People · Netherlands
Timothy Kroon
3×3 · top 8.7% of 284,439 all-time · competing since June 2018 · 2018KROO01
Timothy Kroon has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 10.41, set at West-Fries Open 2026, puts him in the top 8.7% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 242nd in the Netherlands. Until February 2007, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 18 competitions since June 2018, he has put 586 official solves on the record across nine events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one; 81% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 24.72 in June 2018 to 10.41, a 58% improvement. Timothy has entered 18 competitions, more competitions than 96% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Netherlands | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 10.41 | 12.04 | top 8.7% | 242 / 2,294 | |
| 2×2 | 2.77 | 5.02 | top 11.7% | 247 / 1,665 | |
| Skewb | 4.67 | 11.54 | top 15.7% | 155 / 957 | |
| Pyraminx | 7.20 | 9.87 | top 29.5% | 504 / 1,283 | |
| 4×4 | 55.03 | 58.96 | top 30.8% | 293 / 1,000 | |
| 5×5 | 1:44.60 | 1:55.79 | top 38.9% | 198 / 532 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 27.86 | 35.09 | top 41.6% | 281 / 726 | |
| Megaminx | 1:59.88 | — | top 45.6% | 195 / 414 | |
| Square-1 | 58.23 | — | top 82.5% | 328 / 407 |
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
- 12 Oct 2019Six personal bests in one day at Dutch Open 2019.
- 21 Sep 2019Six personal bests in one day at Dutch Nationals 2019.
- 29 Jun 2019Three personal bests in one day at Star Cubing Nijmegen 2019.
- 15 Dec 2018First sub-15 3×3: 13.59 at Rijswijk Open 2018.
- 15 Dec 2018Three personal bests in one day at Rijswijk Open 2018.
- 13 Oct 2018First sub-20 3×3: 17.19 at Dutch Open 2018.
Competitions
- West-Fries Open 2026 · 2 May 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Dutch Nationals 2024 · 15 Nov 2024
- Dutch Open 2024 · 26 Oct 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Westfries Open 2022 · 22 Oct 2022 — 1 personal best set
- Star Cubing Nijmegen 2020 · 29 Feb 2020 — 1 personal best set
- Dutch Masters 2020 · 1 Feb 2020 — 1 personal best set
- Happy New Year Cubing Hoorn 2020 · 4 Jan 2020
- Dutch Open 2019 · 12 Oct 2019 — 6 personal bests set
- Dutch Nationals 2019 · 21 Sep 2019 — 6 personal bests set
- Star Cubing Nijmegen 2019 · 29 Jun 2019 — 3 personal bests set
- Dutch Masters 2019 · 6 Apr 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Happy New Year Cubing Nijmegen 2019 · 5 Jan 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Rijswijk Open 2018 · 15 Dec 2018 — 3 personal bests set
- Meppel Open 2018 · 10 Nov 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- Dutch Open 2018 · 13 Oct 2018 — 3 personal bests set
- Dutch Nationals 2018 · 22 Sep 2018
- Zwolle Open 2018 · 17 Aug 2018 — 3 personal bests set
- Veenendaal Open 2018 · 23 Jun 2018
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.
- Ron van Bruchem — met in 124 rounds, finished ahead 33 times
- Mark Bennis — met in 123 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Daniël Kassab — met in 122 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 0.41 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.77 away.
Targets move as he improves.