People · Netherlands
Machiel van Loon
3×3 · top 9.1% of 284,439 all-time · competing since November 2018 · 2018LOON01
Machiel van Loon has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 10.56, set at Dutch Masters 2020, puts him in the top 9.1% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 256th in the Netherlands. Until August 2006, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 10 competitions since November 2018, he has put 500 official solves on the record across ten events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 84% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 18.20 in November 2018 to 10.56, a 42% improvement. Machiel has entered ten competitions, more competitions than 92% 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 | 10.56 | 14.11 | top 9.1% | 256 / 2,294 | |
| Skewb | 4.09 | 6.08 | top 11.5% | 110 / 957 | |
| 2×2 | 2.85 | 4.40 | top 12.6% | 271 / 1,665 | |
| Square-1 | 15.56 | 21.27 | top 17.7% | 57 / 407 | |
| Pyraminx | 6.24 | 9.42 | top 21.8% | 378 / 1,283 | |
| 4×4 | 1:00.40 | 1:07.57 | top 36.9% | 352 / 1,000 | |
| Megaminx | 1:51.26 | 2:16.72 | top 41.1% | 174 / 414 | |
| 5×5 | 1:52.76 | 1:58.53 | top 44.5% | 228 / 532 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 30.69 | 35.27 | top 48.2% | 331 / 726 | |
| 6×6 | 3:59.42 | — | early days — 2 solves | 148 / 205 |
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, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 1 Feb 2020Four personal bests in one day at Dutch Masters 2020.
- 21 Sep 2019Four personal bests in one day at Dutch Nationals 2019.
- 8 Jun 2019Six personal bests in one day at Breda Open 2019.
- 6 Apr 2019First sub-15 3×3: 13.72 at Dutch Masters 2019.
- 6 Apr 2019Seven personal bests in one day at Dutch Masters 2019.
- 5 Jan 2019Four personal bests in one day at Happy New Year Cubing Nijmegen 2019.
Competitions
- Star Cubing Nijmegen 2020 · 29 Feb 2020 — 2 personal bests set
- Dutch Masters 2020 · 1 Feb 2020 — 4 personal bests set
- Happy New Year Cubing Hoorn 2020 · 4 Jan 2020 — 1 personal best set
- Dutch Nationals 2019 · 21 Sep 2019 — 4 personal bests set
- Star Cubing Nijmegen 2019 · 29 Jun 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Breda Open 2019 · 8 Jun 2019 — 6 personal bests set
- Dutch Masters 2019 · 6 Apr 2019 — 7 personal bests set
- Haarlem Cubing 2019 · 10 Feb 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Happy New Year Cubing Nijmegen 2019 · 5 Jan 2019 — 4 personal bests set
- Meppel Open 2018 · 10 Nov 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.
- Olivier Vos — met in 117 rounds, finished ahead 6 times
- Tristan Jansen — met in 107 rounds, finished ahead 7 times
- Daniël Kassab — met in 101 rounds, finished ahead 9 times
Next targets
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 0.56 away.
- A sub-4 Skewb single — 7,977 people have one; it is 0.09 away.
Targets move as he improves.