People · Belgium
Maximilien Mertens
3×3 · top 21.6% of 284,439 all-time · competing since March 2018 · 2018MERT01
Maximilien Mertens has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 14.17, set at Macedonia Open 2023, puts him in the top 21.6% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 266th in Belgium. Across 10 competitions since March 2018, he has put 256 official solves on the record across eleven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 73% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 32.87 in March 2018 to 14.17, a 57% improvement. Maximilien has entered ten competitions, more competitions than 92% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Belgium | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 14.17 | 17.74 | top 21.6% | 266 / 1,094 | |
| 2×2 | 3.68 | 7.19 | top 22.4% | 217 / 777 | |
| 4×4 | 59.95 | 1:08.61 | top 36.4% | 164 / 459 | |
| Pyraminx | 9.53 | 20.02 | top 49.3% | 341 / 589 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 33.11 | 41.24 | top 53.6% | 159 / 314 | |
| Square-1 | 32.74 | 35.34 | top 54.6% | 74 / 150 | |
| Megaminx | 2:17.49 | 2:43.03 | top 55.1% | 109 / 197 | |
| Skewb | 10.07 | 21.53 | top 55.4% | 238 / 394 | |
| 5×5 | 2:38.36 | 2:47.49 | top 69.7% | 166 / 246 | |
| 7×7 | 8:17.11 | — | early days — 1 solve | 78 / 91 | |
| 6×6 | 6:38.13 | — | early days — 1 solve | 108 / 119 |
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, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 13 Nov 2021Four personal bests in one day at Seraing Open 2021.
- 25 Sep 2021First sub-20 3×3: 14.37 at September Speedcubing Tour Warszawa 2021.
- 25 Sep 2021First sub-15 3×3: 14.37 at September Speedcubing Tour Warszawa 2021.
- 25 Sep 2021Three personal bests in one day at September Speedcubing Tour Warszawa 2021.
- 26 Oct 2019Three personal bests in one day at Macedonian Nationals 2019.
- 2 Feb 2019Ten personal bests in one day at Macedonia Winter 2019.
Competitions
- Macedonia Open 2023 · 6 May 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Ganshoren Sunday Open 2022 · 25 Sep 2022 — 1 personal best set
- Annuntia Sunday Open 2022 · 24 Apr 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- Seraing Open 2021 · 13 Nov 2021 — 4 personal bests set
- September Speedcubing Tour Warszawa 2021 · 25 Sep 2021 — 3 personal bests set
- Macedonian Nationals 2019 · 26 Oct 2019 — 3 personal bests set
- Belgian Solstice 2019 · 22 Jun 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Macedonia Winter 2019 · 2 Feb 2019 — 10 personal bests set
- Zonhoven Autumn Open 2018 · 27 Oct 2018 — 1 personal best set
- Belgian Easter 2018 · 31 Mar 2018
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.
- Guillaume David — met in 25 rounds, never finished ahead
- Nicolas Vansteen — met in 25 rounds, never finished ahead
- Gjorgji Cheshmedjievski — met in 24 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 2.17 away.
- A sub-3 2×2 single — 26,570 people have one; it is 0.68 away.
Targets move as he improves.