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Arthur Van Broeckhoven

3×3 · top 1.3% of 284,439 all-time · competing since April 2022 · 2022BROE01

Arthur Van Broeckhoven has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 6.99, set at Muggiò & Chill Open 2023, puts him in the top 1.3% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 17th in Belgium. Until November 2010, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 25 competitions since April 2022, he has put 1,018 official solves on the record across 14 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 58% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 8.80 in April 2022 to 6.99, a 21% improvement. Arthur has entered 25 competitions, more competitions than 98% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 1.3% of 284,439 all-time
6.99
signature single · Muggiò & Chill Open 2023
1,018
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 58% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingBelgium
3×36.999.13
top 1.3%17 / 1,094
3×3 one-handed12.6917.94
top 4.0%12 / 314
Pyraminx3.446.95
top 5.2%35 / 589
2×22.263.59
top 6.7%63 / 777
Skewb3.735.64
top 9.1%35 / 394
4×444.5650.37
top 17.7%76 / 459
Megaminx1:21.561:38.11
top 22.9%35 / 197
3×3 Fewest Moves35 moves—
early days — 2 solves26 / 69
5×51:43.891:56.27
top 38.3%79 / 246
Square-127.0241.66
top 43.6%55 / 150
Clock15.4119.48
top 49.6%97 / 180
3×3 blindfolded3:33.28—
top 61.8%42 / 66
6×64:09.084:51.49
top 68.4%67 / 119
7×76:23.456:38.79
top 72.9%59 / 91

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

Annuntia Saturday Open 2022: 8.80Brugge Saturday Open 2022: 10.03Rubik's WCA European Championship 2022: 10.26Ganshoren Sunday Open 2022: 11.00Belgian Nationals 2022: 10.39Gijzegem Open 2022: 9.98Brugge Open 2023: 9.44Wommelgem Open 2023: 9.14Koersel Sunday Open 2023: 9.42Rubik's WCA World Championship 2023: 10.48Danish Championship 2023: 9.42Muggiò & Chill Open 2023: 6.99Belgian Nationals 2023: 9.95Zottegem Morning 2023: 8.17Hurlubiks Cube Mouscron 2024: 8.89Geel Beginners Sunday 2024: 9.41Leuven Open 2024: 10.05Warm Up Wommelgem 2024: 8.13Rubik's WCA European Championship 2024: 10.51Visé Open Sunday 2024: 8.76Zottegem Saturday Open 2024: 8.58Belgian Nationals 2024: 9.79Beveren Saturday Open 2024: 8.25Belgian Nationals 2025: 8.396.9911.0023 Apr 202222 Nov 2025

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-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 0.99 away.
  • A sub-12 3×3 one-handed single — 2,187 people have one; it is 0.69 away.

Targets move as he improves.