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Tim Cents

2×2 · top 0.075% of 186,767 all-time · competing since May 2022 · 2022CENT02

Tim Cents has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 0.65, set at Leersum Algs 2024, puts him in the top 0.075% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2nd in the Netherlands. Until June 2015, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 23 competitions since May 2022, he has put 1,281 official solves on the record across 14 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 59% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 10.15 in July 2022 to 5.84, a 42% improvement. Tim has entered 23 competitions, more competitions than 97% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 0.075% of 186,767 all-time
0.65
signature single · Leersum Algs 2024
1,281
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 59% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingNetherlands
2×20.651.48
top 0.075%2 / 1,665
3×35.847.10
top 0.39%18 / 2,294
Clock2.853.69
top 0.58%7 / 466
Pyraminx1.852.53
top 0.9%24 / 1,283
4×426.7933.61
top 1.3%12 / 1,000
Skewb2.104.08
top 1.6%14 / 957
Square-16.958.96
top 1.7%6 / 407
Megaminx40.9346.11
top 1.8%8 / 414
5×557.641:03.25
top 4.4%25 / 532
3×3 one-handed13.8015.67
top 5.7%37 / 726
3×3 Fewest Moves28 moves38.33
top 9.9%18 / 167
6×62:12.632:21.47
top 16.7%32 / 205
7×74:53.83—
early days — 1 solve86 / 169
3×3 blindfolded3:22.93—
early days — 3 solves70 / 132

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

Hoorn Open 2022: 10.15Dutch Autumn 2022: 9.25Dutch Nationals 2022: 9.43Kampen Open 2023: 6.97Ermelo Cubing B 2023: 8.34Dutch Open 2023: 7.64On Alphen Track to Records 24h 2023: 7.90Amsterdam Open 2023: 7.94Dutch Autumn 2023: 6.96Dutch Nationals 2023: 7.18Take Your Time Ermelo 2023: 6.35Leersum Algs 2024: 7.42Lente Spring 2024: 6.72Bigger in Breda 2024: 5.84Capelle Cubing 2024: 7.01Heerenveen Open 2024: 7.35Dutch Open 2024: 6.79Dutch Nationals 2024: 7.01Alphen Cubing 2025: 7.06Rubik's Dutch Nationals 2025: 6.265.8410.152 Jul 20225 Sep 2025

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-5 3×3 single — 344 people have one; it is 0.84 away.
  • A sub-2 Clock single — 17 people have one; it is 0.85 away.

Targets move as he improves.