People · Netherlands
Mette Neuvel
3×3 · top 2.8% of 284,439 all-time · competing since March 2024 · 2024NEUV01
Mette Neuvel has been competing for 2 years. Her best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 7.98, set at Capelle Chaos A 2026, puts her in the top 2.8% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 81st in the Netherlands. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 16 competitions since March 2024, she has put 868 official solves on the record across twelve events. Solve to solve, her 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 85% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. Her 3×3 best has come down from 24.67 in March 2024 to 7.98, a 68% improvement. Mette has entered 16 competitions, more competitions than 96% 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 | 7.98 | 11.29 | top 2.8% | 81 / 2,294 | |
| Pyraminx | 3.43 | 6.12 | top 5.2% | 83 / 1,283 | |
| Skewb | 3.41 | 6.01 | top 7.2% | 69 / 957 | |
| 4×4 | 39.70 | 45.37 | top 11.8% | 109 / 1,000 | |
| 2×2 | 2.84 | 3.67 | top 12.4% | 270 / 1,665 | |
| Clock | 7.46 | 9.93 | top 12.8% | 53 / 466 | |
| Square-1 | 14.69 | 22.39 | top 15.7% | 52 / 407 | |
| 5×5 | 1:20.55 | 1:27.43 | top 19.5% | 98 / 532 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 20.33 | 23.13 | top 21.4% | 135 / 726 | |
| Megaminx | 1:23.50 | 1:29.75 | top 24.0% | 104 / 414 | |
| 6×6 | 2:52.74 | 3:03.02 | top 37.4% | 84 / 205 | |
| 7×7 | 4:46.63 | 5:09.59 | early days — 3 solves | 77 / 169 |
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
- 18 Apr 2026Four personal bests in one day at Breda Open 2026.
- 8 Mar 2026Three personal bests in one day at Classic Cubing Capelle 2026.
- 5 Sep 2025First sub-10 3×3: 8.87 at Rubik's Dutch Nationals 2025.
- 5 Sep 2025Three personal bests in one day at Rubik's Dutch Nationals 2025.
- 23 Aug 2025Seven personal bests in one day at Breda Open 2025.
- 10 Aug 2025Five personal bests in one day at Little LeideNxN 2025.
Competitions
- Capelle Chaos A 2026 · 22 Aug 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Rubik's WCA European Championship 2026 · 16 Jul 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Breda Open 2026 · 18 Apr 2026 — 4 personal bests set
- Classic Cubing Capelle 2026 · 8 Mar 2026 — 3 personal bests set
- Leersum Open 2026 · 10 Jan 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Take Your Time Ermelo 2025 · 18 Oct 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Rubik's Dutch Nationals 2025 · 5 Sep 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Breda Open 2025 · 23 Aug 2025 — 7 personal bests set
- Little LeideNxN 2025 · 10 Aug 2025 — 5 personal bests set
- Arnhem Open 2025 · 28 Jun 2025 — 5 personal bests set
- Quick 'n Slick Meppel 2025 · 17 May 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Start in Veenendaal 2025 · 22 Mar 2025 — 6 personal bests set
- Alphen Cubing 2025 · 19 Jan 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Dutch Nationals 2024 · 15 Nov 2024 — 8 personal bests set
- Dutch Open 2024 · 26 Oct 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Arnhem Open B 2024 · 24 Mar 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 her.
- Veerle Melis — met in 155 rounds, finished ahead 99 times
- Ivo Stoutjesdijk — met in 149 rounds, never finished ahead
- Anja Strydom — met in 145 rounds, finished ahead 89 times
Next targets
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 1.98 away.
- A sub-3 Pyraminx single — 4,700 people have one; it is 0.43 away.
Targets move as she improves.