People · Belgium
Jens Renders
3×3 · top 22.1% of 284,439 all-time · competing since April 2012 · 2012REND02
Jens Renders has been competing for 14 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 14.32, set at Wommelgem Open 2024, puts him in the top 22.1% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 268th in Belgium. Across 10 competitions since April 2012, he has put 140 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 65% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 26.86 in April 2012 to 14.32, a 47% improvement. Jens 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 | 14.32 | 18.68 | top 22.1% | 268 / 1,094 | |
| 2×2 | 4.81 | 6.03 | top 36.9% | 336 / 777 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 2:24.28 | — | top 41.4% | 27 / 66 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 32.44 | 39.97 | top 52.2% | 153 / 314 | |
| 4×4 | 1:28.97 | 2:41.21 | top 62.8% | 277 / 459 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 46 moves | — | early days — 2 solves | 52 / 69 | |
| 5×5 | 5:12.08 | — | early days — 2 solves | 241 / 246 |
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
- 10 May 2024First sub-15 3×3: 14.32 at Wommelgem Open 2024.
- 7 May 2016First sub-20 3×3: 19.11 at Antwerp Open 2016.
- 28 Apr 2012First competition: Zune Open 2012. A 35.18 3×3 single to start from.
- 28 Apr 2012First sub-30 3×3: 26.86 at Zune Open 2012.
Competitions
- Wommelgem Open 2024 · 10 May 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Dutch Winter South 2024 · 13 Jan 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Annuntia Sunday Open 2023 · 19 Nov 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Brugge Open 2018 · 17 Nov 2018
- Belgian Summer 2018 · 11 Aug 2018
- Zonhoven Open 2018 · 28 Apr 2018 — 1 personal best set
- Antwerp Open 2016 · 7 May 2016 — 1 personal best set
- CBNBC 2015 · 23 May 2015 — 1 personal best set
- FMC Europe 2015 · 28 Mar 2015
- Zune Open 2012 · 28 Apr 2012 — 2 personal bests 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.
- Bruno Vervoort — met in 24 rounds, never finished ahead
- Ton Dennenbroek — met in 23 rounds, finished ahead 10 times
- Olivier Vos — met in 20 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 2.32 away.
- A sub-4 2×2 single — 49,452 people have one; it is 0.81 away.
Targets move as he improves.