People · Belgium
Koen Van Poucke
Pyraminx · top 33.3% of 129,321 all-time · competing since March 2024 · 2024POUC01
Koen Van Poucke has been competing for 2 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 7.65, set at Beveren Saturday Open 2025, puts him in the top 33.3% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 244th in Belgium. Across 24 competitions since March 2024, he has put 372 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 16% around a typical one; 91% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 49.09 in March 2024 to 26.67, a 46% improvement. Koen has entered 24 competitions, more competitions than 97% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Belgium | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pyraminx | 7.65 | 13.70 | top 33.3% | 244 / 589 | |
| Clock | 15.80 | 29.26 | top 51.1% | 100 / 180 | |
| 3×3 | 26.67 | 35.92 | top 56.2% | 648 / 1,094 | |
| 2×2 | 7.08 | 13.34 | top 61.1% | 527 / 777 | |
| Skewb | 13.35 | 19.31 | top 72.2% | 304 / 394 | |
| 4×4 | 2:21.71 | — | top 89.6% | 409 / 459 | |
| 5×5 | 4:01.71 | — | early days — 2 solves | 226 / 246 | |
| 6×6 | 7:43.58 | — | early days — 2 solves | 116 / 119 |
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
- 16 Jul 2026First sub-30 3×3: 26.67 at Rubik's WCA European Championship 2026.
- 5 Oct 2024Three personal bests in one day at Zottegem Saturday Open 2024.
- 21 Sep 2024Three personal bests in one day at Visé Open Saturday 2024.
- 16 Mar 2024First competition: Geel Beginners Saturday 2024. A 49.09 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Capelle Chaos A 2026 · 22 Aug 2026
- Rubik's WCA European Championship 2026 · 16 Jul 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Wezemaal Open 2026 · 3 May 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Twist and Turn Ghent 2026 · 18 Apr 2026
- No Rush Hasselt 2026 · 14 Mar 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Hurlubik's Cube Mouscron 2026 · 21 Feb 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Poulseur Open 2026 · 25 Jan 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Belgian Nationals 2025 · 22 Nov 2025
- Zottegem Open 2025 · 1 Nov 2025
- Ranst Autumn 2025 · 11 Oct 2025
- Beveren Saturday Open 2025 · 27 Sep 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Visé Sunday Open 2025 · 14 Sep 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Breda Open 2025 · 23 Aug 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Leuven Open 2025 · 5 Apr 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Brugge Beginners Open 2025 · 22 Mar 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Hasselt Sunday Open 2025 · 9 Mar 2025
- Hurlubiks Cube Mouscron 2025 · 22 Feb 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Belgian Nationals 2024 · 16 Nov 2024
- Zottegem Saturday Open 2024 · 5 Oct 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Visé Open Saturday 2024 · 21 Sep 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Wommelgem Open 2024 · 10 May 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Leuven Open 2024 · 13 Apr 2024
- Brugge Beginners Open 2024 · 23 Mar 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Geel Beginners Saturday 2024 · 16 Mar 2024
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.
- Willem Van Poucke — met in 93 rounds, finished ahead once
- Joran Pauwels — met in 75 rounds, never finished ahead
- Yanniko Zhechev — met in 68 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-6 Pyraminx single — 25,870 people have one; it is 1.65 away.
- A sub-15 Clock single — 15,373 people have one; it is 0.80 away.
Targets move as he improves.