 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 322nd in the Netherlands. Across 16 competitions since March 2024, he has put 419 official solves on the record across ten events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 16% around a typical one; 92% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 2×2 best has come down from 6.35 in March 2024 to 2.99, a 53% improvement. Thomas has entered 16 competitions, more competitions than 96% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Netherlands | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 2.99 | 4.37 | top 14.2% | 322 / 1,680 | |
| Skewb | 4.75 | 8.06 | top 16.3% | 170 / 968 | |
| Pyraminx | 6.40 | 12.60 | top 23.1% | 410 / 1,296 | |
| 3×3 | 15.26 | 17.44 | top 25.4% | 732 / 2,318 | |
| Clock | 12.44 | 14.67 | top 37.1% | 185 / 479 | |
| 4×4 | 1:06.57 | 1:18.68 | top 43.6% | 424 / 1,009 | |
| Megaminx | 2:06.74 | 2:23.53 | top 49.6% | 212 / 417 | |
| 5×5 | 2:46.20 | — | top 73.2% | 397 / 542 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 48.40 | 1:10.28 | top 75.3% | 545 / 737 | |
| Square-1 | 54.56 | — | early days — 3 solves | 310 / 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, 2×2. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 30 May 2026Six personal bests in one day at Meppel Mayhem 2026.
- 18 Oct 2025First sub-20 3×3: 19.90 at Take Your Time Ermelo 2025.
- 18 Oct 2025Five personal bests in one day at Take Your Time Ermelo 2025.
- 23 Aug 2025Five personal bests in one day at Breda Open 2025.
- 28 Jun 2025Four personal bests in one day at Arnhem Open 2025.
- 17 May 2025Three personal bests in one day at Quick 'n Slick Meppel 2025.
Competitions
- Back in Ermelo 2026 · 17 Oct 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Rubik's WCA European Championship 2026 · 16 Jul 2026
- Meppel Mayhem 2026 · 30 May 2026 — 6 personal bests set
- Breda Open 2026 · 18 Apr 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Amsterdam Open 2026 · 22 Feb 2026
- Freezing Fryslân 2025 · 21 Dec 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Cubing in Oud IJsselmuiden 2025 · 20 Dec 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Take Your Time Ermelo 2025 · 18 Oct 2025 — 5 personal bests set
- Breda Open 2025 · 23 Aug 2025 — 5 personal bests set
- Arnhem Open 2025 · 28 Jun 2025 — 4 personal bests set
- Quick 'n Slick Meppel 2025 · 17 May 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Start in Veenendaal 2025 · 22 Mar 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Alphen Cubing 2025 · 19 Jan 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Christmas Cubing Breda 2024 · 22 Dec 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Arnhem Open A 2024 · 23 Mar 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Beginner Cubing Delmenhorst 2024 · 2 Mar 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.
- Sieb van Geel — met in 90 rounds, finished ahead 14 times
- Pablito Poye — met in 89 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
- Veerle Melis — met in 88 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
Next targets
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 9,039 people have one; it is 0.99 away.
- A sub-4 Skewb single — 8,121 people have one; it is 0.75 away.
Targets move as he improves.