People · Netherlands
Niamh ten Dam
3×3 · top 7.9% of 288,433 all-time · competing since February 2025 · 2025DAMN01
Niamh ten Dam has been competing for a year. Her best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 10.14, set at Trondheim Høst 2025, puts her in the top 7.9% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 221st in the Netherlands. Until May 2007, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 12 competitions since February 2025, she has put 469 official solves on the record across nine events. Solve to solve, her 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 58% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. Her 3×3 best has come down from 21.37 in February 2025 to 10.14, a 53% improvement. Niamh has entered twelve competitions, more competitions than 94% 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 | 10.14 | 13.87 | top 7.9% | 221 / 2,318 | |
| 2×2 | 3.26 | 4.75 | top 17.4% | 391 / 1,680 | |
| Pyraminx | 6.13 | 7.99 | top 21.0% | 367 / 1,296 | |
| Skewb | 6.50 | 7.75 | top 29.8% | 326 / 968 | |
| Clock | 14.91 | 17.92 | top 47.6% | 236 / 479 | |
| 4×4 | 1:11.10 | 1:27.40 | top 48.0% | 474 / 1,009 | |
| Megaminx | 2:12.35 | — | top 52.5% | 228 / 417 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 32.67 | 39.14 | top 52.8% | 369 / 737 | |
| Square-1 | 1:30.85 | — | top 95.4% | 394 / 407 |
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
- 7 Mar 2026Three personal bests in one day at Kalvskinnet Kubing 2026.
- 26 Dec 2025Five personal bests in one day at Kirkkonummen Jouluvääntelyt 2025.
- 29 Nov 2025Six personal bests in one day at Norrlandsmästerskapet 2025.
- 1 Aug 2025Four personal bests in one day at Norwegian Championship 2025.
- 19 Jul 2025First sub-15 3×3: 13.70 at Eat Sleep Cube Repeat Leersum 2025.
- 19 Jul 2025Four personal bests in one day at Eat Sleep Cube Repeat Leersum 2025.
Competitions
- Sleep & Solve Landsbro 2026 · 11 Jul 2026
- Kalvskinnet Kubing 2026 · 7 Mar 2026 — 3 personal bests set
- Kirkkonummen Jouluvääntelyt 2025 · 26 Dec 2025 — 5 personal bests set
- Norrlandsmästerskapet 2025 · 29 Nov 2025 — 6 personal bests set
- Trondheim Høst 2025 · 4 Oct 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Norwegian Championship 2025 · 1 Aug 2025 — 4 personal bests set
- Eat Sleep Cube Repeat Leersum 2025 · 19 Jul 2025 — 4 personal bests set
- Quick 'n Slick Meppel 2025 · 17 May 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Lente in Lent 2025 · 12 Apr 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Start in Veenendaal 2025 · 22 Mar 2025
- German Newcomer Day 2025 · 1 Mar 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Leersum Squared 2025 · 8 Feb 2025
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.
- André Nilsson — met in 35 rounds, finished ahead 12 times
- Thang Vinh Vu — met in 35 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Jacob Oliver Bruun — met in 35 rounds, finished ahead once
Next targets
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,606 people have one; it is 0.14 away.
- A sub-3 2×2 single — 27,049 people have one; it is 0.26 away.
Targets move as she improves.