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Tim van Loo

Pyraminx · top 1.3% of 130,891 all-time · competing since May 2022 · 2022LOOT01

Tim van Loo has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 2.09, set at Manchester Favourites II 2026, puts him in the top 1.3% of the 130,891 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 32nd in the Netherlands. Until July 2011, no official Pyraminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 43 competitions since May 2022, he has put 2,128 official solves on the record across 13 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 58% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 13.02 in May 2022 to 8.97, a 31% improvement. Tim has entered 43 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

Pyraminx
best event — top 1.3% of 130,891 all-time
2.09
signature single · Manchester Favourites II 2026
2,128
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 58% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingNetherlands
Pyraminx2.094.84
top 1.3%32 / 1,296
2×21.523.71
top 2.2%52 / 1,680
Skewb2.634.80
top 3.4%32 / 968
3×38.979.85
top 4.8%138 / 2,318
Clock5.907.45
top 6.9%27 / 479
4×436.0541.21
top 7.8%64 / 1,009
5×51:10.641:22.13
top 12.1%58 / 542
3×3 one-handed17.4322.93
top 13.7%81 / 737
Square-114.2817.22
top 14.8%49 / 407
Megaminx1:20.271:27.61
top 22.0%94 / 417
6×62:28.532:33.57
top 25.0%49 / 208
7×73:56.574:22.20
top 29.3%49 / 171
3×3 Fewest Moves45 moves—
early days — 3 solves119 / 171

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 Masters 2022: 13.02Hoorn Open 2022: 11.38FLIP Open 2022: 13.36Ganshoren Saturday Open 2022: 11.40Dutch Autumn 2022: 11.69Westfries Open 2022: 10.46Dutch Nationals 2022: 10.68Kampen Open 2023: 9.97Wommelgem Open 2023: 10.87Ermelo Cubing A 2023: 11.52Koersel Sunday Open 2023: 10.87Capelle Cubing 2023: 9.74Dutch Open 2023: 10.66Irish Championship 2023: 10.44German Nationals 2023: 11.21On Alphen Track to Records 24h 2023: 10.35Visé Saturday Open 2023: 10.69Amsterdam Open 2023: 11.70Belgian Nationals 2023: 10.40Annuntia Sunday Open 2023: 9.61Dutch Nationals 2023: 9.35Take Your Time Ermelo 2023: 11.00Dutch Winter North 2024: 9.66Arnhem Open B 2024: 9.34Lente Spring 2024: 10.09Capelle Cubing 2024: 10.15Bolton Summer 2024: 9.97Warm Up Wommelgem 2024: 9.02Heerenveen Open 2024: 9.01Dutch Nationals 2024: 9.98Hayange Open 2025: 10.60Lente in Lent 2025: 11.03Quick 'n Slick Meppel 2025: 8.97Small Sides Alphen 2025: 9.55Rubik's Dutch Nationals 2025: 10.96Take Your Time Ermelo 2025: 9.78Cubing in Oud IJsselmuiden 2025: 9.96Freezing Fryslân 2025: 9.46Manchester Favourites II 2026: 9.09Amsterdam Open 2026: 9.51Back in Ermelo 2026: 9.168.9713.3621 May 202217 Oct 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-2 Pyraminx single — 1,497 people have one; it is 0.09 away.
  • A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,050 people have one; it is 0.52 away.

Targets move as he improves.