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Markus Otten

Megaminx · top 0.79% of 34,786 all-time · competing since February 2019 · 2019OTTE01

Markus Otten has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the Megaminx: a personal-best single of 36.04, set at New Year's in the Dolomites 2023, puts him in the top 0.79% of the 34,786 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 4th in the Netherlands. Until May 2016, no official Megaminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 41 competitions since February 2019, he has put 907 official solves on the record across eleven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 54% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 32.49 in February 2019 to 7.04, a 78% improvement. Markus has entered 41 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

Megaminx
best event — top 0.79% of 34,786 all-time
36.04
signature single · New Year's in the Dolomites 2023
907
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 54% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingNetherlands
Megaminx36.0440.31
top 0.79%4 / 414
3×37.049.25
top 1.4%43 / 2,294
Pyraminx3.117.40
top 4.0%64 / 1,283
4×438.4042.28
top 10.2%87 / 1,000
5×51:18.391:27.48
top 17.8%81 / 532
2×23.334.36
top 18.1%410 / 1,665
Clock10.0710.97
top 25.4%124 / 466
Skewb6.7211.25
top 31.4%339 / 957
6×62:51.113:12.25
early days — 3 solves81 / 205
3×3 one-handed31.2632.35
top 49.5%340 / 726
7×75:12.39—
early days — 1 solve104 / 169

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

Haarlem Cubing 2019: 32.49Dutch Masters 2019: 23.92Brugge Open 2019: 19.26Breda Open 2019: 26.22Star Cubing Nijmegen 2019: 19.05Dutch Open 2019: 18.32Happy New Year Cubing Hoorn 2020: 16.50Dutch Masters 2020: 14.84Star Cubing Nijmegen 2020: 14.48Dutch Spring 2022: 10.11Annuntia Sunday Open 2022: 9.62Rubik's WCA European Championship 2022: 11.19Ganshoren Sunday Open 2022: 11.13Darmstadt Dodecahedron Days 2022: 10.61Alphen Cubing 2023: 11.77Kampen Open 2023: 10.97Visé Sunday Open 2023: 11.17Stevenage September 2023: 10.64Dutch Autumn 2023: 8.36Leersum Algs 2024: 10.36Rubik's WCA European Championship 2024: 8.58Leersum Algs 24 Hours in 2024: 8.82Heerenveen Open 2024: 8.67Dutch Nationals 2024: 9.22Lente in Lent 2025: 9.09Cubing in Oud IJsselmuiden 2025: 7.68Rubik's WCA European Championship 2026: 7.047.0432.4910 Feb 201916 Jul 2026

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-30 Megaminx single — 75 people have one; it is 6.04 away.
  • A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 1.04 away.

Targets move as he improves.