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Thibau Vander Motte

3×3 · top 2.2% of 284,439 all-time · competing since April 2016 · 2016MOTT01

Thibau Vander Motte has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 7.67, set at Leuven Open 2024, puts him in the top 2.2% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 31st in Belgium. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 49 competitions since April 2016, he has put 1,969 official solves on the record across ten events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 59% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 19.13 in April 2016 to 7.67, a 60% improvement. Thibau has entered 49 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 2.2% of 284,439 all-time
7.67
signature single · Leuven Open 2024
1,969
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 59% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingBelgium
3×37.679.08
top 2.2%31 / 1,094
4×429.6332.62
top 2.6%10 / 459
2×21.973.83
top 4.5%41 / 777
Skewb3.275.89
top 6.4%24 / 394
Pyraminx4.089.69
top 8.1%65 / 589
5×51:06.481:13.91
top 9.3%16 / 246
3×3 one-handed16.2928.10
top 10.9%36 / 314
Megaminx1:26.241:34.30
top 25.8%44 / 197
Square-124.9428.56
top 39.0%42 / 150
3×3 Fewest Moves69 moves—
early days — 1 solve67 / 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

Open Cube Project 2016: 19.13Belgian Winter 2017: 13.14Belgium Summer Open 2017: 12.10Champagne Open 2017: 10.56Nancy Open 2017: 10.78Happy New Year Cubing Dordrecht 2018: 11.16Annuntia Open 2018: 10.03Stenay Open 2018: 10.56Champagne Open 2018: 10.83French Championship 2019: 12.06Belgian Solstice 2019: 8.88Sens Open 2019: 10.49Champagne Open 2019: 10.97Seraing Open 2019: 10.72Dontrien Open 2022: 8.69Annuntia Sunday Open 2022: 9.63Brugge Sunday Open 2022: 9.91Belgian Nationals 2022: 9.33Gijzegem Open 2022: 9.15Brugge Open 2023: 8.94Wommelgem Open 2023: 8.64Koersel Sunday Open 2023: 9.52Visé Sunday Open 2023: 9.18Belgian Nationals 2023: 9.13Zottegem Afternoon 2023: 8.85Annuntia Sunday Open 2023: 9.03Geel Beginners Sunday 2024: 8.84Brugge Beginners Open 2024: 9.45Leuven Open 2024: 7.67Wommelgem Open 2024: 9.38Visé Open Sunday 2024: 8.56Zottegem Sunday Open 2024: 8.99Belgian Nationals 2024: 8.64Beveren Sunday Open 2024: 9.06Hurlubiks Cube Mouscron 2025: 8.27Hasselt Sunday Open 2025: 8.37Brugge Beginners Open 2025: 8.25Visé Sunday Open 2025: 8.82Beveren Sunday Open 2025: 8.15Zottegem Open 2025: 8.12Belgian Nationals 2025: 8.48Poulseur Open 2026: 8.07Hurlubik's Cube Mouscron 2026: 8.99No Rush Hasselt 2026: 8.62French Championship 2026: 7.71Twist and Turn Ghent 2026: 8.90Wezemaal Open 2026: 8.277.6719.1316 Apr 20163 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-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 1.67 away.
  • A sub-25 4×4 single — 588 people have one; it is 4.63 away.

Targets move as he improves.