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Iben Smolders

3×3 · top 59.5% of 284,439 all-time · competing since October 2022 · 2022SMOL02

Iben Smolders has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 28.35, set at Zottegem Sunday Open 2024, puts him in the top 59.5% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 683rd in Belgium. Across 4 competitions since October 2022, he has put 29 official solves on the record across three events. His 3×3 best has come down from 39.54 in October 2022 to 28.35, a 28% improvement. Iben has entered four competitions, more competitions than 78% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 59.5% of 284,439 all-time
28.35
signature single · Zottegem Sunday Open 2024
29
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingBelgium
3×328.3532.53
top 59.5%683 / 1,094
Pyraminx12.1417.22
top 68.1%441 / 589
2×212.3218.54
top 85.2%707 / 777

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

Belgian Nationals 2022: 39.54Brugge Open 2023: 33.38Annuntia Sunday Open 2023: 40.56Zottegem Sunday Open 2024: 28.3528.3540.5629 Oct 20226 Oct 2024

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-25 3×3 single — 149,621 people have one; it is 3.35 away.
  • A sub-12 Pyraminx single — 86,891 people have one; it is 0.14 away.

Targets move as he improves.