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Jef Van Vaerenbergh

Square-1 · top 5.1% of 25,272 all-time · competing since May 2024 · 2024VAER01

Jef Van Vaerenbergh has been competing for 2 years. His best event is the Square-1: a personal-best single of 9.39, set at No Rush Hasselt 2026, puts him in the top 5.1% of the 25,272 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 5th in Belgium. Until October 2010, no official Square-1 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 17 competitions since May 2024, he has put 627 official solves on the record across 13 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one; 85% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 17.09 in May 2024 to 10.04, a 41% improvement. Jef has entered 17 competitions, more competitions than 96% of everyone who has ever competed.

Square-1
best event — top 5.1% of 25,272 all-time
9.39
signature single · No Rush Hasselt 2026
627
official solves on the record
15%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 85% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingBelgium
Square-19.3912.62
top 5.1%5 / 150
2×22.304.19
top 7.0%65 / 777
3×310.0412.71
top 7.6%93 / 1,094
Pyraminx4.377.27
top 9.6%75 / 589
Skewb4.567.69
top 14.9%63 / 394
3×3 one-handed18.2720.57
top 15.8%45 / 314
Megaminx1:36.141:53.83
top 32.1%56 / 197
4×458.401:03.59
top 34.8%158 / 459
Clock12.7416.42
top 38.5%69 / 180
3×3 Fewest Moves38 moves41.33
top 40.9%34 / 69
5×51:53.592:14.57
top 45.1%97 / 246
6×63:53.354:02.75
top 63.2%61 / 119
7×77:21.02—
top 83.2%70 / 91

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

Wommelgem Open 2024: 17.09Belgian Nationals 2024: 14.32Christmas Cubing Breda 2024: 13.50Hurlubiks Cube Mouscron 2025: 12.38Hasselt Saturday Open 2025: 13.42Brugge Beginners Open 2025: 12.13Leuven Open 2025: 13.07Visé Saturday Open 2025: 12.69Beveren Saturday Open 2025: 13.12Belgian Nationals 2025: 12.13Leuven Open 2026: 10.44Hurlubik's Cube Mouscron 2026: 10.88No Rush Hasselt 2026: 10.04Twist and Turn Ghent 2026: 12.42Wezemaal Open 2026: 11.46Rubik's WCA European Championship 2026: 14.0510.0417.0910 May 202416 Jul 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-8 Square-1 single — 766 people have one; it is 1.39 away.
  • A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.30 away.

Targets move as he improves.