# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/mats-valks
# Generated: 2026-09-07T19:00:37.572Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/mats-valks"
name: "Mats Valks"
slug: "mats-valks"
description: "Mats Valk is a Dutch Rubik's Cube speedsolver. He broke the Rubik's cube single solve world record twice with times of 5.55 seconds in 2013 and 4.74 seconds in 2016. He won the Rubik's Cube European Championship in 2018 and was runner-up for 3x3x3 at the Rubik's Cube World Championships in 2013 and 2015."
tagline: "Dutch Rubik's Cube speedsolver"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Mats_Valk.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Netherlands"
  isoCode: "NL"
birthDate: "1996-05-04"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           59.62
  momentum:             0.3258145363408521
  historical:           10.88149866666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     75
  profileCompleteness:  65
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  234
  category: null
totalFollowers: 10700
platforms:
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    url:       "https://www.instagram.com/valkcubing/"
    handle:    "valkcubing"
  - platform:  "LINKEDIN"
    url:       "https://www.linkedin.com/in/mats-valk/"
    handle:    "mats-valk"
  - platform:  "YOUTUBE"
    url:       "https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCsLzPzismi5q3BC8tViT2bg"
    handle:    "@mvcuber12"
    followers: 10700
sources:
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    title: "马茨·法尔克"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Mats Valk"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mats_Valk"
    title: "Mats Valk"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mats_Valk"
    title: "Mats Valk"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mats_Valk"
    title: "Mats Valk"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mats_Valk"
    title: "Mats Valk"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mats_Valk"
    title: "Mats Valk"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%9E%E3%83%83%E3%83%84%E3%83%BB%E3%83%95%E3%82%A1%E3%83%AB%E3%82%AF"
    title: "マッツ・ファルク"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mats_Valk"
    title: "Mats Valk"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mats_Valk"
    title: "Mats Valk"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%92%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%BA%2C_%D0%9C%D0%B0%D1%82%D1%81"
    title: "Валк, Матс"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Матс Валк"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump