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Lars Van den broeck

2×2 · top 3.0% of 186,767 all-time · competing since May 2011 · 2011BROE01

Lars Van den broeck has been competing for 15 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.69, set at Minx Open 2013, puts him in the top 3.0% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 34th in Belgium. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 74 competitions since May 2011, he has put 3,383 official solves on the record across 14 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 53% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 34.80 in May 2011 to 8.54, a 75% improvement. Lars has entered 74 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 3.0% of 186,767 all-time
1.69
signature single · Minx Open 2013
3,383
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 53% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingBelgium
2×21.693.98
top 3.0%34 / 777
Skewb2.705.71
top 3.6%16 / 394
3×38.5411.27
top 3.8%50 / 1,094
4×435.5743.01
top 7.2%29 / 459
Pyraminx4.068.07
top 8.0%63 / 589
3×3 one-handed18.1425.72
top 15.4%44 / 314
Megaminx1:12.471:30.25
top 17.1%26 / 197
5×51:18.381:22.22
top 17.8%36 / 246
6×62:36.702:46.48
top 29.0%23 / 119
7×74:58.715:30.06
top 50.2%36 / 91
Clock16.3620.97
top 53.2%103 / 180
Square-133.73—
early days — 2 solves75 / 150
3×3 Fewest Moves44 moves—
top 62.5%47 / 69
3×3 blindfolded6:40.10—
early days — 2 solves62 / 66

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

Belgian Open 2011: 34.80Spols Open 2011: 16.02Zonhoven Open 2012: 17.31Hasselt Open 2012: 13.83Zonhoven Open 2013: 16.051 AVG competition 2013: 14.68Minx Open 2013: 14.27Hasselt Open 2013: 14.21Minx Open 2014: 12.61Zonhoven Open 2014: 11.68De Wilg Open 2014: 14.38Open Cube Project 2014: 12.66Belgian Summer 2014: 10.83N8W8 Summer 2014: 12.58German Nationals 2014: 12.22Dutch Open 2014: 11.96Hasselt Open 2014: 13.22Belgian Winter 2015: 13.37Zonhoven Open 2015: 10.44Open Cube Project 2015: 13.36CBNBC 2015: 11.88N8W8 Summer 2015: 12.63German Big Cube Open 2015: 12.72Belgium Summer 2015: 12.38Dutch Open 2015: 11.61Hasselt Open 2015: 10.77Zonhoven Open 2016: 9.93Antwerp Open 2016: 10.90European Rubik's Cube Championship 2016: 10.34N8W8 Summer 2016: 11.27Dutch Open 2016: 11.22Belgian Winter 2017: 9.78Zuidplas Open 2017: 10.72Belgium Summer Open 2017: 11.09Hem MariCubik Open 2017: 11.07World Rubik's Cube Championship 2017: 13.01Belgian Open 2017: 11.94Annuntia Open 2018: 10.50Zonhoven Open 2018: 13.15Belgian Summer 2018: 11.84Zonhoven Autumn Open 2018: 11.35Brugge Open 2018: 11.36Annuntia Open 2019: 11.13Brugge Open 2019: 11.43Belgian Solstice 2019: 12.88Belgian Open 2019: 10.97Annuntia Open 2020: 11.56Seraing Open 2021: 12.78Annuntia Saturday Open 2022: 10.97Brugge Saturday Open 2022: 9.58Danish Championship 2022: 11.92Ganshoren Saturday Open 2022: 10.32Belgian Nationals 2022: 10.11Gijzegem Open 2022: 9.66Wommelgem Open 2023: 10.99Ermelo Cubing B 2023: 10.44Koersel Saturday Open 2023: 9.91Danish Championship 2023: 9.14Belgian Nationals 2023: 9.47Zottegem Morning 2023: 9.03Warm Up Wommelgem 2024: 11.39Danish Championship 2024: 9.98Zottegem Sunday Open 2024: 10.89Belgian Nationals 2024: 8.54Beveren Saturday Open 2024: 9.63Hurlubiks Cube Mouscron 2025: 10.29Hasselt Saturday Open 2025: 10.26Beveren Sunday Open 2025: 10.48Belgian Nationals 2025: 13.08Leuven Open 2026: 10.10Wezemaal Open 2026: 10.868.5434.807 May 20113 May 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-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.69 away.
  • A sub-2 Skewb single — 1,013 people have one; it is 0.70 away.

Targets move as he improves.