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Willem Van Asselt

3×3 · top 24.0% of 284,439 all-time · competing since March 2015 · 2015ASSE01

Willem Van Asselt has been competing for 12 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 14.87, set at London Winter B 2023, puts him in the top 24.0% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 13,018th in the United States. Across 7 competitions since March 2015, he has put 83 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, an early reading from 8 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 51.09 in March 2015 to 14.87, a 71% improvement. Willem has entered seven competitions, more competitions than 88% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 24.0% of 284,439 all-time
14.87
signature single · London Winter B 2023
83
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×314.8716.77
top 24.0%13,018 / 59,724
4×41:00.161:03.45
top 36.6%5,904 / 19,072
5×51:55.832:05.18
top 46.6%3,864 / 9,401
2×25.667.87
top 47.2%19,089 / 40,951
Pyraminx10.0815.20
top 53.6%15,649 / 28,708
3×3 blindfolded4:47.94
early days — 2 solves1,602 / 2,092

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

Lawrence Spring 2015: 51.09Cubing 4 Kids 2018: 28.84Gateway Ravioli Spring 2018: 17.64CubingUSA Nationals 2018: 15.45BarbeCubing Fall 2018: 16.13London Winter B 2023: 14.87Ohio State Spring Gray 2023: 15.0214.8751.0928 Mar 201515 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-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 2.87 away.
  • A sub-1:00 4×4 single — 30,601 people have one; it is 0.16 away.

Targets move as he improves.