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Tias Claeys

2×2 · top 1.2% of 186,767 all-time · competing since February 2024 · 2024CLAE02

Tias Claeys has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.24, set at Zottegem Open 2025, puts him in the top 1.2% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 14th in Belgium. Until November 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 48 competitions since February 2024, he has put 2,311 official solves on the record across 16 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 55% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 18.93 in February 2024 to 7.78, a 59% improvement. Tias has entered 48 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 1.2% of 186,767 all-time
1.24
signature single · Zottegem Open 2025
2,311
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 55% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingBelgium
2×21.242.44
top 1.2%14 / 777
Megaminx41.2648.89
top 1.9%3 / 197
3×37.7810.16
top 2.4%34 / 1,094
Pyraminx2.884.64
top 3.2%15 / 589
Clock4.955.98
top 4.3%5 / 180
4×432.3442.04
top 4.4%18 / 459
3×3 blindfolded35.3654.32
top 5.6%3 / 66
Skewb3.275.80
top 6.4%24 / 394
3×3 one-handed15.8920.15
top 10.0%32 / 314
5×51:09.981:15.34
top 11.6%22 / 246
Square-114.2317.16
top 14.6%17 / 150
3×3 Fewest Moves30 moves39.67
top 14.8%12 / 69
7×73:25.833:47.13
top 18.4%12 / 91
4×4 blindfolded4:46.97—
top 20.4%1 / 11
6×62:20.092:25.96
top 20.5%18 / 119
3×3 Multi-Blind9 of 12 cubes · 48:14—
early days — 2 solves8 / 20

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

Hurlubiks Cube Mouscron 2024: 18.93Geel Beginners Sunday 2024: 16.41Brugge Beginners Open 2024: 16.36Leuven Open 2024: 17.08Wommelgem Open 2024: 14.69Douvrin Open 2024: 14.71Warm Up Wommelgem 2024: 13.60Leersum Algs 24 Hours in 2024: 10.78Luxembourg Nationals 2024: 12.26Visé Open Sunday 2024: 10.25Zottegem Sunday Open 2024: 12.71Belgian Nationals 2024: 11.12Beveren Saturday Open 2024: 10.77Christmas Cubing Breda 2024: 9.73Aachen Open 2025: 10.62Hayange Open 2025: 8.78Hurlubiks Cube Mouscron 2025: 8.74Brugge Beginners Open 2025: 10.29Leuven Open 2025: 9.88French Championship 2025: 10.68Hem MariCubik Open 2025: 8.97Eat Sleep Cube Repeat Leersum 2025: 9.96Small Sides Alphen 2025: 7.78Cernay-lès-Reims 2025: 8.84Breda Open 2025: 9.91Schnelle Solves Siegen v2 2025: 8.60Rubik's Dutch Nationals 2025: 10.30Visé Sunday Open 2025: 9.85Beveren Sunday Open 2025: 9.56Ranst Autumn 2025: 10.16Zottegem Open 2025: 10.05Belgian Nationals 2025: 9.92Leuven Open 2026: 9.75Hurlubik's Cube Mouscron 2026: 8.85Classic Cubing Capelle 2026: 9.83No Rush Hasselt 2026: 10.61Twist and Turn Ghent 2026: 9.28Wezemaal Open 2026: 9.93Warm Up Lent 2026: 9.07Rubik's WCA European Championship 2026: 9.70Capelle Chaos B 2026: 10.017.7818.9310 Feb 202423 Aug 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-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.24 away.
  • A sub-40 Megaminx single — 557 people have one; it is 1.26 away.

Targets move as he improves.