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Samuel Janssen

Megaminx · top 4.1% of 34,786 all-time · competing since November 2017 · 2017JANS05

Samuel Janssen has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the Megaminx: a personal-best single of 47.65, set at Hasselt Saturday Open 2025, puts him in the top 4.1% of the 34,786 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 7th in Belgium. Until October 2010, no official Megaminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 32 competitions since November 2017, he has put 1,290 official solves on the record across twelve events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 75% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 17.10 in November 2017 to 9.81, a 43% improvement. Samuel has entered 32 competitions, more competitions than 98% of everyone who has ever competed.

Megaminx
best event — top 4.1% of 34,786 all-time
47.65
signature single · Hasselt Saturday Open 2025
1,290
official solves on the record
14%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 75% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingBelgium
Megaminx47.6554.20
top 4.1%7 / 197
Pyraminx3.575.37
top 5.8%42 / 589
3×39.8113.04
top 6.9%82 / 1,094
2×22.714.62
top 11.0%113 / 777
4×445.5452.50
top 19.0%85 / 459
5×51:25.471:30.54
top 23.7%49 / 246
Skewb6.3610.56
top 28.6%127 / 394
3×3 one-handed24.9029.69
top 34.0%99 / 314
Clock12.1513.88
top 35.7%60 / 180
7×74:22.004:49.02
top 38.3%26 / 91
6×62:57.113:05.83
top 39.7%38 / 119
3×3 Fewest Moves42 moves44.00
top 55.5%42 / 69

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

Belgian Open 2017: 17.10Annuntia Open 2018: 15.72Belgian Easter 2018: 14.82Zonhoven Autumn Open 2018: 16.17Annuntia Open 2019: 14.09Open de Lumes 2019: 13.84Brugge Open 2019: 13.05Belgian Solstice 2019: 12.89Seraing Open 2019: 12.55Annuntia Sunday Open 2022: 10.34Metz Open 2022: 12.23Ganshoren Saturday Open 2022: 11.41Belgian Nationals 2022: 9.81Douvrin Open 2023: 11.08French Championship 2023: 12.70Open de Lumes 2023: 12.18Annuntia Sunday Open 2023: 11.82Luxembourg Nationals 2024: 11.78Zottegem Sunday Open 2024: 10.90Beveren Saturday Open 2024: 12.16Hasselt Saturday Open 2025: 11.11Leuven Open 2025: 11.01Visé Saturday Open 2025: 11.58Beveren Saturday Open 2025: 13.30Belgian Nationals 2025: 11.069.8117.1018 Nov 201722 Nov 2025

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-40 Megaminx single — 557 people have one; it is 7.65 away.
  • A sub-3 Pyraminx single — 4,700 people have one; it is 0.57 away.

Targets move as he improves.