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Mika Smulders

3×3 · top 0.06% of 284,439 all-time · competing since March 2016 · 2016SMUL01

Mika Smulders has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 4.64, set at Leersum Algs 2024, puts him in the top 0.06% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 3rd in the Netherlands. Until October 2017, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 96 competitions since March 2016, he has put 4,514 official solves on the record across eleven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 57% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 12.87 in March 2016 to 4.64, a 64% improvement. Mika has entered 96 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 0.06% of 284,439 all-time
4.64
signature single · Leersum Algs 2024
4,514
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 57% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingNetherlands
3×34.646.09
top 0.06%3 / 2,294
4×421.5124.74
top 0.14%3 / 1,000
5×539.9645.55
top 0.16%2 / 532
2×20.791.55
top 0.22%6 / 1,665
3×3 one-handed9.2910.99
top 0.65%7 / 726
Pyraminx1.745.83
top 0.73%16 / 1,283
6×61:36.861:46.35
top 3.3%8 / 205
Skewb3.486.78
top 7.6%76 / 957
3×3 Fewest Moves27 moves29.00
top 8.0%12 / 167
Square-119.4225.39
top 26.6%94 / 407
Megaminx1:34.641:38.59
top 31.1%133 / 414

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

Tulip Open 2016: 12.87West Friesche Open 2016: 10.09Breda Open 2016: 11.62Dutch Nationals 2016: 10.65Dutch Open 2016: 10.83Dutch Winter 2017: 10.59Belgian Winter 2017: 9.23The Hague Open 2017: 9.12Zuidplas Open 2017: 9.43Hoogland Open 2017: 8.80World Rubik's Cube Championship 2017: 8.01Zwolle Open 2017: 8.11Dutch Nationals 2017: 7.46Dutch Open 2017: 7.66Belgian Open 2017: 7.16Marathon Open 2017: 8.30Happy New Year Cubing Dordrecht 2018: 7.53Annuntia Open 2018: 7.33Assen Open 2018: 7.59Cube Weekend St. Michielsgestel 2018: 5.63Zonhoven Open 2018: 7.55Breda Open 2018: 6.68Veenendaal Open 2018: 7.57WCA European Championship 2018: 7.23Belgian Summer 2018: 6.93Zwolle Open 2018: 6.95Dutch Nationals 2018: 5.97Dutch Open 2018: 7.20Zonhoven Autumn Open 2018: 6.51Meppel Open 2018: 6.45Rijswijk Open 2018: 7.41Happy New Year Cubing Nijmegen 2019: 6.79Haarlem Cubing 2019: 7.48Annuntia Open 2019: 6.66Cube Weekend Sint Michielsgestel 2019: 6.24Dutch Masters 2019: 6.72Hamburg International 2019: 5.84Brugge Open 2019: 5.70Breda Open 2019: 6.46Star Cubing Nijmegen 2019: 6.68Faaborg Open 2019: 6.73Hoogland Open 2019: 6.46Dutch Nationals 2019: 6.74Dutch Open 2019: 6.74Rijswijk Open 2019: 6.46Happy New Year Cubing Hoorn 2020: 6.59Dutch Masters 2020: 6.99Star Cubing Nijmegen 2020: 6.64Veenendaal Open 2020: 6.18Seraing Open 2021: 6.31Dutch Spring 2022: 6.27Dutch Masters 2022: 5.57Luxembourg Open 2022: 5.04Rubik's WCA European Championship 2022: 6.39Dutch Autumn 2022: 6.26Campeonato de España 2022: 6.38Westfries Open 2022: 6.52Gijzegem Open 2022: 5.59Dutch Nationals 2022: 6.12Frozen Lake Constance 2023: 6.26Alphen Cubing 2023: 5.88Kampen Open 2023: 5.89Wommelgem Open 2023: 5.74Ermelo Cubing A 2023: 6.03Capelle Cubing 2023: 5.95Dutch Open 2023: 6.35Isle of Wight Summer 2023: 6.65On Alphen Track to Records 24h 2023: 6.13Amsterdam Open 2023: 6.05Dutch Autumn 2023: 5.71Rubik's UK Championship 2023: 5.83Annuntia Sunday Open 2023: 5.29Dutch Nationals 2023: 5.67Leersum Algs 2024: 4.64Dutch Winter South 2024: 5.85Arnhem Open A 2024: 5.76Lente Spring 2024: 5.87Rubik's WCA European Championship 2024: 5.67Leersum Algs 24 Hours in 2024: 5.70Heerenveen Open 2024: 5.65Dutch Open 2024: 5.58Dutch Nationals 2024: 5.59Christmas Cubing Breda 2024: 6.19Lente in Lent 2025: 5.73Eat Sleep Cube Repeat Leersum 2025: 5.68Small Sides Alphen 2025: 5.45Little LeideNxN 2025: 4.93Rubik's Dutch Nationals 2025: 6.00Take Your Time Ermelo 2025: 6.13Belgian Nationals 2025: 6.21Leersum Open 2026: 6.02Amsterdam Open 2026: 5.84Classic Cubing Capelle 2026: 5.49Warm Up Lent 2026: 5.70Rubik's WCA European Championship 2026: 5.17Bilbao Goes Dark - Eclipse Day 2026: 5.994.6412.8720 Mar 201612 Aug 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-4 3×3 single — 38 people have one; it is 0.64 away.
  • A sub-20 4×4 single — 42 people have one; it is 1.51 away.

Targets move as he improves.