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Tijmen van der Ree

Square-1 · top 0.26% of 25,272 all-time · competing since March 2016 · 2016REET01

Tijmen van der Ree has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the Square-1: a personal-best single of 4.98, set at Mental Breakdown Capelle 2019, puts him in the top 0.26% of the 25,272 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2nd in the Netherlands. Until May 2019, no official Square-1 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 102 competitions since March 2016, he has put 4,967 official solves on the record across 15 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 54% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 20.81 in March 2016 to 6.68, a 68% improvement. Tijmen has entered 102 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

Square-1
best event — top 0.26% of 25,272 all-time
4.98
signature single · Mental Breakdown Capelle 2019
4,967
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 54% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingNetherlands
Square-14.987.54
top 0.26%2 / 407
4×425.5529.93
top 0.85%9 / 1,000
3×36.687.79
top 1.0%32 / 2,294
2×21.292.36
top 1.3%37 / 1,665
3×3 one-handed10.9414.17
top 1.8%13 / 726
5×557.481:04.31
top 4.3%23 / 532
Pyraminx3.405.73
top 5.1%82 / 1,283
Skewb3.054.36
top 5.2%51 / 957
3×3 Fewest Moves28 moves31.67
top 9.9%18 / 167
Megaminx1:19.521:30.53
top 21.4%89 / 414
6×62:26.642:31.33
top 23.9%44 / 205
3×3 blindfolded1:55.552:36.18
top 32.0%41 / 132
Clock12.2214.26
top 36.0%173 / 466
7×74:28.144:49.90
top 40.5%64 / 169
3×3 Multi-Blind3 of 3 cubes · 22:33—
top 53.6%26 / 44

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

Zonhoven Open 2016: 20.81Tulip Open 2016: 18.33Antwerp Open 2016: 20.18West Friesche Open 2016: 13.66Zeeland Open 2016: 13.77Breda Open 2016: 16.62Champagne Open 2016: 16.01Dutch Nationals 2016: 14.95Dutch Open 2016: 12.74Dutch Winter 2017: 11.34The Hague Open 2017: 9.07Zuidplas Open 2017: 9.04Hoogland Open 2017: 8.00Belgium Summer Open 2017: 9.91Breda Open 2017: 10.00German Big Cube Open 2017: 8.02World Rubik's Cube Championship 2017: 8.56Dutch Nationals 2017: 9.18Dutch Open 2017: 8.69Belgian Open 2017: 9.25Marathon Open 2017: 9.89Happy New Year Cubing Dordrecht 2018: 9.42Annuntia Open 2018: 8.72Assen Open 2018: 8.93Cube Weekend St. Michielsgestel 2018: 8.51German Open 2018: 8.35Zonhoven Open 2018: 7.21Breda Open 2018: 8.91Veenendaal Open 2018: 8.17WCA European Championship 2018: 8.07Dutch Nationals 2018: 7.99Dutch Open 2018: 8.26Zonhoven Autumn Open 2018: 8.66Meppel Open 2018: 7.65Brugge Open 2018: 9.05Rijswijk Open 2018: 7.94Happy New Year Cubing Nijmegen 2019: 8.14Berlin Winter Cubing 2019: 8.00Haarlem Cubing 2019: 7.89Annuntia Open 2019: 7.47Cube Weekend Sint Michielsgestel 2019: 8.16Dutch Masters 2019: 8.40Hamburg International 2019: 7.20Brugge Open 2019: 7.90Breda Open 2019: 7.59Belgian Solstice 2019: 7.84WCA World Championship 2019: 9.76Hoogland Open 2019: 9.08Dutch Nationals 2019: 7.80Dutch Open 2019: 8.18Bremium Winter 2019: 8.02Rijswijk Open 2019: 8.48Happy New Year Cubing Hoorn 2020: 8.03Dutch Masters 2020: 8.28Annuntia Open 2020: 8.28Seraing Open 2021: 7.79Dutch Spring 2022: 8.35Brugge Saturday Open 2022: 7.41Dutch Masters 2022: 8.93Rubik's WCA European Championship 2022: 9.19Dutch Autumn 2022: 8.75Westfries Open 2022: 7.88Belgian Nationals 2022: 8.05Dutch Nationals 2022: 7.84Alphen Cubing 2023: 8.13Kampen Open 2023: 8.29Ermelo Cubing A 2023: 7.63Koersel Sunday Open 2023: 9.16Capelle Cubing 2023: 7.09Dutch Open 2023: 7.19Rubik's WCA World Championship 2023: 8.25Amsterdam Open 2023: 7.03Dutch Autumn 2023: 8.18Dutch Nationals 2023: 8.54Take Your Time Ermelo 2023: 7.77Dutch Winter South 2024: 8.01Arnhem Open B 2024: 8.07Lente Spring 2024: 7.76German Open 2024: 7.59Bigger in Breda 2024: 7.22Warm Up Wommelgem 2024: 6.69Rubik's WCA European Championship 2024: 7.62Leersum Algs 24 Hours in 2024: 8.07Heerenveen Open 2024: 7.25Dutch Nationals 2024: 7.01Start in Veenendaal 2025: 7.84German Open 2025: 6.68Quick 'n Slick Meppel 2025: 8.18Little LeideNxN 2025: 7.25Breda Open 2025: 7.90Rubik's Dutch Nationals 2025: 7.93Freezing Fryslân 2025: 7.24German Open 2026: 8.136.6820.815 Mar 201618 Apr 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-4 Square-1 single — 11 people have one; it is 0.98 away.
  • A sub-25 4×4 single — 588 people have one; it is 0.55 away.

Targets move as he improves.