People · France
Romain D'hondt
3×3 · top 4.8% of 284,439 all-time · competing since March 2018 · 2018DHON01
Romain D'hondt has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.97, set at Hem MariCubik Winter Open B 2023, puts him in the top 4.8% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 275th in France. Until May 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 21 competitions since March 2018, he has put 691 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 80% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 16.52 in March 2018 to 8.97, a 46% improvement. Romain has entered 21 competitions, more competitions than 97% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | France | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 8.97 | 11.76 | top 4.8% | 275 / 4,746 | |
| 2×2 | 2.26 | 3.79 | top 6.7% | 274 / 3,074 | |
| 4×4 | 36.98 | 41.75 | top 8.7% | 162 / 1,817 | |
| 5×5 | 1:07.49 | 1:18.43 | top 9.9% | 86 / 1,024 | |
| Pyraminx | 5.08 | 7.05 | top 13.7% | 334 / 2,148 | |
| Skewb | 6.09 | 9.44 | top 26.4% | 380 / 1,291 | |
| 6×6 | 2:42.45 | 2:49.14 | top 32.1% | 119 / 437 | |
| 7×7 | 4:14.83 | 4:30.53 | top 36.0% | 111 / 372 |
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, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 22 Jan 2023Three personal bests in one day at Hem MariCubik Winter Open B 2023.
- 14 Jul 2022First sub-10 3×3: 9.95 at Rubik's WCA European Championship 2022.
- 21 May 2022Three personal bests in one day at Tigery Open 2022.
- 6 Apr 2019Three personal bests in one day at Open de Lumes 2019.
- 17 Nov 2018Five personal bests in one day at Brugge Open 2018.
- 10 Jun 2018First sub-15 3×3: 14.00 at Hem MariCubik Open 2018.
Competitions
- Rubik's WCA European Championship 2026 · 16 Jul 2026
- Brugge Beginners Open 2025 · 22 Mar 2025
- Hurlubiks Cube Mouscron 2025 · 22 Feb 2025
- Rubik's WCA European Championship 2024 · 25 Jul 2024
- Douvrin Open 2024 · 22 Jun 2024
- Tigery Open 2024 · 25 May 2024
- Geel Beginners Sunday 2024 · 17 Mar 2024
- Hem MariCubik Winter Open B 2023 · 22 Jan 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Rubik's WCA European Championship 2022 · 14 Jul 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- Tigery Open 2022 · 21 May 2022 — 3 personal bests set
- Brugge Sunday Open 2022 · 15 May 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- Hem MariCubik Winter Open 2022 · 27 Feb 2022 — 1 personal best set
- Rouen Open 2020 · 7 Mar 2020 — 1 personal best set
- Belgian Open 2019 · 28 Sep 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Hem MariCubik Open 2019 · 16 Jun 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Brugge Open 2019 · 11 May 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Open de Lumes 2019 · 6 Apr 2019 — 3 personal bests set
- Brugge Open 2018 · 17 Nov 2018 — 5 personal bests set
- Hem MariCubik Open 2018 · 10 Jun 2018 — 5 personal bests set
- L'Open du Berry 2018 · 2 Jun 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- Belgian Easter 2018 · 31 Mar 2018
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.
- Fanny Pousset — met in 75 rounds, finished ahead 14 times
- Louis Fertier — met in 71 rounds, finished ahead 7 times
- Maxime Madrzyk — met in 66 rounds, finished ahead 27 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.97 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.26 away.
Targets move as he improves.