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Thomas de Lignie

3×3 · top 0.96% of 284,439 all-time · competing since February 2023 · 2023LIGN01

Thomas de Lignie has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 6.63, set at Heerenveen Open 2024, puts him in the top 0.96% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 31st in the Netherlands. Until May 2011, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 44 competitions since February 2023, he has put 1,222 official solves on the record across 13 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 56% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 14.01 in February 2023 to 6.63, a 53% improvement. Thomas has entered 44 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 0.96% of 284,439 all-time
6.63
signature single · Heerenveen Open 2024
1,222
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 56% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingNetherlands
3×36.638.07
top 0.96%31 / 2,294
4×429.3034.70
top 2.4%26 / 1,000
3×3 one-handed11.8114.82
top 2.8%21 / 726
5×557.1559.62
top 4.2%22 / 532
2×22.012.75
top 4.8%106 / 1,665
Pyraminx3.834.53
top 6.9%112 / 1,283
Square-110.7916.74
top 7.5%24 / 407
6×61:51.152:00.00
top 7.6%17 / 205
7×73:10.943:18.08
top 13.6%22 / 169
3×3 Fewest Moves30 moves35.33
top 14.8%29 / 167
Skewb5.087.69
top 18.8%193 / 957
Clock9.5511.62
top 22.9%108 / 466
Megaminx1:27.621:42.93
top 26.6%114 / 414

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

Alphen Cubing 2023: 14.01Wommelgem Open 2023: 10.05Ermelo Cubing B 2023: 10.25Capelle Cubing 2023: 10.30Dutch Open 2023: 10.19Amsterdam Open 2023: 9.40Dutch Autumn 2023: 8.41Zottegem Afternoon 2023: 9.38Dutch Nationals 2023: 8.16Leersum Algs 2024: 7.38Dutch Winter South 2024: 7.18Geel Beginners Sunday 2024: 7.89Arnhem Open B 2024: 8.12Lente Spring 2024: 7.72Leuven Open 2024: 7.36Bigger in Breda 2024: 7.15Capelle Cubing 2024: 6.89Leersum Algs 24 Hours in 2024: 7.20Heerenveen Open 2024: 6.63Crazy Cologne Cubing 2024: 7.79Dutch Nationals 2024: 6.64Christmas Cubing Breda 2024: 8.70Alphen Cubing 2025: 7.67Leersum Squared 2025: 7.26Start in Veenendaal 2025: 7.88Lente in Lent 2025: 7.15Quick 'n Slick Meppel 2025: 7.75Eat Sleep Cube Repeat Leersum 2025: 7.35Small Sides Alphen 2025: 8.39Rubik's Dutch Nationals 2025: 7.82Take Your Time Ermelo 2025: 7.48Pakje Open in Lent 2025: 7.81Cubing in Oud IJsselmuiden 2025: 8.81Freezing Fryslân 2025: 7.47Leersum Open 2026: 7.24Classic Cubing Capelle 2026: 6.96West-Fries Open 2026: 7.23Meppel Mayhem 2026: 7.53Warm Up Lent 2026: 7.53Rubik's WCA European Championship 2026: 7.866.6314.015 Feb 202316 Jul 2026

Best single per competition, 3×3. 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-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 0.63 away.
  • A sub-25 4×4 single — 588 people have one; it is 4.30 away.

Targets move as he improves.