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Rik De Cock

Clock · top 1.1% of 32,048 all-time · competing since September 2022 · 2022COCK01

Rik De Cock has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the Clock: a personal-best single of 3.21, set at Zottegem Open 2025, puts him in the top 1.1% of the 32,048 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2nd in Belgium. Until May 2021, no official Clock solve in the world had been that fast. Across 42 competitions since September 2022, he has put 2,049 official solves on the record across 13 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one; 82% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 22.99 in September 2022 to 8.81, a 62% improvement. Rik has entered 42 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

Clock
best event — top 1.1% of 32,048 all-time
3.21
signature single · Zottegem Open 2025
2,049
official solves on the record
15%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 82% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingBelgium
Clock3.213.85
top 1.1%2 / 180
Square-18.3014.78
top 3.5%4 / 150
3×38.8110.83
top 4.4%52 / 1,094
2×22.033.53
top 4.9%45 / 777
Pyraminx3.855.79
top 6.9%53 / 589
4×440.5443.62
top 12.7%50 / 459
Skewb4.696.23
top 15.8%71 / 394
3×3 one-handed19.1023.79
top 18.1%51 / 314
5×51:23.791:38.06
top 22.2%46 / 246
Megaminx1:24.671:35.56
top 24.7%41 / 197
6×62:53.963:12.30
top 38.0%37 / 119
3×3 Fewest Moves41 moves—
early days — 1 solve41 / 69
7×75:19.87—
top 56.8%45 / 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

Ganshoren Saturday Open 2022: 22.99Brugge Open 2023: 15.34Koersel Saturday Open 2023: 13.82Visé Saturday Open 2023: 9.99Belgian Nationals 2023: 9.97Zottegem Afternoon 2023: 11.29Annuntia Saturday Open 2023: 9.16Dutch Winter South 2024: 10.11Hurlubiks Cube Mouscron 2024: 8.81Geel Beginners Sunday 2024: 10.96Brugge Beginners Open 2024: 10.63Bigger in Breda 2024: 9.55Wommelgem Open 2024: 10.49 HEM MariCubik Open 2024: 10.80Kölner Kubing 2024: 9.95Douvrin Open 2024: 10.20Leersum Algs 24 Hours in 2024: 10.91Visé Open Saturday 2024: 10.29Zottegem Saturday Open 2024: 10.20Dutch Open 2024: 9.98Belgian Nationals 2024: 10.10Beveren Sunday Open 2024: 11.05Christmas Cubing Breda 2024: 10.95Alphen Cubing 2025: 9.85Hurlubiks Cube Mouscron 2025: 10.67Hasselt Saturday Open 2025: 10.49Brugge Beginners Open 2025: 9.58Leuven Open 2025: 9.17French Championship 2025: 9.81Rubik's Dutch Nationals 2025: 11.12Visé Saturday Open 2025: 10.92Beveren Saturday Open 2025: 10.67Ranst Autumn 2025: 10.32Zottegem Open 2025: 9.09Belgian Nationals 2025: 10.77Hurlubik's Cube Mouscron 2026: 11.22Twist and Turn Ghent 2026: 9.44Rubik's WCA European Championship 2026: 10.978.8122.9924 Sep 202216 Jul 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-3 Clock single — 239 people have one; it is 0.21 away.
  • A sub-8 Square-1 single — 766 people have one; it is 0.30 away.

Targets move as he improves.