People · Belgium
Ruben Herthogs
2×2 · top 49.6% of 189,179 all-time · competing since September 2025 · 2025HERT02
Ruben Herthogs has been competing for a year. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 5.87, set at Belgian Nationals 2025, puts him in the top 49.6% of the 189,179 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 441st in Belgium. Across 7 competitions since September 2025, he has put 72 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, an early reading from 7 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 35.37 in September 2025 to 26.91, a 24% improvement. Ruben has entered seven competitions, more competitions than 88% 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 | 5.87 | 13.61 | top 49.6% | 441 / 783 | |
| 3×3 | 26.91 | 37.42 | top 56.7% | 673 / 1,113 | |
| Skewb | 11.79 | 13.54 | top 65.0% | 283 / 401 | |
| Clock | 26.95 | — | early days — 2 solves | 154 / 188 | |
| Pyraminx | 16.18 | 23.36 | top 85.6% | 542 / 605 |
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
- 13 Sep 2026First sub-30 3×3: 26.91 at Visé Sunday Open 2026.
- 28 Sep 2025First competition: Beveren Sunday Open 2025. A 35.37 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Waremme Open 2026 · 11 Oct 2026
- Visé Sunday Open 2026 · 13 Sep 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Breda Open 2026 · 18 Apr 2026
- No Rush Hasselt 2026 · 14 Mar 2026
- Belgian Nationals 2025 · 22 Nov 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Ranst Autumn 2025 · 11 Oct 2025
- Beveren Sunday Open 2025 · 28 Sep 2025
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.
- Koen Van Poucke — met in 12 rounds, finished ahead 8 times
- Mats Herthogs — met in 12 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
- Jack Görtzen — met in 12 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-5 2×2 single — 74,472 people have one; it is 0.87 away.
- A sub-25 3×3 single — 151,957 people have one; it is 1.91 away.
Targets move as he improves.