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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.

2×2
best event — top 36.3% of 186,767 all-time
4.76
signature single · Brugge Beginners Open 2025
147
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingBelgium
2×24.767.57
top 36.3%328 / 777
3×318.9923.95
top 37.1%438 / 1,094
Skewb9.4013.06
top 51.1%220 / 394
4×41:18.751:33.17
top 54.9%240 / 459
Clock21.1522.65
top 67.9%129 / 180
5×52:41.28
early days — 2 solves171 / 246
3×3 one-handed44.8156.99
top 71.3%219 / 314
Pyraminx13.7718.52
top 76.8%475 / 589
3×3 Fewest Moves55 moves
early days — 1 solve61 / 69
Square-11:19.47
early days — 1 solve145 / 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

Open Cube Project 2014: 9.90N8W8 Summer 2014: 5.34Brugge Beginners Open 2024: 6.76Brugge Beginners Open 2025: 4.764.769.9012 Apr 201422 Mar 2025

Best single per competition, 2×2. 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-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.