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Tristan Paulussen

2×2 · top 3.2% of 189,179 all-time · competing since October 2009 · 2009PAUL01

Tristan Paulussen has been competing for 17 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.71, set at Aachen Open 2025, puts him in the top 3.2% of the 189,179 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 74th in the Netherlands. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 72 competitions since October 2009, he has put 3,202 official solves on the record across 13 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 10% around a typical one, steadier than 95% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 46.90 in October 2009 to 8.83, an 81% improvement. Tristan has entered 72 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 3.2% of 189,179 all-time
1.71
signature single · Aachen Open 2025
3,202
official solves on the record
10%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 95% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingNetherlands
2×21.713.95
top 3.2%74 / 1,680
3×38.8312.34
top 4.5%127 / 2,318
Pyraminx3.345.32
top 4.9%75 / 1,296
Megaminx49.9255.03
top 5.1%23 / 417
Skewb3.075.29
top 5.4%53 / 968
3×3 Fewest Moves27 moves28.67
top 8.0%12 / 171
4×436.7542.87
top 8.5%75 / 1,009
5×51:11.991:17.30
top 13.2%63 / 542
Clock8.119.29
top 15.6%69 / 479
7×73:18.483:31.57
top 15.9%27 / 171
6×62:15.752:24.75
top 18.5%35 / 208
Square-119.2426.52
top 26.2%92 / 407
3×3 one-handed22.8825.89
top 28.5%184 / 737

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 Open 2009: 46.90Belgian Open 2010: 34.44Dutch Open 2010: 29.68Dutch Nationals 2010: 29.71NEMO Amsterdam Open 2011: 23.78Amstelveen Open 2011: 21.63Dutch Open 2011: 19.13Spols Open 2011: 18.56Zonhoven Open 2012: 20.68NEMO Amsterdam Open 2012: 19.28N8W8 Summer 2012: 21.58Eindhoven Open 2012: 18.31Dutch Open 2012: 20.58Zonhoven Open 2013: 16.65Eindhoven Spring 2013: 19.58N8W8 Summer 2014: 15.78Breda Open 2017: 17.50Breda Open 2018: 17.89Annuntia Open 2020: 16.44Dutch Spring 2022: 14.77Dutch Masters 2022: 13.91Dutch Autumn 2022: 14.61Dutch Nationals 2022: 13.53Alphen Cubing 2023: 14.48Ermelo Cubing B 2023: 12.71Arnhem Open B 2024: 12.54Lente Spring 2024: 13.79Bigger in Breda 2024: 12.78Capelle Cubing 2024: 14.66Leersum Algs 24 Hours in 2024: 12.97Heerenveen Open 2024: 13.08Dutch Open 2024: 13.11Dutch Nationals 2024: 12.15Beveren Saturday Open 2024: 12.67Christmas Cubing Breda 2024: 12.63Aachen Open 2025: 12.22Leersum Squared 2025: 11.32Hasselt Saturday Open 2025: 12.11Start in Veenendaal 2025: 12.92Quick 'n Slick Meppel 2025: 10.95Rhein-Sieg Open 2025: 13.55Eat Sleep Cube Repeat Leersum 2025: 11.97Small Sides Alphen 2025: 12.75Little LeideNxN 2025: 11.95Rubik's Irish Championship 2025: 8.83Breda Open 2025: 11.96Rubik's Dutch Nationals 2025: 11.99Take Your Time Ermelo 2025: 10.55Belgian Nationals 2025: 14.63Pakje Open in Lent 2025: 12.83Cubing in Oud IJsselmuiden 2025: 11.62Freezing Fryslân 2025: 12.05Leersum Open 2026: 12.79Amsterdam Open 2026: 11.75Classic Cubing Capelle 2026: 12.47No Rush Hasselt 2026: 11.81Breda Open 2026: 12.01Meppel Mayhem 2026: 11.36Warm Up Lent 2026: 9.76Rubik's WCA European Championship 2026: 13.10Capelle Chaos B 2026: 13.74Rubik's German Nationals 2026: 13.04Visé Saturday Open 2026: 11.92Back in Ermelo 2026: 11.728.8346.9017 Oct 200917 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-1 2×2 single — 1,050 people have one; it is 0.71 away.
  • A sub-8 3×3 single — 8,101 people have one; it is 0.83 away.

Targets move as he improves.