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Maarten Smit

2×2 · top 1.9% of 186,767 all-time · competing since November 2008 · 2008SMIT04

Maarten Smit has been competing for 18 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.45, set at Dutch Winter 2017, puts him in the top 1.9% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 46th in the Netherlands. Until November 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 40 competitions since November 2008, he has put 2,540 official solves on the record across 17 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 75% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 24.30 in November 2008 to 7.72, a 68% improvement. Maarten has entered 40 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 1.9% of 186,767 all-time
1.45
signature single · Dutch Winter 2017
2,540
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 75% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingNetherlands
2×21.452.81
top 1.9%46 / 1,665
3×3 one-handed11.3317.50
top 2.2%18 / 726
3×37.7210.08
top 2.3%69 / 2,294
Pyraminx3.384.89
top 5.0%80 / 1,283
3×3 Fewest Moves26 moves31.33
top 6.2%10 / 167
Clock5.867.24
top 6.8%26 / 466
4×435.3140.86
top 7.0%55 / 1,000
Megaminx54.1357.97
top 7.0%27 / 414
Square-111.8814.55
top 9.6%32 / 407
3×3 blindfolded1:03.741:33.53
top 14.3%10 / 132
5×51:15.501:22.05
top 15.7%71 / 532
3×3 Multi-Blind10 of 10 cubes · 50:09—
top 16.2%8 / 44
Skewb6.3010.11
top 28.1%307 / 957
6×62:39.782:56.27
top 30.6%66 / 205
7×74:33.594:48.32
top 42.3%68 / 169
4×4 blindfolded8:36.89—
top 48.4%12 / 22
5×5 blindfolded25:56.00—
early days — 3 solves11 / 13

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 2008: 24.30The Hague Open 2008: 18.72Benelux Open 2009: 17.08German Open 2009: 14.66Czech Open 2009: 13.25World Rubik's Cube Championship 2009: 11.02Dutch Open 2009: 12.15Essen Open 2009: 13.40Dutch Nationals 2009: 12.69The Hague Open 2009: 12.94Aachen Open 2010: 11.81German Open 2010: 10.28Belgian Open 2010: 10.61Cologne Open 2010: 9.08Czech Open 2010: 9.61European Rubik's Cube Championship 2010: 9.61Dutch Open 2010: 11.13Dutch Nationals 2010: 10.65NEMO Amsterdam Open 2011: 10.25Czech Open 2011: 9.84Amstelveen Open 2011: 9.69Dutch Open 2011: 9.75Twente Open 2012: 9.22Czech Open 2012: 9.31N8W8 Summer 2012: 9.05European Rubik's Cube Championship 2012: 8.77Zonhoven Open 2013: 8.00Amstelveen Open 2013: 9.29Eat Sleep Cube Repeat 2014: 10.50Zonhoven Open 2015: 9.28Tulip Open 2016: 9.57German Open 2016: 9.40West Friesche Open 2016: 8.37Breda Open 2016: 9.80German Nationals 2016: 7.72Dutch Open 2016: 8.90Dutch Winter 2017: 9.20Dutch Nationals 2018: 10.127.7224.3015 Nov 200822 Sep 2018

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-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.45 away.
  • A sub-10 3×3 one-handed single — 779 people have one; it is 1.33 away.

Targets move as he improves.