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Tycho Rietman

3×3 · top 1.4% of 284,439 all-time · competing since November 2021 · 2021RIET02

Tycho Rietman has been competing for 5 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 7.05, set at Dutch Nationals 2022, puts him in the top 1.4% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 45th in the Netherlands. Until November 2010, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 4 competitions since November 2021, he has put 75 official solves on the record across two events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, an early reading from 9 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 8.36 in November 2021 to 7.05, a 16% improvement. Tycho has entered four competitions, more competitions than 78% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 1.4% of 284,439 all-time
7.05
signature single · Dutch Nationals 2022
75
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingNetherlands
3×37.058.56
top 1.4%45 / 2,294
2×22.973.71
top 13.9%306 / 1,665

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

German Mini Open B 2021: 8.36Dutch Spring 2022: 9.20Dutch Nationals 2022: 7.05Ermelo Cubing A 2023: 8.217.059.207 Nov 202122 Apr 2023

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-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 1.05 away.
  • A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.97 away.

Targets move as he improves.