People · Belgium
Tjeu Goossens
Skewb · top 6.8% of 73,281 all-time · competing since March 2024 · 2024GOOS01
Tjeu Goossens has been competing for 2 years. His best event is the Skewb: a personal-best single of 3.34, set at Warm Up Wommelgem 2024, puts him in the top 6.8% of the 73,281 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 26th in Belgium. Until February 2014, no official Skewb solve in the world had been that fast. Across 13 competitions since March 2024, he has put 445 official solves on the record across twelve events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 57% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 38.24 in March 2024 to 15.16, a 60% improvement. Tjeu has entered 13 competitions, more competitions than 94% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Belgium | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Skewb | 3.34 | 6.54 | top 6.8% | 26 / 394 | |
| 2×2 | 2.64 | 5.76 | top 10.3% | 105 / 777 | |
| Pyraminx | 4.60 | 8.29 | top 10.8% | 79 / 589 | |
| 3×3 | 15.16 | 16.83 | top 25.0% | 307 / 1,094 | |
| Square-1 | 21.51 | 26.29 | top 31.3% | 34 / 150 | |
| 4×4 | 55.60 | 1:03.59 | top 31.5% | 137 / 459 | |
| Clock | 12.94 | 14.69 | top 39.4% | 74 / 180 | |
| Megaminx | 1:50.45 | 2:07.75 | top 40.6% | 78 / 197 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 31.01 | 37.16 | top 48.9% | 139 / 314 | |
| 5×5 | 2:03.30 | 2:07.84 | top 51.3% | 113 / 246 | |
| 6×6 | 3:57.44 | 4:18.73 | top 64.5% | 64 / 119 | |
| 7×7 | 7:53.26 | — | early days — 1 solve | 74 / 91 |
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 2025Three personal bests in one day at Visé Saturday Open 2025.
- 5 Apr 2025Three personal bests in one day at Leuven Open 2025.
- 9 Mar 2025Three personal bests in one day at Hasselt Sunday Open 2025.
- 22 Feb 2025Four personal bests in one day at Hurlubiks Cube Mouscron 2025.
- 5 Oct 2024Five personal bests in one day at Zottegem Saturday Open 2024.
- 21 Sep 2024First sub-20 3×3: 16.91 at Visé Open Saturday 2024.
Competitions
- Zottegem Open 2025 · 1 Nov 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Visé Saturday Open 2025 · 13 Sep 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Nivelles Bigs 2025 · 28 Jun 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Leuven Open 2025 · 5 Apr 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Hasselt Sunday Open 2025 · 9 Mar 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Hurlubiks Cube Mouscron 2025 · 22 Feb 2025 — 4 personal bests set
- Beveren Sunday Open 2024 · 24 Nov 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Belgian Nationals 2024 · 16 Nov 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Zottegem Saturday Open 2024 · 5 Oct 2024 — 5 personal bests set
- Visé Open Saturday 2024 · 21 Sep 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Warm Up Wommelgem 2024 · 13 Jul 2024 — 5 personal bests set
- Wommelgem Open 2024 · 10 May 2024 — 4 personal bests set
- Geel Beginners Saturday 2024 · 16 Mar 2024 — 2 personal bests 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 87 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Lennert Smeets — met in 83 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
- Rik De Cock — met in 76 rounds, finished ahead 6 times
Next targets
- A sub-3 Skewb single — 3,646 people have one; it is 0.34 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.64 away.
Targets move as he improves.