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Joran Pauwels

Clock · top 0.26% of 32,048 all-time · competing since April 2022 · 2022PAUW01

Joran Pauwels has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the Clock: a personal-best single of 2.51, set at Visé Saturday Open 2025, puts him in the top 0.26% of the 32,048 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1st in Belgium. Until April 2024, no official Clock solve in the world had been that fast. Across 61 competitions since April 2022, he has put 3,316 official solves on the record across 16 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 55% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 8.91 in April 2022 to 7.50, a 16% improvement. Joran has entered 61 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

Clock
best event — top 0.26% of 32,048 all-time
2.51
signature single · Visé Saturday Open 2025
3,316
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 55% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingBelgium
Clock2.513.16
top 0.26%1 / 180
Pyraminx1.692.54
top 0.66%5 / 589
Square-15.958.31
top 0.76%1 / 150
Skewb1.733.96
top 0.78%4 / 394
2×21.131.90
top 0.85%5 / 777
3×37.509.53
top 2.0%27 / 1,094
3×3 Fewest Moves23 moves29.67
top 3.0%3 / 69
4×431.7035.94
top 3.9%15 / 459
3×3 one-handed12.7818.78
top 4.1%15 / 314
Megaminx52.4959.87
top 6.2%10 / 197
5×51:02.771:11.61
top 7.0%14 / 246
6×62:14.372:24.99
top 17.6%14 / 119
7×73:44.723:52.98
top 25.2%19 / 91
3×3 blindfolded2:04.772:59.57
top 35.0%23 / 66
3×3 Multi-Blind2 of 2 cubes · 8:57—
early days — 2 solves12 / 20
5×5 blindfolded51:49.00—
early days — 1 solve5 / 5

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

Annuntia Saturday Open 2022: 8.91Brugge Sunday Open 2022: 11.81Ganshoren Saturday Open 2022: 9.40Belgian Nationals 2022: 10.83Gijzegem Open 2022: 8.22Hem MariCubik Winter Open B 2023: 10.22Alphen Cubing 2023: 10.07Brugge Open 2023: 9.94Wommelgem Open 2023: 9.30Koersel Saturday Open 2023: 8.41On Alphen Track to Records 24h 2023: 9.25Visé Saturday Open 2023: 8.90Belgian Nationals 2023: 9.02Zottegem Morning 2023: 8.53Annuntia Saturday Open 2023: 9.17Leersum Algs 2024: 9.47Dutch Winter South 2024: 9.41Hurlubiks Cube Mouscron 2024: 10.51Lente Spring 2024: 8.75Leuven Open 2024: 8.38Bigger in Breda 2024: 10.19Wommelgem Open 2024: 9.60 HEM MariCubik Open 2024: 8.60Douvrin Open 2024: 9.38Warm Up Wommelgem 2024: 8.62Leersum Algs 24 Hours in 2024: 8.81Champagne Open 2024: 9.09Visé Open Saturday 2024: 8.62Zottegem Saturday Open 2024: 8.68Dutch Open 2024: 10.02Belgian Nationals 2024: 9.61Beveren Sunday Open 2024: 8.82Christmas Cubing Breda 2024: 8.50Alphen Cubing 2025: 8.65Hurlubiks Cube Mouscron 2025: 8.93Hasselt Saturday Open 2025: 8.04Brugge Beginners Open 2025: 8.72Leuven Open 2025: 8.60French Championship 2025: 10.19Eat Sleep Cube Repeat Leersum 2025: 8.60Small Sides Alphen 2025: 7.65Breda Open 2025: 8.96Rubik's Dutch Nationals 2025: 8.68Visé Saturday Open 2025: 9.16Beveren Saturday Open 2025: 9.65Ranst Autumn 2025: 9.17Zottegem Open 2025: 9.15Belgian Nationals 2025: 7.50Poulseur Open 2026: 8.15Hurlubik's Cube Mouscron 2026: 9.55No Rush Hasselt 2026: 10.03Twist and Turn Ghent 2026: 8.54Wezemaal Open 2026: 9.63Rubik's WCA European Championship 2026: 9.90Capelle Chaos B 2026: 9.747.5011.8123 Apr 202223 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 Clock single — 17 people have one; it is 0.51 away.
  • A sub-1 Pyraminx single — 49 people have one; it is 0.69 away.

Targets move as he improves.