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Merijn Bossink

3×3 · top 6.8% of 288,433 all-time · competing since April 2023 · 2023BOSS02

Merijn Bossink has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.73, set at Rubik's WCA European Championship 2026, puts him in the top 6.8% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 183rd in the Netherlands. Until November 2007, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 23 competitions since April 2023, he has put 967 official solves on the record across twelve events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one; 83% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 14.65 in April 2023 to 9.73, a 34% improvement. Merijn has entered 23 competitions, more competitions than 97% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 6.8% of 288,433 all-time
9.73
signature single · Rubik's WCA European Championship 2026
967
official solves on the record
15%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 83% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingNetherlands
3×39.7312.29
top 6.8%183 / 2,318
2×22.334.23
top 7.4%158 / 1,680
Pyraminx3.946.42
top 7.4%124 / 1,296
Skewb4.818.10
top 16.8%176 / 968
Clock9.5612.08
top 22.8%112 / 479
3×3 one-handed21.1729.32
top 23.8%153 / 737
4×450.2854.51
top 25.2%239 / 1,009
5×51:36.191:49.30
top 32.5%164 / 542
Megaminx1:36.531:46.95
top 32.5%140 / 417
Square-123.4135.23
top 35.7%136 / 407
7×74:58.735:25.25
top 50.3%94 / 171
6×63:28.303:29.89
top 54.2%125 / 208

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

Ermelo Cubing A 2023: 14.65Dutch Open 2023: 16.40Amsterdam Open 2023: 13.33Dutch Nationals 2023: 14.42Lente Spring 2024: 12.48Bigger in Breda 2024: 9.84Heerenveen Open 2024: 11.45Dutch Open 2024: 12.45Leersum Squared 2025: 14.14Start in Veenendaal 2025: 10.62Lente in Lent 2025: 11.88Quick 'n Slick Meppel 2025: 10.75Arnhem Open 2025: 11.13Rubik's Dutch Nationals 2025: 11.57Leersum Open 2026: 12.70Amsterdam Open 2026: 11.06Classic Cubing Capelle 2026: 11.40German Open 2026: 10.36West-Fries Open 2026: 11.94Meppel Mayhem 2026: 11.25Rubik's WCA European Championship 2026: 9.73Back in Ermelo 2026: 10.739.7316.4022 Apr 202317 Oct 2026

Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.

The story so far

Competitions

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.

Next targets

  • A sub-8 3×3 single — 8,101 people have one; it is 1.73 away.
  • A sub-2 2×2 single — 9,039 people have one; it is 0.33 away.

Targets move as he improves.