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Markus Otten

Megaminx · top 0.8% of 35,351 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 0.8% of the 35,351 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 43 competitions since February 2019, he has put 997 official solves on the record across twelve events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 50% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 32.49 in February 2019 to 6.79, a 79% improvement. Markus has entered 43 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

Megaminx
best event — top 0.8% of 35,351 all-time
36.04
signature single · New Year's in the Dolomites 2023
997
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 50% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingNetherlands
Megaminx36.0440.31
top 0.8%4 / 417
3×36.798.81
top 1.1%35 / 2,318
4×431.3537.24
top 3.7%32 / 1,009
Pyraminx3.117.40
top 4.0%64 / 1,296
5×51:00.231:05.67
top 5.7%29 / 542
6×62:02.902:13.92
top 12.2%27 / 208
2×23.333.84
top 18.2%415 / 1,680
7×73:32.263:51.14
top 20.6%30 / 171
Clock10.0710.97
top 25.3%127 / 479
3×3 one-handed22.4930.95
top 27.4%176 / 737
Skewb6.7211.25
top 31.5%342 / 968
3×3 blindfolded3:21.75—
early days — 1 solve71 / 134

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: 7.04Back in Ermelo 2026: 6.796.7932.4910 Feb 201917 Oct 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 — 76 people have one; it is 6.04 away.
  • A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,419 people have one; it is 0.79 away.

Targets move as he improves.