People · Netherlands
Micha van Loenen
3×3 · top 3.4% of 284,439 all-time · competing since March 2024 · 2024LOEN02
Micha van Loenen has been competing for 2 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.36, set at Capelle Chaos A 2026, puts him in the top 3.4% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 102nd in the Netherlands. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 18 competitions since March 2024, he has put 429 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 76% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 23.43 in March 2024 to 8.36, a 64% improvement. Micha has entered 18 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 | 8.36 | 9.87 | top 3.4% | 102 / 2,294 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 15.92 | 18.53 | top 10.0% | 60 / 726 | |
| 2×2 | 2.74 | 3.83 | top 11.4% | 238 / 1,665 | |
| Pyraminx | 6.13 | 10.62 | top 21.0% | 363 / 1,283 | |
| Clock | 9.28 | 10.67 | top 21.4% | 95 / 466 | |
| Skewb | 5.78 | 7.57 | top 24.1% | 264 / 957 | |
| 4×4 | 1:05.32 | 1:16.00 | top 42.1% | 403 / 1,000 |
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: 9.00 at Amsterdam Open 2026.
- 19 Jul 2025Three personal bests in one day at Eat Sleep Cube Repeat Leersum 2025.
- 28 Jun 2025First sub-15 3×3: 12.16 at Arnhem Open 2025.
- 15 Nov 2024Three personal bests in one day at Dutch Nationals 2024.
- 9 Jun 2024First sub-20 3×3: 16.27 at Capelle Cubing 2024.
- 23 Mar 2024First competition: Arnhem Open A 2024. A 23.43 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Capelle Chaos A 2026 · 22 Aug 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Rubik's WCA European Championship 2026 · 16 Jul 2026
- Breda Open 2026 · 18 Apr 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Classic Cubing Capelle 2026 · 8 Mar 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Amsterdam Open 2026 · 22 Feb 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Leersum Open 2026 · 10 Jan 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Pakje Open in Lent 2025 · 6 Dec 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Rubik's Dutch Nationals 2025 · 5 Sep 2025
- Breda Open 2025 · 23 Aug 2025
- Eat Sleep Cube Repeat Leersum 2025 · 19 Jul 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Arnhem Open 2025 · 28 Jun 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Lente in Lent 2025 · 12 Apr 2025
- Start in Veenendaal 2025 · 22 Mar 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Leersum Squared 2025 · 8 Feb 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Alphen Cubing 2025 · 19 Jan 2025
- Dutch Nationals 2024 · 15 Nov 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Capelle Cubing 2024 · 9 Jun 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Arnhem Open A 2024 · 23 Mar 2024
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 73 rounds, finished ahead 27 times
- Ivo Stoutjesdijk — met in 73 rounds, never finished ahead
- Veerle Melis — met in 72 rounds, finished ahead 32 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.36 away.
- A sub-15 3×3 one-handed single — 5,987 people have one; it is 0.92 away.
Targets move as he improves.