People · Netherlands
Melvin Alken
3×3 · top 10.2% of 284,439 all-time · competing since April 2023 · 2023ALKE02
Melvin Alken has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 10.91, set at Leersum Algs 2024, puts him in the top 10.2% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 280th in the Netherlands. Across 5 competitions since April 2023, he has put 91 official solves on the record across four events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 18% around a typical one, an early reading from 9 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 13.39 in April 2023 to 10.91, a 19% improvement. Melvin has entered five competitions, more competitions than 83% 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 | 10.91 | 14.21 | top 10.2% | 280 / 2,294 | |
| Skewb | 5.19 | 9.42 | top 19.6% | 205 / 957 | |
| 2×2 | 4.45 | 6.19 | top 32.3% | 734 / 1,665 | |
| 4×4 | 1:16.98 | — | top 53.4% | 519 / 1,000 |
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
- 23 Apr 2023First competition: Ermelo Cubing B 2023. A 15.82 3×3 single to start from.
- 23 Apr 2023First sub-15 3×3: 13.39 at Ermelo Cubing B 2023.
Competitions
- Bigger in Breda 2024 · 4 May 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Dutch Winter South 2024 · 13 Jan 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Leersum Algs 2024 · 5 Jan 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Dutch Nationals 2023 · 25 Nov 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Ermelo Cubing B 2023 · 23 Apr 2023 — 1 personal best set
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.
- Mattheo de Wit — met in 22 rounds, never finished ahead
- Rick Hamburger — met in 22 rounds, never finished ahead
- Olivier Vos — met in 22 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 0.91 away.
- A sub-5 Skewb single — 13,285 people have one; it is 0.19 away.
Targets move as he improves.