People · Netherlands
Merel Heemstra
3×3 · top 17.1% of 284,439 all-time · competing since May 2025 · 2025HEEM01
Merel Heemstra has been competing for a year. Her best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 12.92, set at Meppel Mayhem 2026, puts her in the top 17.1% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 496th in the Netherlands. Across 5 competitions since May 2025, she has put 167 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, her 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 75% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. Her 3×3 best has come down from 18.91 in May 2025 to 12.92, a 32% improvement. Merel 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 | 12.92 | 15.14 | top 17.1% | 496 / 2,294 | |
| 4×4 | 52.36 | 59.26 | top 27.6% | 260 / 1,000 | |
| 2×2 | 4.24 | 5.77 | top 29.6% | 667 / 1,665 | |
| Pyraminx | 8.50 | 11.12 | top 40.5% | 639 / 1,283 | |
| Skewb | 8.23 | 13.49 | top 43.1% | 458 / 957 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 48.99 | 1:01.40 | top 75.8% | 541 / 726 |
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
- 30 May 2026Three personal bests in one day at Meppel Mayhem 2026.
- 2 May 2026First sub-15 3×3: 13.92 at West-Fries Open 2026.
- 2 May 2026Four personal bests in one day at West-Fries Open 2026.
- 3 Aug 2025Three personal bests in one day at Beginner Utrecht 2025.
- 17 May 2025First competition: Quick 'n Slick Meppel 2025. A 18.91 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Meppel Mayhem 2026 · 30 May 2026 — 3 personal bests set
- West-Fries Open 2026 · 2 May 2026 — 4 personal bests set
- Freezing Fryslân 2025 · 21 Dec 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Beginner Utrecht 2025 · 3 Aug 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Quick 'n Slick Meppel 2025 · 17 May 2025
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.
- Marc Dullemond — met in 35 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Vincent Chan — met in 35 rounds, never finished ahead
- Ivo Stoutjesdijk — met in 35 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 0.92 away.
- A sub-50 4×4 single — 20,746 people have one; it is 2.36 away.
Targets move as she improves.