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Ari Van de Veire

2×2 · top 0.59% of 186,767 all-time · competing since May 2023 · 2023VEIR01

Ari Van de Veire has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.02, set at Beveren Sunday Open 2024, puts him in the top 0.59% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 4th in Belgium. Until November 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 17 competitions since May 2023, he has put 619 official solves on the record across nine events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 78% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 25.14 in May 2023 to 13.15, a 48% improvement. Ari has entered 17 competitions, more competitions than 96% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 0.59% of 186,767 all-time
1.02
signature single · Beveren Sunday Open 2024
619
official solves on the record
14%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 78% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingBelgium
2×21.024.51
top 0.59%4 / 777
Pyraminx3.307.76
top 4.7%27 / 589
Skewb4.737.17
top 16.2%74 / 394
3×313.1515.81
top 17.9%224 / 1,094
Clock10.9212.88
top 29.7%45 / 180
Square-124.8044.30
top 38.7%41 / 150
3×3 one-handed35.0444.00
top 57.3%175 / 314
4×41:28.63
top 62.6%275 / 459
5×53:21.83
top 84.5%204 / 246

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

Koersel Saturday Open 2023: 25.14Visé Saturday Open 2023: 16.73Annuntia Saturday Open 2023: 14.32Hurlubiks Cube Mouscron 2024: 22.02Geel Beginners Saturday 2024: 16.63Brugge Beginners Open 2024: 18.58Leuven Open 2024: 16.77Visé Open Saturday 2024: 16.77Zottegem Saturday Open 2024: 17.15Belgian Nationals 2024: 19.77Beveren Sunday Open 2024: 17.56Hurlubiks Cube Mouscron 2025: 16.23Hasselt Sunday Open 2025: 13.15Beveren Saturday Open 2025: 18.98Belgian Nationals 2025: 16.19Poulseur Open 2026: 15.0113.1525.146 May 202325 Jan 2026

Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.

The story so far

Competitions

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.

Next targets

  • A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.02 away.
  • A sub-3 Pyraminx single — 4,700 people have one; it is 0.30 away.

Targets move as he improves.