People · Belgium
Kiano Kerkhofs
2×2 · top 7.8% of 186,767 all-time · competing since September 2024 · 2024KERK01
Kiano Kerkhofs has been competing for 2 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.38, set at Aachen Summer Open 2026, puts him in the top 7.8% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 73rd in Belgium. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 11 competitions since September 2024, he has put 378 official solves on the record across twelve events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one; 80% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 15.89 in September 2024 to 10.81, a 32% improvement. Kiano has entered eleven competitions, more competitions than 93% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Belgium | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 2.38 | 4.20 | top 7.8% | 73 / 777 | |
| Pyraminx | 4.31 | 6.59 | top 9.2% | 73 / 589 | |
| 3×3 | 10.81 | 14.21 | top 9.9% | 124 / 1,094 | |
| Skewb | 4.10 | 4.99 | top 11.6% | 47 / 394 | |
| 4×4 | 47.38 | 59.47 | top 21.3% | 101 / 459 | |
| Megaminx | 1:24.34 | 1:34.61 | top 24.5% | 39 / 197 | |
| 5×5 | 1:37.81 | 1:47.29 | top 33.7% | 70 / 246 | |
| Clock | 14.69 | 15.23 | top 46.7% | 89 / 180 | |
| 7×7 | 5:11.07 | — | early days — 1 solve | 43 / 91 | |
| Square-1 | 32.51 | 46.93 | top 54.2% | 73 / 150 | |
| 6×6 | 4:05.23 | — | early days — 3 solves | 66 / 119 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 42.50 | 52.91 | top 68.7% | 210 / 314 |
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
- 4 Jul 2026Seven personal bests in one day at Aachen Summer Open 2026.
- 11 Jul 2025Three personal bests in one day at Rhein-Sieg Open 2025.
- 9 Mar 2025First sub-15 3×3: 14.07 at Hasselt Sunday Open 2025.
- 9 Mar 2025Seven personal bests in one day at Hasselt Sunday Open 2025.
- 16 Nov 2024Three personal bests in one day at Belgian Nationals 2024.
- 21 Sep 2024First competition: Visé Open Saturday 2024. A 15.89 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Rubik's WCA European Championship 2026 · 16 Jul 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Aachen Summer Open 2026 · 4 Jul 2026 — 7 personal bests set
- Zottegem Open 2025 · 1 Nov 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Visé Saturday Open 2025 · 13 Sep 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Rhein-Sieg Open 2025 · 11 Jul 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Lente in Lent 2025 · 12 Apr 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Leuven Open 2025 · 5 Apr 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Hasselt Sunday Open 2025 · 9 Mar 2025 — 7 personal bests set
- Aachen Open 2025 · 18 Jan 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Belgian Nationals 2024 · 16 Nov 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Visé Open Saturday 2024 · 21 Sep 2024 — 3 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.
- Lennert Smeets — met in 89 rounds, finished ahead once
- Achim Spies — met in 58 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
- Imanuel Müller — met in 56 rounds, finished ahead once
Next targets
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.38 away.
- A sub-4 Pyraminx single — 9,892 people have one; it is 0.31 away.
Targets move as he improves.