People · Belgium
Colin Van Cuyck
3×3 · top 3.1% of 284,439 all-time · competing since November 2022 · 2022CUYC01
Colin Van Cuyck has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.19, set at Leuven Open 2024, puts him in the top 3.1% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 40th in Belgium. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 8 competitions since November 2022, he has put 202 official solves on the record across ten events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 61% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 18.93 in November 2022 to 8.19, a 57% improvement. Colin has entered eight competitions, more competitions than 90% 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 | 8.19 | 12.29 | top 3.1% | 40 / 1,094 | |
| 4×4 | 42.97 | 49.08 | top 15.7% | 65 / 459 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 19.95 | 22.10 | top 20.3% | 59 / 314 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 33 moves | 39.33 | top 23.4% | 17 / 69 | |
| 2×2 | 3.87 | 4.64 | top 24.8% | 233 / 777 | |
| 5×5 | 1:27.96 | 1:36.77 | top 25.7% | 53 / 246 | |
| Skewb | 6.06 | 9.73 | top 26.2% | 118 / 394 | |
| 6×6 | 3:13.58 | 3:18.07 | top 47.5% | 45 / 119 | |
| 7×7 | 5:56.90 | — | early days — 2 solves | 51 / 91 | |
| Pyraminx | 13.34 | 27.38 | top 74.7% | 465 / 589 |
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
- 8 Mar 2025Three personal bests in one day at Hasselt Saturday Open 2025.
- 22 Sep 2024Three personal bests in one day at Visé Open Sunday 2024.
- 13 Apr 2024First sub-10 3×3: 8.19 at Leuven Open 2024.
- 13 Apr 2024Three personal bests in one day at Leuven Open 2024.
- 7 May 2023First sub-15 3×3: 13.23 at Koersel Sunday Open 2023.
- 7 May 2023Three personal bests in one day at Koersel Sunday Open 2023.
Competitions
- Leuven Open 2026 · 7 Feb 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Leuven Open 2025 · 5 Apr 2025
- Hasselt Saturday Open 2025 · 8 Mar 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- FMC Belgian Nationals 2024 · 26 Oct 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Visé Open Sunday 2024 · 22 Sep 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Leuven Open 2024 · 13 Apr 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Koersel Sunday Open 2023 · 7 May 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Gijzegem Open 2022 · 19 Nov 2022
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.
- Bowen Xie (解博文) — met in 35 rounds, finished ahead once
- Nicolas Dupuis — met in 34 rounds, finished ahead 8 times
- Matthias Schegers — met in 33 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.19 away.
- A sub-40 4×4 single — 10,180 people have one; it is 2.97 away.
Targets move as he improves.