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Yannick Besems
Pyraminx · top 18.0% of 129,321 all-time · competing since February 2023 · 2023BESE01
Yannick Besems has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 5.72, set at Christmas Cubing Breda 2024, puts him in the top 18.0% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 312th in the Netherlands. Across 9 competitions since February 2023, he has put 139 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one, an early reading from 9 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 27.16 in February 2023 to 19.99, a 26% improvement. Yannick has entered nine competitions, more competitions than 91% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Netherlands | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pyraminx | 5.72 | 10.24 | top 18.0% | 312 / 1,283 | |
| 3×3 | 19.99 | 27.31 | top 39.9% | 1,079 / 2,294 | |
| 2×2 | 5.18 | 9.69 | top 41.6% | 873 / 1,665 | |
| Skewb | 9.82 | 15.88 | top 53.8% | 552 / 957 | |
| 4×4 | 1:41.06 | — | top 71.3% | 703 / 1,000 |
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
- 16 Dec 2023First sub-20 3×3: 19.99 at Take Your Time Ermelo 2023.
- 5 Feb 2023First competition: Alphen Cubing 2023. A 27.16 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Alphen Cubing 2025 · 19 Jan 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Christmas Cubing Breda 2024 · 22 Dec 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Dutch Nationals 2024 · 15 Nov 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Dutch Winter South 2024 · 13 Jan 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Leersum Algs 2024 · 5 Jan 2024
- Take Your Time Ermelo 2023 · 16 Dec 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Dutch Autumn 2023 · 23 Sep 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Ermelo Cubing B 2023 · 23 Apr 2023
- Alphen Cubing 2023 · 5 Feb 2023
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.
- Nanno Venhorst — met in 34 rounds, finished ahead once
- Alessandro van Burken — met in 33 rounds, finished ahead once
- Veerle Melis — met in 32 rounds, finished ahead once
Next targets
- A sub-5 Pyraminx single — 17,019 people have one; it is 0.72 away.
- A sub-15 3×3 single — 69,493 people have one; it is 4.99 away.
Targets move as he improves.