People · Belgium
Maarten Decaestecker
2×2 · top 36.3% of 186,767 all-time · competing since April 2014 · 2014DECA01
Maarten Decaestecker has been competing for 12 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 4.76, set at Brugge Beginners Open 2025, puts him in the top 36.3% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 328th in Belgium. Across 6 competitions since April 2014, he has put 147 official solves on the record across ten events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, an early reading from 6 counted rounds. His 2×2 best has come down from 9.90 in April 2014 to 4.76, a 52% improvement. Maarten has entered six competitions, more competitions than 86% 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 | 4.76 | 7.57 | top 36.3% | 328 / 777 | |
| 3×3 | 18.99 | 23.95 | top 37.1% | 438 / 1,094 | |
| Skewb | 9.40 | 13.06 | top 51.1% | 220 / 394 | |
| 4×4 | 1:18.75 | 1:33.17 | top 54.9% | 240 / 459 | |
| Clock | 21.15 | 22.65 | top 67.9% | 129 / 180 | |
| 5×5 | 2:41.28 | — | early days — 2 solves | 171 / 246 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 44.81 | 56.99 | top 71.3% | 219 / 314 | |
| Pyraminx | 13.77 | 18.52 | top 76.8% | 475 / 589 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 55 moves | — | early days — 1 solve | 61 / 69 | |
| Square-1 | 1:19.47 | — | early days — 1 solve | 145 / 150 |
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, 2×2. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 22 Mar 2025First sub-20 3×3: 18.99 at Brugge Beginners Open 2025.
- 22 Mar 2025Three personal bests in one day at Brugge Beginners Open 2025.
- 23 Mar 2024Four personal bests in one day at Brugge Beginners Open 2024.
- 2 Aug 2014First sub-30 3×3: 27.16 at N8W8 Summer 2014.
- 12 Apr 2014First competition: Open Cube Project 2014. A 31.83 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Brugge Beginners Open 2025 · 22 Mar 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- FMC 2024 · 1 Jun 2024
- Brugge Beginners Open 2024 · 23 Mar 2024 — 4 personal bests set
- Open Cube Project 2015 · 11 Apr 2015 — 2 personal bests set
- N8W8 Summer 2014 · 2 Aug 2014 — 2 personal bests set
- Open Cube Project 2014 · 12 Apr 2014
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.
- Bowen Xie (解博文) — met in 20 rounds, never finished ahead
- Yanniko Zhechev — met in 20 rounds, never finished ahead
- Tias Claeys — met in 19 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
Next targets
- A sub-4 2×2 single — 49,452 people have one; it is 0.76 away.
- A sub-15 3×3 single — 69,493 people have one; it is 3.99 away.
Targets move as he improves.