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Maarten van Tol

3×3 · top 11.8% of 284,439 all-time · competing since October 2013 · 2013TOLM01

Maarten van Tol has been competing for 13 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 11.40, set at King's Open 2016, puts him in the top 11.8% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 328th in the Netherlands. Across 8 competitions since October 2013, he has put 139 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 10% around a typical one, steadier than 97% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 20.53 in October 2013 to 11.40, a 44% improvement. Maarten has entered eight competitions, more competitions than 90% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 11.8% of 284,439 all-time
11.40
signature single · King's Open 2016
139
official solves on the record
10%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 97% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingNetherlands
3×311.4013.39
top 11.8%328 / 2,294
2×22.804.79
top 12.0%255 / 1,665
Skewb6.4620.16
top 29.4%319 / 957
3×3 one-handed25.1227.83
top 34.5%227 / 726
Pyraminx16.4019.50
top 86.2%1,158 / 1,283

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

Amstelveen Open 2013: 20.53Rubik's Cube European Championships 2014: 18.74Dutch Nationals 2014: 16.87Dutch Nationals 2015: 15.38Dutch Open 2015: 13.11Tulip Open 2016: 12.72King's Open 2016: 11.40Haarlem Cubing 2019: 12.4511.4020.5313 Oct 201310 Feb 2019

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-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 1.40 away.
  • A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.80 away.

Targets move as he improves.