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Lars Vandenbergh

3×3 · top 5.9% of 284,439 all-time · competing since August 2003 · 2003VAND01

Lars Vandenbergh has been competing for 23 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.43, set at Minx Open 2014, puts him in the top 5.9% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 73rd in Belgium. Until February 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 116 competitions since August 2003, he has put 4,895 official solves on the record across 14 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 63% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 17.17 in August 2003 to 9.43, a 45% improvement. Lars has entered 116 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 5.9% of 284,439 all-time
9.43
signature single · Minx Open 2014
4,895
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 63% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingBelgium
3×39.4314.04
top 5.9%73 / 1,094
Pyraminx4.839.36
top 12.1%88 / 589
3×3 Fewest Moves29 moves39.33
top 12.2%10 / 69
Square-114.6621.86
top 15.6%19 / 150
2×23.195.70
top 16.5%157 / 777
4×452.411:04.73
top 27.7%126 / 459
Clock10.7712.80
top 29.0%44 / 180
5×51:47.702:05.66
top 41.0%86 / 246
Megaminx2:07.302:17.02
top 49.7%97 / 197
3×3 one-handed35.0255.45
top 57.3%173 / 314
Skewb11.3617.17
top 62.8%266 / 394
6×64:50.085:22.03
top 79.6%80 / 119
3×3 blindfolded5:26.22—
early days — 2 solves57 / 66
7×711:04.00—
early days — 3 solves90 / 91

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

World Rubik's Games Championship 2003: 17.17Dutch Open 2003: 18.87German Open 2004: 13.73European Rubik's Games Championship 2004: 14.95Dutch Open 2004: 13.94German Open 2005: 13.62Dutch Open 2005: 14.07Rubik's World Championship 2005: 16.13German Open 2006: 14.64Belgian Open 2006: 13.81Polish Open 2006: 14.61European Rubik's Cube Championship 2006: 12.41Dutch Open 2006: 13.06UK Open 2006: 12.82Roissy competition 2007: 14.06Belgian Open 2007: 12.32German Open 2007: 13.06Italian Open 2007: 13.96US Open 2007: 13.30Czech Open 2007: 12.09Lyon Open 2007: 14.44Polish Open 2007: 14.38World Rubik's Cube Championship 2007: 12.78Dutch Open 2007: 10.16UK Open 2007: 13.13Lyon Winter Open 2007: 12.78Belgian Open 2008: 13.72Benelux Open 2008: 14.13French Open 2008: 13.91Madrid Open 2008: 14.37German Open 2008: 14.02Nantes Open 2008: 14.05Polish Open 2008: 17.05Italian Open 2008: 15.61Czech Open 2008: 15.43US Nationals and Open 2008: 15.68Dutch Masters 2008: 12.83Brussels Summer Open 2008: 13.46European Championship 2008: 14.36Dutch Open 2008: 13.97UK Open 2008: 15.22Dutch Nationals 2008: 12.66The Hague Open 2008: 14.09Swedish Cube Day competition 2008: 14.05Aachen Open 2009: 13.97Swiss Open 2009: 13.55Belgian Open 2009: 12.90French Open 2009: 15.06Danish Open 2009: 13.08German Open 2009: 13.43UK Masters 2009: 14.60Czech Open 2009: 13.43US Nationals 2009: 16.01Indonesian Open 2009: 12.21Brussels Summer Open 2009: 13.16World Rubik's Cube Championship 2009: 13.06Dutch Open 2009: 14.25UK Open 2009: 13.84Dutch Nationals 2009: 14.72Bristol Open 2009: 12.46Carnegie Mellon Fall 2009: 13.34Aachen Open 2010: 14.33Toulouse Open 2010: 12.03Benelux Open 2010: 13.78French Open 2010: 11.88Bristol Spring 2010: 14.58German Open 2010: 12.52Belgian Open 2010: 12.30Czech Open 2010: 12.55European Rubik's Cube Championship 2010: 11.52Dutch Open 2010: 11.96UK Open 2010: 14.72Aachen Open 2011: 11.61NEMO Amsterdam Open 2011: 14.06Belgian Open 2011: 12.53Czech Open 2011: 12.77World Rubik's Cube Championship 2011: 13.31Dutch Open 2011: 12.88Spols Open 2011: 13.25Zonhoven Open 2012: 11.84Zune Open 2012: 12.71Czech Open 2012: 14.75N8W8 Summer 2012: 13.36European Rubik's Cube Championship 2012: 13.58Hasselt Open 2012: 14.25Hessen Open 2013: 14.44Zonhoven Open 2013: 12.181 AVG competition 2013: 13.55Minx Open 2013: 12.93HEM MariCubik Open 2013: 14.88World Rubik's Cube Championship 2013: 14.78N8W8 Summer 2013: 14.41Dutch Open 2013: 14.25Minx Open 2014: 9.43Zonhoven Open 2014: 13.02De Wilg Open 2014: 12.91Open Cube Project 2014: 11.88Belgian Summer 2014: 14.56N8W8 Summer 2014: 14.40Rubik's Cube European Championships 2014: 14.43Hasselt Open 2014: 12.03Eat Sleep Cube Repeat 2014: 13.70Belgian Winter 2015: 13.76Zonhoven Open 2015: 13.63World Rubik's Cube Championship 2015: 13.09World Rubik's Cube Championship 2017: 15.17Dutch Open 2017: 12.79Leuven Open 2026: 16.39No Rush Hasselt 2026: 13.83German Open 2026: 14.45Wezemaal Open 2026: 13.35Rubik's WCA European Championship 2026: 15.80Hungarian All-Rounder 6 2026: 14.629.4318.8723 Aug 20039 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-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.43 away.
  • A sub-4 Pyraminx single — 9,892 people have one; it is 0.83 away.

Targets move as he improves.