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Yannick Nefkens

Pyraminx · top 2.8% of 129,321 all-time · competing since January 2017 · 2017NEFK01

Yannick Nefkens has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 2.75, set at Zwolle Open 2018, puts him in the top 2.8% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 52nd in the Netherlands. Until October 2010, no official Pyraminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 24 competitions since January 2017, he has put 913 official solves on the record across twelve events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 62% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 15.18 in January 2017 to 9.44, a 38% improvement. Yannick has entered 24 competitions, more competitions than 97% of everyone who has ever competed.

Pyraminx
best event — top 2.8% of 129,321 all-time
2.75
signature single · Zwolle Open 2018
913
official solves on the record
14%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 62% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingNetherlands
Pyraminx2.755.29
top 2.8%52 / 1,283
3×39.4411.63
top 5.9%163 / 2,294
Skewb4.276.83
top 12.8%126 / 957
2×22.914.00
top 13.2%290 / 1,665
4×443.3750.35
top 16.2%153 / 1,000
5×51:22.221:36.22
top 20.9%109 / 532
3×3 one-handed25.6130.23
top 35.8%235 / 726
Square-135.3741.74
top 59.0%224 / 407
6×63:50.244:35.48
top 62.4%145 / 205
3×3 Fewest Moves44 moves—
early days — 1 solve110 / 167
Megaminx2:38.52—
top 65.4%289 / 414
Clock23.9624.76
top 74.7%327 / 466

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 Winter 2017: 15.18The Hague Open 2017: 16.81Hoogland Open 2017: 15.98Breda Open 2017: 13.62World Rubik's Cube Championship 2017: 13.58Zwolle Open 2017: 14.58Dutch Nationals 2017: 14.27Dutch Open 2017: 12.96Marathon Open 2017: 13.04Assen Open 2018: 14.58Zwolle Open 2018: 11.90Dutch Nationals 2018: 12.24Meppel Open 2018: 13.05Happy New Year Cubing Nijmegen 2019: 11.06Star Cubing Nijmegen 2019: 11.35Dutch Autumn 2022: 12.01Dutch Nationals 2022: 11.30Dutch Nationals 2023: 10.09Dutch Winter North 2024: 10.99Dutch Nationals 2024: 9.99Quick 'n Slick Meppel 2025: 9.44Arnhem Open 2025: 9.979.4416.816 Jan 201728 Jun 2025

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-2 Pyraminx single — 1,476 people have one; it is 0.75 away.
  • A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.44 away.

Targets move as he improves.