People · Belgium
Tjen Van Marsenille
3×3 · top 1.8% of 284,439 all-time · competing since October 2018 · 2018MARS08
Tjen Van Marsenille has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 7.36, set at Beveren Saturday Open 2025, puts him in the top 1.8% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 23rd in Belgium. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 6 competitions since October 2018, he has put 107 official solves on the record across three events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one; 82% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 19.30 in October 2018 to 7.36, a 62% improvement. Tjen has entered six competitions, more competitions than 86% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Belgium | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 7.36 | 9.97 | top 1.8% | 23 / 1,094 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 11.09 | 13.44 | top 1.9% | 4 / 314 | |
| 4×4 | 47.03 | 58.69 | top 20.8% | 98 / 459 |
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
- 22 Nov 2025Three personal bests in one day at Belgian Nationals 2025.
- 9 Mar 2025First sub-15 3×3: 9.77 at Hasselt Sunday Open 2025.
- 9 Mar 2025First sub-10 3×3: 9.77 at Hasselt Sunday Open 2025.
- 9 Mar 2025Three personal bests in one day at Hasselt Sunday Open 2025.
- 27 Oct 2018First competition: Zonhoven Autumn Open 2018. A 19.30 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Leuven Open 2026 · 7 Feb 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Belgian Nationals 2025 · 22 Nov 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Beveren Saturday Open 2025 · 27 Sep 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Arnhem Open 2025 · 28 Jun 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Hasselt Sunday Open 2025 · 9 Mar 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Zonhoven Autumn Open 2018 · 27 Oct 2018
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.
- Lennert Smeets — met in 18 rounds, finished ahead 17 times
- Andrey Che — met in 16 rounds, never finished ahead
- Maxwell Praet — met in 15 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
Next targets
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 1.36 away.
- A sub-10 3×3 one-handed single — 779 people have one; it is 1.09 away.
Targets move as he improves.