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Maximilian van der Straten

3×3 · top 0.22% of 288,433 all-time · competing since May 2022 · 2022STRA01

Maximilian van der Straten has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 5.41, set at Stevenage March 2025, puts him in the top 0.22% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 10th in the Netherlands. Until April 2015, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 66 competitions since May 2022, he has put 2,216 official solves on the record across nine events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 72% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 19.20 in May 2022 to 5.41, a 72% improvement. Maximilian has entered 66 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 0.22% of 288,433 all-time
5.41
signature single · Stevenage March 2025
2,216
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 72% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingNetherlands
3×35.417.44
top 0.22%10 / 2,318
Pyraminx1.924.34
top 1.0%27 / 1,296
5×548.3954.35
top 1.4%10 / 542
4×427.1230.70
top 1.4%14 / 1,009
2×21.672.39
top 2.9%67 / 1,680
6×61:51.311:53.60
top 7.8%19 / 208
3×3 one-handed15.8718.11
top 10.0%60 / 737
7×73:05.813:08.00
top 12.1%21 / 171
3×3 Fewest Moves39 moves45.67
top 44.8%85 / 171

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

Dutch Masters 2022: 19.20Dutch Autumn 2022: 10.91Dutch Nationals 2022: 10.06Alphen Cubing 2023: 10.81Ermelo Cubing B 2023: 10.54Dutch Open 2023: 13.44Amsterdam Open 2023: 8.77Dutch Autumn 2023: 8.70Zottegem Afternoon 2023: 7.87Annuntia Saturday Open 2023: 8.36Dutch Nationals 2023: 9.26Take Your Time Ermelo 2023: 9.34Leersum Algs 2024: 8.63Dutch Winter South 2024: 9.06Arnhem Open B 2024: 8.39Lente Spring 2024: 8.32Leuven Open 2024: 7.24Bigger in Breda 2024: 5.75Capelle Cubing 2024: 8.49Rubik's WCA European Championship 2024: 6.71Leersum Algs 24 Hours in 2024: 8.82Heerenveen Open 2024: 7.06Zottegem Saturday Open 2024: 6.78Dutch Nationals 2024: 7.05Beveren Sunday Open 2024: 7.51Christmas Cubing Breda 2024: 8.64Alphen Cubing 2025: 7.15Leersum Squared 2025: 7.48Hurlubiks Cube Mouscron 2025: 7.59Stevenage March 2025: 5.41Hasselt Sunday Open 2025: 6.98Schnelle Solves Siegen 2025: 6.18Leuven Open 2025: 7.36Lente in Lent 2025: 6.94Quick 'n Slick Meppel 2025: 7.46Arnhem Open 2025: 6.79Rubik's WCA World Championship 2025: 7.36Eat Sleep Cube Repeat Leersum 2025: 6.91Beginner Utrecht 2025: 6.37Breda Open 2025: 5.73Rubik's Dutch Nationals 2025: 7.42Beveren Sunday Open 2025: 6.61Ranst Autumn 2025: 7.24Zottegem Open 2025: 7.88Belgian Nationals 2025: 6.89Pakje Open in Lent 2025: 6.25Cubing in Oud IJsselmuiden 2025: 7.76Freezing Fryslân 2025: 6.88Leersum Open 2026: 6.09Amsterdam Open 2026: 6.04Classic Cubing Capelle 2026: 6.58Stevenage March 2026: 6.35Breda Open 2026: 6.78Wezemaal Open 2026: 6.53Meppel Mayhem 2026: 6.39Warm Up Lent 2026: 5.92Rubik's WCA European Championship 2026: 6.70Capelle Chaos A 2026: 5.50Visé Saturday Open 2026: 6.32Kölner Kubing 2026: 7.57Waremme Open 2026: 5.62Back in Ermelo 2026: 6.535.4119.2021 May 202217 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-5 3×3 single — 355 people have one; it is 0.41 away.
  • A sub-1 Pyraminx single — 49 people have one; it is 0.92 away.

Targets move as he improves.