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Simon De Prins

3×3 · top 5.7% of 284,439 all-time · competing since June 2019 · 2019PRIN01

Simon De Prins has been competing for 7 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.36, set at Belgian Nationals 2024, puts him in the top 5.7% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 70th in Belgium. Until February 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 37 competitions since June 2019, he has put 1,279 official solves on the record across ten events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one; 80% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 27.36 in June 2019 to 9.36, a 66% improvement. Simon has entered 37 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 5.7% of 284,439 all-time
9.36
signature single · Belgian Nationals 2024
1,279
official solves on the record
15%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 80% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingBelgium
3×39.3612.96
top 5.7%70 / 1,094
Pyraminx4.196.79
top 8.6%70 / 589
2×22.574.60
top 9.6%95 / 777
3×3 one-handed19.4024.51
top 18.9%55 / 314
4×452.3959.94
top 27.6%125 / 459
Skewb6.3711.58
top 28.7%129 / 394
Megaminx1:36.331:51.79
top 32.3%57 / 197
Clock14.7217.49
top 46.8%90 / 180
Square-132.2734.34
top 53.8%69 / 150
5×52:36.64—
top 68.9%164 / 246

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 Solstice 2019: 27.36Belgian Open 2019: 27.76Seraing Open 2019: 26.71Annuntia Open 2020: 27.03Seraing Open 2021: 14.81Hem MariCubik Winter Open 2022: 16.46Annuntia Saturday Open 2022: 17.41Brugge Saturday Open 2022: 16.93Dutch Masters 2022: 13.40Rubik's WCA European Championship 2022: 19.95Ganshoren Sunday Open 2022: 13.36Belgian Nationals 2022: 14.56Gijzegem Open 2022: 14.66Brugge Open 2023: 14.32Wommelgem Open 2023: 15.63Koersel Saturday Open 2023: 16.22Visé Saturday Open 2023: 15.54Belgian Nationals 2023: 13.33Annuntia Saturday Open 2023: 16.05Hurlubiks Cube Mouscron 2024: 14.83Leuven Open 2024: 14.02Wommelgem Open 2024: 15.94Warm Up Wommelgem 2024: 13.37Rubik's WCA European Championship 2024: 14.32Visé Open Saturday 2024: 13.40Belgian Nationals 2024: 9.36Hasselt Sunday Open 2025: 14.26Leuven Open 2025: 11.69Visé Sunday Open 2025: 12.42Beveren Saturday Open 2025: 10.11Ranst Autumn 2025: 11.33Belgian Nationals 2025: 11.41Leuven Open 2026: 12.39Hurlubik's Cube Mouscron 2026: 12.43Wezemaal Open 2026: 15.109.3627.7622 Jun 20193 May 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 1.36 away.
  • A sub-4 Pyraminx single — 9,892 people have one; it is 0.19 away.

Targets move as he improves.