People · Netherlands
Sven De Kort
3×3 · top 4.0% of 288,433 all-time · competing since September 2024 · 2024KORT04
Sven De Kort has been competing for 2 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.62, set at Visé Sunday Open 2026, puts him in the top 4.0% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 117th in the Netherlands. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 7 competitions since September 2024, he has put 250 official solves on the record across ten events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 70% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 11.71 in September 2024 to 8.62, a 26% improvement. Sven 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 | Netherlands | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 8.62 | 11.03 | top 4.0% | 117 / 2,318 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 15.32 | 18.28 | top 8.9% | 55 / 737 | |
| 4×4 | 39.39 | 48.24 | top 11.5% | 104 / 1,009 | |
| Pyraminx | 5.07 | 6.40 | top 13.6% | 226 / 1,296 | |
| Skewb | 4.56 | 6.00 | top 15.0% | 150 / 968 | |
| 2×2 | 3.07 | 3.95 | top 15.1% | 342 / 1,680 | |
| 5×5 | 1:20.95 | 1:27.38 | top 20.0% | 103 / 542 | |
| Clock | 10.17 | 12.68 | top 25.8% | 129 / 479 | |
| Square-1 | 21.59 | 34.52 | top 31.6% | 110 / 407 | |
| 6×6 | 3:01.73 | — | early days — 2 solves | 95 / 208 |
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-10 3×3: 8.62 at Visé Sunday Open 2026.
- 16 Jul 2026Three personal bests in one day at Rubik's WCA European Championship 2026.
- 23 Aug 2025Four personal bests in one day at Breda Open 2025.
- 24 Nov 2024Four personal bests in one day at Beveren Sunday Open 2024.
- 22 Sep 2024First competition: Visé Open Sunday 2024. A 12.46 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Visé Sunday Open 2026 · 13 Sep 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Rubik's WCA European Championship 2026 · 16 Jul 2026 — 3 personal bests set
- Wezemaal Open 2026 · 3 May 2026
- Rubik's Dutch Nationals 2025 · 5 Sep 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Breda Open 2025 · 23 Aug 2025 — 4 personal bests set
- Beveren Sunday Open 2024 · 24 Nov 2024 — 4 personal bests set
- Visé Open Sunday 2024 · 22 Sep 2024 — 1 personal best set
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.
- Joran Pauwels — met in 47 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
- Lennert Smeets — met in 39 rounds, finished ahead 15 times
- Pablito Poye — met in 39 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 8,101 people have one; it is 0.62 away.
- A sub-15 3×3 one-handed single — 6,118 people have one; it is 0.32 away.
Targets move as he improves.