People · Netherlands
Tessa van Soest
3×3 · top 20.3% of 288,433 all-time · competing since December 2025 · 2025SOES02
Tessa van Soest has been competing for 10 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 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 604th in the Netherlands. Across 7 competitions since December 2025, she has put 180 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, her 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 52% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. Tessa has entered seven competitions, more competitions than 88% 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% | 604 / 2,318 | |
| 2×2 | 5.40 | 6.36 | top 44.2% | 913 / 1,680 | |
| 4×4 | 1:29.92 | 1:49.52 | top 63.6% | 633 / 1,009 | |
| Pyraminx | 12.34 | 17.14 | top 69.3% | 991 / 1,296 | |
| Megaminx | 2:55.92 | — | early days — 3 solves | 331 / 417 | |
| Skewb | 13.94 | 18.61 | top 74.5% | 771 / 968 |
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
- Back in Ermelo 2026 · 17 Oct 2026
- 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.
- Tristan Paulussen — met in 34 rounds, finished ahead once
- Ivo Stoutjesdijk — met in 34 rounds, never finished ahead
- Pablito Poye — met in 34 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-12 3×3 single — 40,277 people have one; it is 1.80 away.
- A sub-5 2×2 single — 74,472 people have one; it is 0.40 away.
Targets move as she improves.