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Elias Hostens

Skewb · top 2.8% of 73,281 all-time · competing since May 2022 · 2022HOST01

Elias Hostens has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the Skewb: a personal-best single of 2.48, set at No Rush Hasselt 2026, puts him in the top 2.8% of the 73,281 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 14th in Belgium. Until February 2014, no official Skewb solve in the world had been that fast. Across 18 competitions since May 2022, he has put 853 official solves on the record across 13 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 75% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 15.05 in May 2022 to 10.00, a 34% improvement. Elias has entered 18 competitions, more competitions than 96% of everyone who has ever competed.

Skewb
best event — top 2.8% of 73,281 all-time
2.48
signature single · No Rush Hasselt 2026
853
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 75% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingBelgium
Skewb2.485.94
top 2.8%14 / 394
2×22.233.88
top 6.5%60 / 777
3×310.0012.09
top 7.4%91 / 1,094
Square-111.0714.46
top 8.1%9 / 150
Pyraminx4.706.88
top 11.4%82 / 589
4×445.5149.71
top 18.9%84 / 459
3×3 one-handed21.6627.31
top 25.1%67 / 314
Clock10.0012.74
top 25.1%36 / 180
5×51:28.761:41.37
top 26.3%58 / 246
Megaminx1:35.992:01.29
top 32.0%55 / 197
6×63:42.963:53.70
top 59.7%56 / 119
7×76:49.73—
top 78.3%64 / 91
3×3 blindfolded6:00.32—
early days — 1 solve60 / 66

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

Brugge Saturday Open 2022: 15.05Belgian Nationals 2024: 15.27Christmas Cubing Breda 2024: 13.34Hurlubiks Cube Mouscron 2025: 11.94Hasselt Sunday Open 2025: 10.80Brugge Beginners Open 2025: 13.38Leuven Open 2025: 11.50Visé Saturday Open 2025: 10.90Beveren Saturday Open 2025: 10.02Zottegem Open 2025: 11.73Belgian Nationals 2025: 10.00Poulseur Open 2026: 10.99Leuven Open 2026: 12.06Hurlubik's Cube Mouscron 2026: 10.92No Rush Hasselt 2026: 10.76Wezemaal Open 2026: 11.54Open de Lumes 2026: 11.6410.0015.2714 May 202215 Aug 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-2 Skewb single — 1,013 people have one; it is 0.48 away.
  • A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.23 away.

Targets move as he improves.