People · Belgium
Alexander Debruyne
3×3 · top 16.5% of 284,439 all-time · competing since March 2025 · 2025DEBR01
Alexander Debruyne has been competing for a year. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 12.72, set at Beveren Sunday Open 2025, puts him in the top 16.5% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 203rd in Belgium. Across 6 competitions since March 2025, he has put 135 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one, an early reading from 9 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 16.03 in March 2025 to 12.72, a 21% improvement. Alexander 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 | Belgium | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 12.72 | 13.94 | top 16.5% | 203 / 1,094 | |
| 4×4 | 57.76 | 1:03.45 | top 34.0% | 153 / 459 | |
| 2×2 | 4.92 | 6.39 | top 38.3% | 347 / 777 | |
| Pyraminx | 8.92 | 12.25 | top 44.1% | 307 / 589 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 39.62 | 47.06 | top 64.8% | 198 / 314 | |
| 5×5 | 2:30.38 | — | top 65.9% | 157 / 246 | |
| Skewb | 12.91 | 14.09 | top 70.3% | 299 / 394 | |
| Megaminx | 3:24.21 | — | early days — 2 solves | 171 / 197 |
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
- 14 Sep 2025First sub-15 3×3: 14.33 at Visé Sunday Open 2025.
- 14 Sep 2025Three personal bests in one day at Visé Sunday Open 2025.
- 22 Mar 2025First competition: Brugge Beginners Open 2025. A 17.31 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Belgian Nationals 2025 · 22 Nov 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Zottegem Open 2025 · 1 Nov 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Ranst Autumn 2025 · 11 Oct 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Beveren Sunday Open 2025 · 28 Sep 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Visé Sunday Open 2025 · 14 Sep 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Brugge Beginners Open 2025 · 22 Mar 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 his.
- Tias Claeys — met in 36 rounds, never finished ahead
- Matthias Schegers — met in 33 rounds, never finished ahead
- Nicolas Dupuis — met in 33 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 0.72 away.
- A sub-50 4×4 single — 20,746 people have one; it is 7.76 away.
Targets move as he improves.