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Marcel van Garderen

3×3 · top 83.5% of 284,439 all-time · competing since August 2004 · 2004GARD01

Marcel van Garderen has been competing for 22 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 46.74, set at Dutch Championship 2005, puts him in the top 83.5% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,993rd in the Netherlands. Across 2 competitions since August 2004, he has put 6 official solves on the record across one event. His 3×3 best has come down from 1:06.63 in August 2004 to 46.74, a 30% improvement. Marcel has entered two competitions.

3×3
best event — top 83.5% of 284,439 all-time
46.74
signature single · Dutch Championship 2005
6
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingNetherlands
3×346.74
top 83.5%1,993 / 2,294

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

European Rubik's Games Championship 2004: 1:06.63Dutch Championship 2005: 46.7446.741:06.637 Aug 200429 Oct 2005

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.

Next targets

  • A sub-40 3×3 single — 218,634 people have one; it is 6.74 away.

Targets move as he improves.