People · Netherlands
Sven Maarse
3×3 · top 17.5% of 288,433 all-time · competing since April 2025 · 2025MAAR01
Sven Maarse has been competing for a year. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 13.00, set at Rubik's WCA European Championship 2026, puts him in the top 17.5% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 520th in the Netherlands. Across 11 competitions since April 2025, he has put 306 official solves on the record across twelve events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 52% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 24.57 in April 2025 to 13.00, a 47% improvement. Sven has entered eleven competitions, more competitions than 93% 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 | 13.00 | 16.77 | top 17.5% | 520 / 2,318 | |
| 5×5 | 1:26.88 | 1:31.60 | top 25.0% | 126 / 542 | |
| 2×2 | 3.95 | 5.38 | top 25.9% | 601 / 1,680 | |
| 4×4 | 52.72 | 59.77 | top 28.1% | 270 / 1,009 | |
| Pyraminx | 7.12 | 14.40 | top 28.9% | 496 / 1,296 | |
| 7×7 | 3:59.11 | 4:07.21 | top 30.4% | 53 / 171 | |
| 6×6 | 2:43.45 | 2:53.16 | top 32.8% | 75 / 208 | |
| Skewb | 7.86 | 9.99 | top 40.3% | 434 / 968 | |
| Megaminx | 1:53.88 | 2:31.28 | top 42.6% | 182 / 417 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 36.69 | 39.66 | top 60.3% | 421 / 737 | |
| Square-1 | 42.92 | 53.40 | top 68.8% | 258 / 407 | |
| Clock | 21.62 | 27.26 | top 69.1% | 309 / 479 |
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
- 17 Oct 2026Three personal bests in one day at Back in Ermelo 2026.
- 4 Oct 2026Three personal bests in one day at Deep Focus Apeldoorn 2026.
- 21 Dec 2025First sub-15 3×3: 14.73 at Freezing Fryslân 2025.
- 18 Oct 2025Seven personal bests in one day at Take Your Time Ermelo 2025.
- 5 Sep 2025Seven personal bests in one day at Rubik's Dutch Nationals 2025.
- 17 May 2025First sub-20 3×3: 19.33 at Quick 'n Slick Meppel 2025.
Competitions
- Back in Ermelo 2026 · 17 Oct 2026 — 3 personal bests set
- Deep Focus Apeldoorn 2026 · 4 Oct 2026 — 3 personal bests set
- Rubik's WCA European Championship 2026 · 16 Jul 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Breda Open 2026 · 18 Apr 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Amsterdam Open 2026 · 22 Feb 2026
- Freezing Fryslân 2025 · 21 Dec 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Pakje Open in Lent 2025 · 6 Dec 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Take Your Time Ermelo 2025 · 18 Oct 2025 — 7 personal bests set
- Rubik's Dutch Nationals 2025 · 5 Sep 2025 — 7 personal bests set
- Quick 'n Slick Meppel 2025 · 17 May 2025 — 4 personal bests set
- Lente in Lent 2025 · 12 Apr 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 his.
- Hugo Goudriaan — met in 72 rounds, never finished ahead
- Ivo Stoutjesdijk — met in 67 rounds, finished ahead once
- Veerle Melis — met in 66 rounds, finished ahead 6 times
Next targets
- A sub-12 3×3 single — 40,277 people have one; it is 1.00 away.
- A sub-1:00 5×5 single — 2,328 people have one; it is 26.88 away.
Targets move as he improves.