People · Belgium
Ari Van de Veire
2×2 · top 0.6% of 189,179 all-time · competing since May 2023 · 2023VEIR01
Ari Van de Veire has been competing for 4 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 0.6% of the 189,179 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 36,406 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.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Belgium | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 1.02 | 4.51 | top 0.6% | 4 / 783 | |
| Pyraminx | 3.30 | 7.76 | top 4.7% | 30 / 605 | |
| Skewb | 4.73 | 7.17 | top 16.2% | 74 / 401 | |
| 3×3 | 13.15 | 15.81 | top 18.0% | 230 / 1,113 | |
| Clock | 10.92 | 12.88 | top 29.6% | 48 / 188 | |
| Square-1 | 24.80 | 44.30 | top 38.8% | 44 / 161 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 35.04 | 44.00 | top 57.4% | 175 / 314 | |
| 4×4 | 1:28.63 | — | top 62.7% | 281 / 464 | |
| 5×5 | 3:21.83 | — | top 84.5% | 208 / 253 |
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
- 24 Nov 2024Four personal bests in one day at Beveren Sunday Open 2024.
- 10 Feb 2024Three personal bests in one day at Hurlubiks Cube Mouscron 2024.
- 18 Nov 2023First sub-15 3×3: 14.32 at Annuntia Saturday Open 2023.
- 9 Sep 2023First sub-20 3×3: 16.73 at Visé Saturday Open 2023.
- 9 Sep 2023Four personal bests in one day at Visé Saturday Open 2023.
- 6 May 2023First competition: Koersel Saturday Open 2023. A 25.42 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Poulseur Open 2026 · 25 Jan 2026
- Belgian Nationals 2025 · 22 Nov 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Beveren Saturday Open 2025 · 27 Sep 2025
- Brugge Beginners Open 2025 · 22 Mar 2025
- Hasselt Sunday Open 2025 · 9 Mar 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Hurlubiks Cube Mouscron 2025 · 22 Feb 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Beveren Sunday Open 2024 · 24 Nov 2024 — 4 personal bests set
- Belgian Nationals 2024 · 16 Nov 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Zottegem Saturday Open 2024 · 5 Oct 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Visé Open Saturday 2024 · 21 Sep 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Leuven Open 2024 · 13 Apr 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Brugge Beginners Open 2024 · 23 Mar 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Geel Beginners Saturday 2024 · 16 Mar 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Hurlubiks Cube Mouscron 2024 · 10 Feb 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Annuntia Saturday Open 2023 · 18 Nov 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Visé Saturday Open 2023 · 9 Sep 2023 — 4 personal bests set
- Koersel Saturday Open 2023 · 6 May 2023 — 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.
- Joran Pauwels — met in 121 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Rik De Cock — met in 116 rounds, finished ahead 15 times
- Noah Schoeters — met in 113 rounds, finished ahead 6 times
Next targets
- A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,050 people have one; it is 0.02 away.
- A sub-3 Pyraminx single — 4,783 people have one; it is 0.30 away.
Targets move as he improves.