People · Netherlands
Menno Velthuis
Pyraminx · top 6.2% of 129,321 all-time · competing since October 2016 · 2016VELT01
Menno Velthuis has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 3.68, set at Rubik's Dutch Nationals 2025, puts him in the top 6.2% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 98th in the Netherlands. Until February 2008, no official Pyraminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 11 competitions since October 2016, he has put 279 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 74% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 20.12 in October 2016 to 12.36, a 39% improvement. Menno has entered eleven competitions, more competitions than 93% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Netherlands | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pyraminx | 3.68 | 9.18 | top 6.2% | 98 / 1,283 | |
| 3×3 | 12.36 | 14.31 | top 15.1% | 433 / 2,294 | |
| 2×2 | 3.65 | 5.15 | top 22.1% | 497 / 1,665 | |
| 4×4 | 53.64 | 58.42 | top 29.1% | 276 / 1,000 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 25.31 | 28.06 | top 35.0% | 229 / 726 | |
| Skewb | 7.75 | 12.84 | top 39.4% | 421 / 957 | |
| 5×5 | 1:46.64 | 1:53.95 | top 40.3% | 203 / 532 | |
| Clock | 19.66 | 21.65 | top 63.6% | 291 / 466 |
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
- 5 Sep 2025Five personal bests in one day at Rubik's Dutch Nationals 2025.
- 17 May 2025Three personal bests in one day at Quick 'n Slick Meppel 2025.
- 23 Sep 2017Three personal bests in one day at Dutch Nationals 2017.
- 25 Mar 2017First sub-20 3×3: 14.99 at The Hague Open 2017.
- 25 Mar 2017First sub-15 3×3: 14.99 at The Hague Open 2017.
- 1 Oct 2016First competition: Dutch Nationals 2016. A 22.21 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Rubik's WCA European Championship 2026 · 16 Jul 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Freezing Fryslân 2025 · 21 Dec 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Cubing in Oud IJsselmuiden 2025 · 20 Dec 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Take Your Time Ermelo 2025 · 18 Oct 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Rubik's Dutch Nationals 2025 · 5 Sep 2025 — 5 personal bests set
- Quick 'n Slick Meppel 2025 · 17 May 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Lente in Lent 2025 · 12 Apr 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Dutch Nationals 2017 · 23 Sep 2017 — 3 personal bests set
- Breda Open 2017 · 10 Jun 2017 — 2 personal bests set
- The Hague Open 2017 · 25 Mar 2017 — 2 personal bests set
- Dutch Nationals 2016 · 1 Oct 2016 — 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.
- Rick Hamburger — met in 55 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
- Mattheo de Wit — met in 55 rounds, never finished ahead
- Ron van Bruchem — met in 54 rounds, finished ahead 15 times
Next targets
- A sub-3 Pyraminx single — 4,700 people have one; it is 0.68 away.
- A sub-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 0.36 away.
Targets move as he improves.