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Lars Helling

Skewb · top 6.4% of 73,281 all-time · competing since April 2023 · 2023HELL06

Lars Helling has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the Skewb: a personal-best single of 3.27, set at Meppel Mayhem 2026, puts him in the top 6.4% of the 73,281 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 61st in the Netherlands. Until February 2014, no official Skewb solve in the world had been that fast. Across 22 competitions since April 2023, he has put 942 official solves on the record across 14 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 89% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 15.60 in April 2023 to 10.69, a 31% improvement. Lars has entered 22 competitions, more competitions than 97% of everyone who has ever competed.

Skewb
best event — top 6.4% of 73,281 all-time
3.27
signature single · Meppel Mayhem 2026
942
official solves on the record
11%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 89% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingNetherlands
Skewb3.276.09
top 6.4%61 / 957
3×310.6913.27
top 9.5%266 / 2,294
2×22.653.64
top 10.4%221 / 1,665
Megaminx1:04.131:10.02
top 12.2%49 / 414
Clock7.428.96
top 12.6%51 / 466
4×440.8149.57
top 13.1%123 / 1,000
Pyraminx5.158.35
top 14.1%234 / 1,283
Square-114.1219.11
top 14.4%48 / 407
3×3 one-handed18.5522.61
top 16.5%102 / 726
3×3 Fewest Moves37 moves43.67
top 37.3%71 / 167
5×51:45.461:51.52
top 39.5%201 / 532
6×63:41.22—
early days — 3 solves137 / 205
7×75:34.00—
early days — 2 solves124 / 169
3×3 blindfolded4:07.93—
top 69.9%90 / 132

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

Ermelo Cubing A 2023: 15.60Dutch Open 2023: 16.18Amsterdam Open 2023: 12.20Dutch Winter North 2024: 13.32Arnhem Open A 2024: 15.26Dutch Nationals 2024: 13.82Alphen Cubing 2025: 12.65Leersum Squared 2025: 12.53Start in Veenendaal 2025: 12.64Arnhem Open 2025: 12.65Small Sides Alphen 2025: 13.21Beginner Utrecht 2025: 13.63Rubik's Dutch Nationals 2025: 12.86Take Your Time Ermelo 2025: 11.62Pakje Open in Lent 2025: 13.36Cubing in Oud IJsselmuiden 2025: 11.40Amsterdam Open 2026: 11.14Classic Cubing Capelle 2026: 12.14Breda Open 2026: 11.91Meppel Mayhem 2026: 10.69Warm Up Lent 2026: 12.2610.6916.1822 Apr 202310 Jul 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-3 Skewb single — 3,646 people have one; it is 0.27 away.
  • A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 0.69 away.

Targets move as he improves.