People · Netherlands
Melissa Leertouwer
3×3 · top 49.7% of 284,439 all-time · competing since March 2024 · 2024LEER03
Melissa Leertouwer has been competing for 2 years. Her best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 23.73, set at Rubik's WCA European Championship 2026, puts her in the top 49.7% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,280th in the Netherlands. Across 7 competitions since March 2024, she has put 64 official solves on the record across three events. Solve to solve, her 3×3 times vary about 18% around a typical one, an early reading from 7 counted rounds. Her 3×3 best has come down from 1:05.46 in March 2024 to 23.73, a 64% improvement. Melissa has entered seven competitions, more competitions than 88% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Netherlands | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 23.73 | 26.07 | top 49.7% | 1,280 / 2,294 | |
| 2×2 | 6.57 | 12.37 | top 56.7% | 1,100 / 1,665 | |
| Pyraminx | 13.95 | 39.10 | top 77.6% | 1,056 / 1,283 |
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
- 15 Nov 2024First sub-30 3×3: 24.29 at Dutch Nationals 2024.
- 7 Apr 2024First sub-60 3×3: 53.32 at Lente Spring 2024.
- 23 Mar 2024First competition: Arnhem Open A 2024. A 1:05.46 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Rubik's WCA European Championship 2026 · 16 Jul 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Belgian Nationals 2025 · 22 Nov 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Rubik's Dutch Nationals 2025 · 5 Sep 2025
- Dutch Nationals 2024 · 15 Nov 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Bigger in Breda 2024 · 4 May 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Lente Spring 2024 · 7 Apr 2024 — 1 personal best 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 her.
- Rick Hamburger — met in 14 rounds, never finished ahead
- Tristan Paulussen — met in 13 rounds, never finished ahead
- Andrey Che — met in 13 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-20 3×3 single — 113,584 people have one; it is 3.73 away.
- A sub-6 2×2 single — 95,042 people have one; it is 0.57 away.
Targets move as she improves.