People · Netherlands
Tessa van Soest
3×3 · top 20.3% of 284,439 all-time · competing since December 2025 · 2025SOES02
Tessa van Soest has been competing for 9 months. Her best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 13.80, set at Capelle Chaos A 2026, puts her in the top 20.3% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 596th in the Netherlands. Across 6 competitions since December 2025, she has put 145 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, her 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 52% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. Tessa has entered six competitions, more competitions than 86% 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 | 13.80 | 15.76 | top 20.3% | 596 / 2,294 | |
| 2×2 | 5.40 | 6.44 | top 44.2% | 905 / 1,665 | |
| 4×4 | 1:29.92 | — | top 63.5% | 624 / 1,000 | |
| Megaminx | 2:55.92 | — | early days — 3 solves | 329 / 414 | |
| Skewb | 13.94 | 18.61 | top 74.5% | 759 / 957 |
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-15 3×3: 14.49 at Amsterdam Open 2026.
- 22 Feb 2026Four personal bests in one day at Amsterdam Open 2026.
- 21 Dec 2025First competition: Freezing Fryslân 2025. A 15.20 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Capelle Chaos A 2026 · 22 Aug 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Breda Open 2026 · 18 Apr 2026
- Classic Cubing Capelle 2026 · 8 Mar 2026
- Amsterdam Open 2026 · 22 Feb 2026 — 4 personal bests set
- Leersum Open 2026 · 10 Jan 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Freezing Fryslân 2025 · 21 Dec 2025 — 1 personal best set
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.
- Maximilian van der Straten — met in 28 rounds, never finished ahead
- Tristan Paulussen — met in 27 rounds, finished ahead once
- Sebastiano Tronto — met in 27 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 1.80 away.
- A sub-5 2×2 single — 73,413 people have one; it is 0.40 away.
Targets move as she improves.