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Luca van Maare

2×2 · top 11.1% of 186,767 all-time · competing since September 2018 · 2018MAAR02

Luca van Maare has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.72, set at Star Cubing Nijmegen 2020, puts him in the top 11.1% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 235th in the Netherlands. Across 8 competitions since September 2018, he has put 158 official solves on the record across four events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 61% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 2×2 best has come down from 5.17 in September 2018 to 2.72, a 47% improvement. Luca has entered eight competitions, more competitions than 90% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 11.1% of 186,767 all-time
2.72
signature single · Star Cubing Nijmegen 2020
158
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 61% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingNetherlands
2×22.724.93
top 11.1%235 / 1,665
3×311.5013.20
top 12.2%340 / 2,294
4×41:11.921:24.14
top 48.7%477 / 1,000
3×3 blindfolded3:34.10
early days — 2 solves73 / 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

Dutch Nationals 2018: 5.17Happy New Year Cubing Nijmegen 2019: 6.52Haarlem Cubing 2019: 3.71Dutch Masters 2019: 4.34Star Cubing Nijmegen 2019: 5.01Hoogland Open 2019: 3.74Star Cubing Nijmegen 2020: 2.72Dutch Nationals 2022: 3.502.726.5222 Sep 201826 Nov 2022

Best single per competition, 2×2. 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 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.72 away.
  • A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 1.50 away.

Targets move as he improves.