People · Belgium
Sam Aerts Van der Aa
3×3 · top 18.2% of 288,433 all-time · competing since September 2023 · 2023AASA01
Sam Aerts Van der Aa has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 13.20, set at Zottegem Open 2026, puts him in the top 18.2% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 234th in Belgium. Across 11 competitions since September 2023, he has put 117 official solves on the record across two events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 61% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 21.47 in September 2023 to 13.20, a 39% improvement. Sam has entered eleven competitions, more competitions than 93% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Belgium | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 13.20 | 15.03 | top 18.2% | 234 / 1,113 | |
| 4×4 | 1:26.40 | 1:39.64 | top 61.0% | 272 / 464 |
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
- 8 Mar 2025First sub-20 3×3: 16.00 at Hasselt Saturday Open 2025.
- 8 Mar 2025First sub-15 3×3: 14.67 at Hasselt Saturday Open 2025.
- 10 Sep 2023First competition: Visé Sunday Open 2023. A 21.47 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Zottegem Open 2026 · 26 Sep 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Visé Saturday Open 2026 · 12 Sep 2026
- Wezemaal Open 2026 · 3 May 2026
- Twist and Turn Ghent 2026 · 18 Apr 2026
- Leuven Open 2026 · 7 Feb 2026
- Belgian Nationals 2025 · 22 Nov 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Visé Sunday Open 2025 · 14 Sep 2025
- Hasselt Saturday Open 2025 · 8 Mar 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Geel Beginners Saturday 2024 · 16 Mar 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Annuntia Sunday Open 2023 · 19 Nov 2023
- Visé Sunday Open 2023 · 10 Sep 2023
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.
- Lisa Leukemans — met in 21 rounds, never finished ahead
- Nicolas Dupuis — met in 21 rounds, never finished ahead
- Bowen Xie (解博文) — met in 18 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-12 3×3 single — 40,277 people have one; it is 1.20 away.
- A sub-1:00 4×4 single — 31,087 people have one; it is 26.40 away.
Targets move as he improves.