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Sam Vanhees

3×3 · top 7.0% of 284,439 all-time · competing since May 2023 · 2023VANH02

Sam Vanhees has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.83, set at Leuven Open 2025, puts him in the top 7.0% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 83rd in Belgium. Until October 2007, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 19 competitions since May 2023, he has put 698 official solves on the record across twelve events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 16% around a typical one; 94% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 14.81 in May 2023 to 9.83, a 34% improvement. Sam has entered 19 competitions, more competitions than 97% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 7.0% of 284,439 all-time
9.83
signature single · Leuven Open 2025
698
official solves on the record
16%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 94% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingBelgium
3×39.8311.97
top 7.0%83 / 1,094
4×437.5043.02
top 9.2%33 / 459
Pyraminx4.897.66
top 12.5%93 / 589
Skewb4.738.68
top 16.2%74 / 394
2×23.184.11
top 16.4%155 / 777
5×51:16.841:32.80
top 16.7%31 / 246
3×3 one-handed22.9429.16
top 28.6%76 / 314
Square-125.0736.95
top 39.3%43 / 150
6×63:01.403:16.48
top 41.7%40 / 119
Megaminx1:59.302:20.22
top 45.3%90 / 197
7×75:10.725:24.62
top 54.1%42 / 91
Clock18.5525.87
top 60.4%114 / 180

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

Koersel Saturday Open 2023: 14.81Geel Beginners Sunday 2024: 10.43Wommelgem Open 2024: 11.56Warm Up Wommelgem 2024: 11.32Zottegem Sunday Open 2024: 11.34Belgian Nationals 2024: 11.69Beveren Saturday Open 2024: 10.06Christmas Cubing Breda 2024: 11.02Hasselt Saturday Open 2025: 10.06Brugge Beginners Open 2025: 11.86Leuven Open 2025: 9.83Visé Sunday Open 2025: 11.44Beveren Sunday Open 2025: 9.87Belgian Nationals 2025: 10.46Pakje Open in Lent 2025: 11.14Leuven Open 2026: 10.47Twist and Turn Ghent 2026: 10.979.8314.816 May 202318 Apr 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-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.83 away.
  • A sub-30 4×4 single — 2,388 people have one; it is 7.50 away.

Targets move as he improves.