People · Netherlands
Madelèn Essens
3×3 · top 93.4% of 284,439 all-time · competing since September 2024 · 2024ESSE03
Madelèn Essens has been competing for 2 years. Her best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 1:04.95, set at Freezing Fryslân 2025, puts her in the top 93.4% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,188th in the Netherlands. Across 3 competitions since September 2024, she has put 18 official solves on the record across two events. Her 3×3 best has come down from 1:37.50 in September 2024 to 1:04.95, a 33% improvement. She has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% 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 | 1:04.95 | 1:31.30 | top 93.4% | 2,188 / 2,294 | |
| 2×2 | 21.56 | 1:00.95 | top 96.5% | 1,636 / 1,665 |
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
- 15 Sep 2024First competition: Heerenveen Open 2024. A 1:37.50 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Freezing Fryslân 2025 · 21 Dec 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Quick 'n Slick Meppel 2025 · 17 May 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Heerenveen Open 2024 · 15 Sep 2024
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 her.
- Tristan Paulussen — met in 4 rounds, never finished ahead
- Sebastiano Tronto — met in 4 rounds, never finished ahead
- Daniël Kassab — met in 4 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-1:00 3×3 single — 260,367 people have one; it is 4.95 away.
- A sub-20 2×2 single — 178,436 people have one; it is 1.56 away.
Targets move as she improves.