People · Belgium
Victor Roets
3×3 · top 0.15% of 284,439 all-time · competing since November 2021 · 2021ROET01
Victor Roets has been competing for 5 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 5.13, set at Warm Up Wommelgem 2024, puts him in the top 0.15% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1st in Belgium. Until November 2015, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 36 competitions since November 2021, he has put 1,620 official solves on the record across eleven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 80% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 10.71 in November 2021 to 5.13, a 52% improvement. Victor has entered 36 competitions, more competitions than 99% 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 | 5.13 | 7.12 | top 0.15% | 1 / 1,094 | |
| 2×2 | 1.33 | 2.56 | top 1.5% | 19 / 777 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 12.25 | 16.09 | top 3.3% | 9 / 314 | |
| 4×4 | 32.22 | 35.72 | top 4.4% | 17 / 459 | |
| Pyraminx | 3.34 | 6.76 | top 4.8% | 29 / 589 | |
| Skewb | 3.23 | 4.69 | top 6.2% | 23 / 394 | |
| 5×5 | 1:22.20 | 1:37.36 | top 20.8% | 41 / 246 | |
| Clock | 10.45 | 13.36 | top 27.3% | 41 / 180 | |
| Megaminx | 2:00.69 | 2:36.91 | top 46.0% | 92 / 197 | |
| Square-1 | 38.76 | 54.21 | top 63.8% | 89 / 150 | |
| 6×6 | 6:30.04 | — | early days — 1 solve | 105 / 119 |
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 Jul 2024Three personal bests in one day at Warm Up Wommelgem 2024.
- 10 Feb 2024Four personal bests in one day at Hurlubiks Cube Mouscron 2024.
- 21 Oct 2023Four personal bests in one day at Belgian Nationals 2023.
- 11 Mar 2023Six personal bests in one day at Brugge Open 2023.
- 19 Nov 2022Three personal bests in one day at Gijzegem Open 2022.
- 21 May 2022Three personal bests in one day at Dutch Masters 2022.
Competitions
- Rubik's WCA European Championship 2026 · 16 Jul 2026
- Wezemaal Open 2026 · 3 May 2026
- Twist and Turn Ghent 2026 · 18 Apr 2026 — 1 personal best set
- No Rush Hasselt 2026 · 14 Mar 2026
- Hurlubik's Cube Mouscron 2026 · 21 Feb 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Belgian Nationals 2025 · 22 Nov 2025
- Zottegem Open 2025 · 1 Nov 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Ranst Autumn 2025 · 11 Oct 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Beveren Saturday Open 2025 · 27 Sep 2025
- Visé Saturday Open 2025 · 13 Sep 2025
- Brugge Beginners Open 2025 · 22 Mar 2025
- Hurlubiks Cube Mouscron 2025 · 22 Feb 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Christmas Cubing Breda 2024 · 22 Dec 2024
- Beveren Sunday Open 2024 · 24 Nov 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Belgian Nationals 2024 · 16 Nov 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Zottegem Saturday Open 2024 · 5 Oct 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Visé Open Sunday 2024 · 22 Sep 2024
- Rubik's WCA European Championship 2024 · 25 Jul 2024
- Warm Up Wommelgem 2024 · 13 Jul 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Wommelgem Open 2024 · 10 May 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Bigger in Breda 2024 · 4 May 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Leuven Open 2024 · 13 Apr 2024
- Hurlubiks Cube Mouscron 2024 · 10 Feb 2024 — 4 personal bests set
- Annuntia Saturday Open 2023 · 18 Nov 2023
- Zottegem Afternoon 2023 · 11 Nov 2023
- Belgian Nationals 2023 · 21 Oct 2023 — 4 personal bests set
- Dutch Autumn 2023 · 23 Sep 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Wommelgem Open 2023 · 1 Apr 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Brugge Open 2023 · 11 Mar 2023 — 6 personal bests set
- Hem MariCubik Winter Open A 2023 · 21 Jan 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Gijzegem Open 2022 · 19 Nov 2022 — 3 personal bests set
- Belgian Nationals 2022 · 29 Oct 2022 — 1 personal best set
- Ganshoren Saturday Open 2022 · 24 Sep 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- Dutch Masters 2022 · 21 May 2022 — 3 personal bests set
- Annuntia Saturday Open 2022 · 23 Apr 2022 — 7 personal bests set
- Seraing Open 2021 · 13 Nov 2021
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 289 rounds, finished ahead 144 times
- Rik De Cock — met in 218 rounds, finished ahead 147 times
- Matthias Schegers — met in 215 rounds, finished ahead 94 times
Next targets
- A sub-5 3×3 single — 344 people have one; it is 0.13 away.
- A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.33 away.
Targets move as he improves.