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Tobias Hermans

2×2 · top 0.48% of 186,767 all-time · competing since August 2019 · 2019HERM05

Tobias Hermans has been competing for 7 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 0.96, set at Swisscubing Cup I 2025, puts him in the top 0.48% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 16th in the Netherlands. Until November 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 49 competitions since August 2019, he has put 1,243 official solves on the record across 15 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one; 80% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 29.91 in August 2019 to 8.81, a 71% improvement. Tobias has entered 49 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 0.48% of 186,767 all-time
0.96
signature single · Swisscubing Cup I 2025
1,243
official solves on the record
15%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 80% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingNetherlands
2×20.962.20
top 0.48%16 / 1,665
3×38.8110.83
top 4.4%121 / 2,294
4×441.5050.69
top 13.9%132 / 1,000
Pyraminx5.728.37
top 18.0%312 / 1,283
3×3 blindfolded1:40.13—
top 26.7%27 / 132
3×3 Fewest Moves34 moves—
top 26.7%55 / 167
Skewb6.4711.57
top 29.5%320 / 957
3×3 one-handed26.2133.33
top 37.4%249 / 726
5×51:42.731:54.59
top 37.4%186 / 532
Clock13.7217.73
top 42.7%209 / 466
Megaminx2:23.783:00.11
top 58.3%253 / 414
6×64:05.864:23.88
top 67.4%156 / 205
3×3 Multi-Blind2 of 2 cubes · 19:21—
early days — 2 solves36 / 44
7×76:56.657:32.03
top 79.6%145 / 169
Square-155.221:26.62
top 80.5%312 / 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

Hoogland Open 2019: 29.91Dutch Nationals 2019: 30.29Happy New Year Cubing Hoorn 2020: 24.94Dutch Masters 2020: 19.66Dutch Spring 2022: 15.77Dutch Masters 2022: 12.69Hoorn Open 2022: 12.20Dutch Nationals 2022: 12.74Kampen Open 2023: 11.33Dutch Open 2023: 11.73Amsterdam Open 2023: 11.83Dutch Autumn 2023: 11.11Dutch Nationals 2023: 11.58Take Your Time Ermelo 2023: 11.73Leersum Algs 2024: 11.53Dutch Winter North 2024: 8.81German Newcomer Day 2024: 10.85Geel Beginners Sunday 2024: 9.76Arnhem Open B 2024: 10.33Lente Spring 2024: 9.88German Open 2024: 9.57Bigger in Breda 2024: 10.57Hessen Open 2024: 10.74 HEM MariCubik Open 2024: 10.35Rubik's WCA European Championship 2024: 11.79Romanian Breaking Records 2024: 8.96Heerenveen Open 2024: 10.54Visé Open Saturday 2024: 10.50Dutch Open 2024: 11.26Bremium Cubing 2024: 11.60Dutch Nationals 2024: 10.42Bucharest December Cubing 2024: 10.67Swisscubing Cup I 2025: 10.56French Championship 2025: 10.47Dreht's Eich in Ergolding 2025: 11.85Cubing in Oud IJsselmuiden 2025: 9.12Freezing Fryslân 2025: 11.29Rubik's German Nationals 2026: 8.928.8130.2916 Aug 201928 Aug 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-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.81 away.
  • A sub-40 4×4 single — 10,180 people have one; it is 1.50 away.

Targets move as he improves.