People · Netherlands
Luca van Maare
3×3 · top 7.5% of 288,433 all-time · competing since September 2018 · 2018MAAR02
Luca van Maare has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 10.02, set at Back in Ermelo 2026, puts him in the top 7.5% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 208th in the Netherlands. Until May 2007, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 9 competitions since September 2018, he has put 191 official solves on the record across four events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 56% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 2×2 best has come down from 5.17 in September 2018 to 2.72, a 47% improvement. Luca 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 10.02 | 10.72 | top 7.5% | 208 / 2,318 | |
| 2×2 | 2.72 | 3.06 | top 11.2% | 238 / 1,680 | |
| 4×4 | 46.89 | 56.12 | top 20.7% | 194 / 1,009 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 3:34.10 | — | early days — 2 solves | 75 / 134 |
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, 2×2. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 17 Oct 2026Three personal bests in one day at Back in Ermelo 2026.
- 29 Feb 2020Three personal bests in one day at Star Cubing Nijmegen 2020.
- 16 Aug 2019First sub-15 3×3: 14.69 at Hoogland Open 2019.
- 29 Jun 2019First sub-20 3×3: 16.57 at Star Cubing Nijmegen 2019.
- 5 Jan 2019First sub-30 3×3: 25.02 at Happy New Year Cubing Nijmegen 2019.
- 22 Sep 2018First competition: Dutch Nationals 2018. A 36.35 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Back in Ermelo 2026 · 17 Oct 2026 — 3 personal bests set
- Dutch Nationals 2022 · 26 Nov 2022 — 1 personal best set
- Star Cubing Nijmegen 2020 · 29 Feb 2020 — 3 personal bests set
- Hoogland Open 2019 · 16 Aug 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Star Cubing Nijmegen 2019 · 29 Jun 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Dutch Masters 2019 · 6 Apr 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Haarlem Cubing 2019 · 10 Feb 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Happy New Year Cubing Nijmegen 2019 · 5 Jan 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Dutch Nationals 2018 · 22 Sep 2018
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.
- Mika Smulders — met in 41 rounds, finished ahead once
- Daniël Kassab — met in 37 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Olivier Vos — met in 36 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,606 people have one; it is 0.02 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 9,039 people have one; it is 0.72 away.
Targets move as he improves.