People · Netherlands
Max van der Velden
Clock · top 33.9% of 32,048 all-time · competing since March 2024 · 2024VELD03
Max van der Velden has been competing for 2 years. His best event is the Clock: a personal-best single of 11.78, set at Rubik's Dutch Nationals 2025, puts him in the top 33.9% of the 32,048 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 167th in the Netherlands. Across 4 competitions since March 2024, he has put 43 official solves on the record across four events. His Clock best has come down from 14.72 in July 2025 to 11.78, a 20% improvement. Max has entered four competitions, more competitions than 78% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Netherlands | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clock | 11.78 | 14.04 | top 33.9% | 167 / 466 | |
| 3×3 | 33.07 | 41.50 | top 67.6% | 1,683 / 2,294 | |
| Pyraminx | 12.60 | 18.27 | top 70.8% | 988 / 1,283 | |
| 2×2 | 12.15 | 15.13 | top 84.8% | 1,494 / 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, Clock. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 23 Mar 2024First competition: Arnhem Open A 2024. A 44.12 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Rubik's Dutch Nationals 2025 · 5 Sep 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Small Sides Alphen 2025 · 26 Jul 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Capelle Cubing 2024 · 9 Jun 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Arnhem Open A 2024 · 23 Mar 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 his.
- Myrthe ten Pas — met in 9 rounds, finished ahead once
- Mattheo de Wit — met in 9 rounds, never finished ahead
- Marc Dullemond — met in 9 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-10 Clock single — 8,040 people have one; it is 1.78 away.
- A sub-30 3×3 single — 177,856 people have one; it is 3.07 away.
Targets move as he improves.