People · Belgium
Gaetan Vandesompele
3×3 · top 7.6% of 284,439 all-time · competing since May 2022 · 2022VAND01
Gaetan Vandesompele has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 10.04, set at Brugge Beginners Open 2024, puts him in the top 7.6% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 93rd in Belgium. Until May 2007, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 10 competitions since May 2022, he has put 390 official solves on the record across nine events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 91% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 17.80 in May 2022 to 10.04, a 44% improvement. Gaetan has entered ten competitions, more competitions than 92% 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 | 10.04 | 11.87 | top 7.6% | 93 / 1,094 | |
| Pyraminx | 4.15 | 8.26 | top 8.4% | 69 / 589 | |
| 2×2 | 2.94 | 4.84 | top 13.6% | 133 / 777 | |
| 4×4 | 45.01 | 48.29 | top 18.3% | 80 / 459 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 21.61 | 29.95 | top 24.9% | 65 / 314 | |
| Skewb | 7.16 | 9.04 | top 34.9% | 160 / 394 | |
| 5×5 | 1:47.86 | 2:07.25 | top 41.1% | 87 / 246 | |
| Square-1 | 28.96 | 37.92 | top 47.5% | 59 / 150 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 3:17.87 | — | top 57.4% | 38 / 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
Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 21 Oct 2023Five personal bests in one day at Belgian Nationals 2023.
- 3 Jun 2023Three personal bests in one day at Dutch Open 2023.
- 14 May 2023Three personal bests in one day at Capelle Cubing 2023.
- 19 Nov 2022Five personal bests in one day at Gijzegem Open 2022.
- 29 Oct 2022Five personal bests in one day at Belgian Nationals 2022.
- 19 Aug 2022First sub-15 3×3: 13.45 at German Nationals 2022.
Competitions
- Brugge Beginners Open 2024 · 23 Mar 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Take Your Time Ermelo 2023 · 16 Dec 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Belgian Nationals 2023 · 21 Oct 2023 — 5 personal bests set
- Dutch Open 2023 · 3 Jun 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Capelle Cubing 2023 · 14 May 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Koersel Sunday Open 2023 · 7 May 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Gijzegem Open 2022 · 19 Nov 2022 — 5 personal bests set
- Belgian Nationals 2022 · 29 Oct 2022 — 5 personal bests set
- German Nationals 2022 · 19 Aug 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- Brugge Sunday Open 2022 · 15 May 2022 — 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.
- Olivier Vos — met in 70 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
- Achim Spies — met in 60 rounds, finished ahead 13 times
- Vincent Chan — met in 60 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
Next targets
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 0.04 away.
- A sub-4 Pyraminx single — 9,892 people have one; it is 0.15 away.
Targets move as he improves.