People · Belgium
Brent Douven
3×3 · top 3.3% of 284,439 all-time · competing since April 2025 · 2025DOUV01
Brent Douven has been competing for a year. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.28, set at Visé Saturday Open 2025, puts him in the top 3.3% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 42nd in Belgium. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 3 competitions since April 2025, he has put 50 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 17% around a typical one, an early reading from 5 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 14.69 in April 2025 to 8.28, a 44% improvement. Brent has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% 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 | 8.28 | 15.01 | top 3.3% | 42 / 1,094 | |
| Pyraminx | 6.40 | 13.57 | top 23.0% | 162 / 589 | |
| Skewb | 8.68 | 13.84 | top 46.3% | 200 / 394 | |
| 2×2 | 6.12 | 6.79 | top 52.1% | 463 / 777 | |
| 4×4 | 1:44.73 | — | top 73.6% | 335 / 459 | |
| Clock | 44.63 | — | early days — 1 solve | 170 / 180 |
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
- 13 Sep 2025First sub-10 3×3: 8.28 at Visé Saturday Open 2025.
- 5 Apr 2025First competition: Leuven Open 2025. A 15.20 3×3 single to start from.
- 5 Apr 2025First sub-15 3×3: 14.69 at Leuven Open 2025.
Competitions
- Belgian Nationals 2025 · 22 Nov 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Visé Saturday Open 2025 · 13 Sep 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Leuven Open 2025 · 5 Apr 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.
- Marcin Karczmarz — met in 12 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
- Glen Zhang — met in 12 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
- Lars Willems — met in 12 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.28 away.
- A sub-6 Pyraminx single — 25,870 people have one; it is 0.40 away.
Targets move as he improves.