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Nicolas Vansteen

3×3 · top 1.9% of 284,439 all-time · competing since May 2017 · 2017VANS02

Nicolas Vansteen has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 7.44, set at Warm Up Wommelgem 2024, puts him in the top 1.9% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 25th in Belgium. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 40 competitions since May 2017, he has put 1,314 official solves on the record across ten events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 90% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 17.74 in May 2017 to 7.44, a 58% improvement. Nicolas has entered 40 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 1.9% of 284,439 all-time
7.44
signature single · Warm Up Wommelgem 2024
1,314
official solves on the record
11%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 90% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingBelgium
3×37.449.66
top 1.9%25 / 1,094
Megaminx51.5956.34
top 5.8%9 / 197
2×22.214.73
top 6.3%57 / 777
4×436.3546.04
top 8.0%30 / 459
3×3 one-handed16.0822.89
top 10.4%35 / 314
Pyraminx6.1810.44
top 21.3%153 / 589
Skewb7.0718.05
top 34.2%157 / 394
3×3 Fewest Moves39 moves49.33
early days — 3 solves35 / 69
5×52:44.16—
early days — 2 solves175 / 246
Square-156.70—
early days — 2 solves114 / 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

Belgium Summer Open 2017: 17.74Belgian Open 2017: 12.35Annuntia Open 2018: 11.08Belgian Easter 2018: 11.94Zonhoven Open 2018: 11.57Zonhoven Autumn Open 2018: 10.92Brugge Open 2018: 8.41Annuntia Open 2019: 8.30French Championship 2019: 9.36Brugge Open 2019: 10.16Belgian Solstice 2019: 10.59Belgian Open 2019: 9.77Seraing Open 2019: 8.59Annuntia Open 2020: 8.58Seraing Open 2021: 9.31Annuntia Sunday Open 2022: 8.17Brugge Saturday Open 2022: 8.77Rubik's WCA European Championship 2022: 8.99Ganshoren Sunday Open 2022: 8.55Belgian Nationals 2022: 8.79Gijzegem Open 2022: 8.58Romerike Easter Open 2023: 9.30LSP Hverdagskubing April 2023: 8.55Oslo Open 2023: 8.48Hurlubiks Cube Mouscron 2024: 8.14Brugge Beginners Open 2024: 9.20Leuven Open 2024: 7.94Wommelgem Open 2024: 9.34Warm Up Wommelgem 2024: 7.44Visé Open Saturday 2024: 9.74Zottegem Sunday Open 2024: 9.14Belgian Nationals 2024: 9.06Beveren Sunday Open 2024: 9.25Hurlubiks Cube Mouscron 2025: 9.39Hasselt Sunday Open 2025: 8.74Brugge Beginners Open 2025: 9.58Leuven Open 2025: 8.31Marrakech Open 2026: 9.67EBC Open 2026: 9.11INPT Open 2026: 8.927.4417.7420 May 201727 Jun 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-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 1.44 away.
  • A sub-50 Megaminx single — 1,776 people have one; it is 1.59 away.

Targets move as he improves.