People · Netherlands
Niels Mauel
2×2 · top 14.7% of 186,767 all-time · competing since June 2018 · 2018MAUE02
Niels Mauel has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 3.04, set at Dutch Open 2023, puts him in the top 14.7% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 331st in the Netherlands. Across 20 competitions since June 2018, he has put 335 official solves on the record across nine events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 16% around a typical one; 92% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 53.78 in June 2018 to 15.05, a 72% improvement. Niels has entered 20 competitions, more competitions than 97% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Netherlands | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 3.04 | 7.26 | top 14.7% | 331 / 1,665 | |
| 3×3 | 15.05 | 19.77 | top 24.6% | 702 / 2,294 | |
| 4×4 | 55.93 | 1:03.73 | top 31.9% | 301 / 1,000 | |
| Pyraminx | 9.24 | 19.65 | top 46.9% | 739 / 1,283 | |
| 5×5 | 2:12.68 | 2:44.32 | top 56.9% | 293 / 532 | |
| Clock | 20.09 | 30.09 | top 64.9% | 294 / 466 | |
| Megaminx | 2:42.80 | — | early days — 2 solves | 298 / 414 | |
| Skewb | 13.46 | 20.35 | top 72.7% | 742 / 957 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 1:09.68 | — | early days — 2 solves | 650 / 726 |
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
- 3 Jun 2023Three personal bests in one day at Dutch Open 2023.
- 21 May 2022Three personal bests in one day at Dutch Masters 2022.
- 17 Apr 2022First sub-20 3×3: 15.84 at Dutch Spring 2022.
- 17 Apr 2022Three personal bests in one day at Dutch Spring 2022.
- 29 Feb 2020Four personal bests in one day at Star Cubing Nijmegen 2020.
- 8 Dec 2019First sub-30 3×3: 25.73 at Rijswijk Open 2019.
Competitions
- Pakje Open in Lent 2025 · 6 Dec 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Lente in Lent 2025 · 12 Apr 2025
- Bigger in Breda 2024 · 4 May 2024
- Lente Spring 2024 · 7 Apr 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Arnhem Open A 2024 · 23 Mar 2024
- Dutch Autumn 2023 · 23 Sep 2023
- Dutch Open 2023 · 3 Jun 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Kampen Open 2023 · 11 Mar 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Dutch Nationals 2022 · 26 Nov 2022
- Dutch Masters 2022 · 21 May 2022 — 3 personal bests set
- Dutch Spring 2022 · 17 Apr 2022 — 3 personal bests set
- Veenendaal Open 2020 · 19 Sep 2020 — 2 personal bests set
- Star Cubing Nijmegen 2020 · 29 Feb 2020 — 4 personal bests set
- Rijswijk Open 2019 · 8 Dec 2019 — 4 personal bests set
- Dutch Nationals 2019 · 21 Sep 2019 — 3 personal bests set
- Star Cubing Nijmegen 2019 · 29 Jun 2019 — 3 personal bests set
- Dutch Masters 2019 · 6 Apr 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Happy New Year Cubing Nijmegen 2019 · 5 Jan 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Zwolle Open 2018 · 17 Aug 2018 — 1 personal best set
- Veenendaal Open 2018 · 23 Jun 2018
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.
- Olivier Vos — met in 90 rounds, never finished ahead
- Gijs Peletier — met in 84 rounds, finished ahead once
- Mark Bennis — met in 83 rounds, finished ahead once
Next targets
- A sub-3 2×2 single — 26,570 people have one; it is 0.04 away.
- A sub-15 3×3 single — 69,493 people have one; it is 0.05 away.
Targets move as he improves.