People · Netherlands
Merijn van Tweel
3×3 · top 3.5% of 284,439 all-time · competing since January 2024 · 2024TWEE01
Merijn van Tweel has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.40, set at Amsterdam Open 2026, puts him in the top 3.5% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 105th in the Netherlands. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 11 competitions since January 2024, he has put 367 official solves on the record across eleven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 78% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 13.40 in January 2024 to 8.40, a 37% improvement. Merijn 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 8.40 | 13.42 | top 3.5% | 105 / 2,294 | |
| 2×2 | 2.91 | 5.57 | top 13.2% | 290 / 1,665 | |
| 4×4 | 46.53 | 52.92 | top 20.2% | 186 / 1,000 | |
| Megaminx | 1:19.83 | 1:30.07 | top 21.7% | 92 / 414 | |
| Pyraminx | 6.51 | 8.53 | top 23.9% | 426 / 1,283 | |
| 5×5 | 1:30.92 | 1:44.01 | top 28.1% | 140 / 532 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 24.69 | 26.56 | top 33.4% | 219 / 726 | |
| Square-1 | 26.97 | 34.19 | top 43.5% | 171 / 407 | |
| 6×6 | 3:06.01 | 3:17.91 | top 43.9% | 97 / 205 | |
| Clock | 14.38 | 16.10 | top 45.4% | 217 / 466 | |
| Skewb | 8.59 | 11.83 | top 45.6% | 480 / 957 |
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
- 22 Feb 2026First sub-10 3×3: 8.40 at Amsterdam Open 2026.
- 22 Feb 2026Three personal bests in one day at Amsterdam Open 2026.
- 5 Sep 2025Five personal bests in one day at Rubik's Dutch Nationals 2025.
- 28 Jun 2025Three personal bests in one day at Arnhem Open 2025.
- 14 Jan 2024First competition: Dutch Winter North 2024. A 15.37 3×3 single to start from.
- 14 Jan 2024First sub-15 3×3: 13.40 at Dutch Winter North 2024.
Competitions
- Classic Cubing Capelle 2026 · 8 Mar 2026
- Amsterdam Open 2026 · 22 Feb 2026 — 3 personal bests set
- Rubik's Dutch Nationals 2025 · 5 Sep 2025 — 5 personal bests set
- Eat Sleep Cube Repeat Leersum 2025 · 19 Jul 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Arnhem Open 2025 · 28 Jun 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Quick 'n Slick Meppel 2025 · 17 May 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Lente in Lent 2025 · 12 Apr 2025
- Leersum Squared 2025 · 8 Feb 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Heerenveen Open 2024 · 15 Sep 2024
- Arnhem Open B 2024 · 24 Mar 2024
- Dutch Winter North 2024 · 14 Jan 2024 — 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.
- Anja Strydom — met in 69 rounds, finished ahead 29 times
- Myrthe ten Pas — met in 68 rounds, finished ahead 30 times
- Sebastiano Tronto — met in 68 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.40 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.91 away.
Targets move as he improves.