People · Denmark
Maica Neri Birch Sjøstrand
Pyraminx · top 1.4% of 129,321 all-time · competing since December 2021 · 2021SJOS01
Maica Neri Birch Sjøstrand has been competing for 5 years. Her best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 2.12, set at Aarhus Christmas 2024, puts her in the top 1.4% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 19th in Denmark. Until July 2011, no official Pyraminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 29 competitions since December 2021, she has put 1,746 official solves on the record across twelve events. Solve to solve, her 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 77% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. Her 3×3 best has come down from 12.97 in December 2021 to 9.53, a 27% improvement. Maica has entered 29 competitions, more competitions than 98% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Denmark | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pyraminx | 2.12 | 3.42 | top 1.4% | 19 / 702 | |
| 4×4 | 32.66 | 41.34 | top 4.7% | 26 / 468 | |
| 2×2 | 2.02 | 3.45 | top 4.9% | 66 / 906 | |
| 3×3 | 9.53 | 11.18 | top 6.2% | 87 / 1,198 | |
| Clock | 6.61 | 8.47 | top 9.5% | 20 / 187 | |
| Skewb | 3.95 | 7.46 | top 10.6% | 57 / 467 | |
| Megaminx | 1:02.07 | 1:11.78 | top 11.1% | 27 / 232 | |
| 5×5 | 1:09.54 | 1:15.92 | top 11.3% | 27 / 269 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 20.78 | 28.87 | top 22.7% | 89 / 380 | |
| 6×6 | 2:26.81 | 2:45.45 | top 24.0% | 23 / 126 | |
| Square-1 | 20.63 | 26.74 | top 29.3% | 55 / 185 | |
| 7×7 | 4:02.99 | 4:16.71 | top 31.8% | 25 / 116 |
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
- 29 Mar 2025Three personal bests in one day at Dåstrup Diverse 2025.
- 6 Sep 2024Five personal bests in one day at Danish Championship 2024.
- 22 Jun 2024First sub-10 3×3: 9.53 at Hvidovre Sommer 2024.
- 22 Jun 2024Five personal bests in one day at Hvidovre Sommer 2024.
- 17 Mar 2024Three personal bests in one day at Aarhus Spring 2024.
- 8 Sep 2023Three personal bests in one day at Danish Championship 2023.
Competitions
- Sydals Open 2026 · 30 May 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Nordic & Swedish Championship 2026 · 1 May 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Pi Cubing Hvidovre 2026 · 14 Mar 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Aalborg Special 2026 · 28 Feb 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Aarhus Fall 2025 · 22 Nov 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Sej Sejere Sejs 2025 · 27 Sep 2025
- Aarhus Summer 2025 · 15 Jun 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Esbjerg Open 2025 · 7 Jun 2025
- Dåstrup Diverse 2025 · 29 Mar 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Aarhus Winter 2025 · 22 Feb 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Hvidovre Mini Januar 2025 · 26 Jan 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Aarhus Christmas 2024 · 14 Dec 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Aarhus Advent 2024 · 1 Dec 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Danish Championship 2024 · 6 Sep 2024 — 5 personal bests set
- Festlige Terninger Østervang 2024 · 10 Aug 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Sommer uden Sol Lejre 2024 · 6 Jul 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Hvidovre Sommer 2024 · 22 Jun 2024 — 5 personal bests set
- Aalborg Open 2024 · 11 May 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Aarhus Diverse 2024 · 5 May 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Ikast Cubing Kaos 2024 · 27 Apr 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Aarhus Spring 2024 · 17 Mar 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- DSF Generalforsamlingen 2024 · 10 Feb 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Danish Championship 2023 · 8 Sep 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- DSF Generalforsamlingen 2023 · 4 Feb 2023 — 4 personal bests set
- Ikast Winter Cubing 2023 · 21 Jan 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Aarhus Open 2022 · 5 Nov 2022 — 4 personal bests set
- Danish Championship 2022 · 2 Sep 2022 — 4 personal bests set
- Dåstrup Sleepover 2022 · 19 Mar 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- Vestkyst Cubing 2021 · 3 Dec 2021
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.
- Rasmus Stub Detlefsen — met in 285 rounds, finished ahead 10 times
- Daniel Vædele Egdal — met in 259 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Andreas Friis Thorkildsen — met in 247 rounds, finished ahead 122 times
Next targets
- A sub-2 Pyraminx single — 1,476 people have one; it is 0.12 away.
- A sub-30 4×4 single — 2,388 people have one; it is 2.66 away.
Targets move as she improves.