People · Netherlands
Tim van Loo
Pyraminx · top 1.3% of 129,321 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 129,321 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 42 competitions since May 2022, he has put 2,050 official solves on the record across 13 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 60% of the 35,811 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 42 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Netherlands | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pyraminx | 2.09 | 4.84 | top 1.3% | 32 / 1,283 | |
| 2×2 | 1.52 | 3.71 | top 2.2% | 52 / 1,665 | |
| Skewb | 2.63 | 4.80 | top 3.4% | 32 / 957 | |
| 3×3 | 8.97 | 9.85 | top 4.8% | 134 / 2,294 | |
| Clock | 5.90 | 7.45 | top 6.9% | 27 / 466 | |
| 4×4 | 36.05 | 41.21 | top 7.7% | 61 / 1,000 | |
| 5×5 | 1:10.64 | 1:22.13 | top 12.0% | 56 / 532 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 17.80 | 22.93 | top 14.6% | 87 / 726 | |
| Square-1 | 14.28 | 17.22 | top 14.7% | 49 / 407 | |
| Megaminx | 1:20.27 | 1:27.61 | top 22.0% | 94 / 414 | |
| 6×6 | 2:28.53 | 2:33.57 | top 24.9% | 48 / 205 | |
| 7×7 | 3:56.57 | 4:22.20 | top 29.3% | 46 / 169 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 45 moves | — | early days — 3 solves | 116 / 167 |
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, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 17 May 2025Three personal bests in one day at Quick 'n Slick Meppel 2025.
- 15 Nov 2024Three personal bests in one day at Dutch Nationals 2024.
- 13 Jul 2024Three personal bests in one day at Warm Up Wommelgem 2024.
- 21 Oct 2023Five personal bests in one day at Belgian Nationals 2023.
- 26 Aug 2023Four personal bests in one day at On Alphen Track to Records 24h 2023.
- 7 Jul 2023Five personal bests in one day at Irish Championship 2023.
Competitions
- Amsterdam Open 2026 · 22 Feb 2026
- Manchester Favourites II 2026 · 17 Jan 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Freezing Fryslân 2025 · 21 Dec 2025
- Cubing in Oud IJsselmuiden 2025 · 20 Dec 2025
- Take Your Time Ermelo 2025 · 18 Oct 2025
- Rubik's Dutch Nationals 2025 · 5 Sep 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Breda Open 2025 · 23 Aug 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Small Sides Alphen 2025 · 26 Jul 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Quick 'n Slick Meppel 2025 · 17 May 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Lente in Lent 2025 · 12 Apr 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Hayange Open 2025 · 25 Jan 2025
- Dutch Nationals 2024 · 15 Nov 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Heerenveen Open 2024 · 15 Sep 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Warm Up Wommelgem 2024 · 13 Jul 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Bolton Summer 2024 · 29 Jun 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Capelle Cubing 2024 · 9 Jun 2024
- Bigger in Breda 2024 · 4 May 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Lente Spring 2024 · 7 Apr 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Arnhem Open B 2024 · 24 Mar 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Dutch Winter North 2024 · 14 Jan 2024
- Take Your Time Ermelo 2023 · 16 Dec 2023
- Dutch Nationals 2023 · 25 Nov 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Annuntia Sunday Open 2023 · 19 Nov 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Belgian Nationals 2023 · 21 Oct 2023 — 5 personal bests set
- Amsterdam Open 2023 · 10 Sep 2023
- Visé Saturday Open 2023 · 9 Sep 2023
- On Alphen Track to Records 24h 2023 · 26 Aug 2023 — 4 personal bests set
- German Nationals 2023 · 4 Aug 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Irish Championship 2023 · 7 Jul 2023 — 5 personal bests set
- Dutch Open 2023 · 3 Jun 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Capelle Cubing 2023 · 14 May 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Koersel Sunday Open 2023 · 7 May 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Ermelo Cubing A 2023 · 22 Apr 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Wommelgem Open 2023 · 1 Apr 2023 — 4 personal bests set
- Kampen Open 2023 · 11 Mar 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Dutch Nationals 2022 · 26 Nov 2022 — 9 personal bests set
- Westfries Open 2022 · 22 Oct 2022 — 11 personal bests set
- Dutch Autumn 2022 · 25 Sep 2022 — 3 personal bests set
- Ganshoren Saturday Open 2022 · 24 Sep 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- FLIP Open 2022 · 23 Jul 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- Hoorn Open 2022 · 2 Jul 2022 — 3 personal bests set
- Dutch Masters 2022 · 21 May 2022 — 3 personal bests set
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.
- Ivo Stoutjesdijk — met in 333 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
- Mattheo de Wit — met in 284 rounds, finished ahead once
- Vincent Chan — met in 278 rounds, finished ahead 45 times
Next targets
- A sub-2 Pyraminx single — 1,476 people have one; it is 0.09 away.
- A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.52 away.
Targets move as he improves.