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Willem Van Poucke

2×2 · top 2.7% of 186,767 all-time · competing since September 2023 · 2023POUC02

Willem Van Poucke has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.62, set at Breda Open 2025, puts him in the top 2.7% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 29th in Belgium. Until November 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 30 competitions since September 2023, he has put 973 official solves on the record across eleven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 77% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 37.55 in September 2023 to 8.81, a 77% improvement. Willem has entered 30 competitions, more competitions than 98% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 2.7% of 186,767 all-time
1.62
signature single · Breda Open 2025
973
official solves on the record
14%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 77% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingBelgium
2×21.622.92
top 2.7%29 / 777
3×38.8112.39
top 4.4%52 / 1,094
Pyraminx3.496.88
top 5.4%38 / 589
Skewb4.997.96
top 18.0%84 / 394
Clock11.6314.91
top 33.2%56 / 180
Megaminx1:40.842:01.29
top 35.1%63 / 197
3×3 one-handed29.2139.59
top 44.8%126 / 314
4×41:10.631:17.24
top 47.5%208 / 459
Square-129.291:04.51
top 48.1%60 / 150
5×52:01.602:33.28
top 50.2%108 / 246
6×66:40.40—
early days — 2 solves109 / 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

Visé Saturday Open 2023: 37.55Belgian Nationals 2023: 25.01Zottegem Afternoon 2023: 29.18Annuntia Saturday Open 2023: 23.84Hurlubiks Cube Mouscron 2024: 22.70Geel Beginners Saturday 2024: 20.17Brugge Beginners Open 2024: 19.27Leuven Open 2024: 21.08Wommelgem Open 2024: 16.75Visé Open Saturday 2024: 17.38Zottegem Saturday Open 2024: 19.73Belgian Nationals 2024: 18.80Hurlubiks Cube Mouscron 2025: 13.79Hasselt Sunday Open 2025: 15.45Brugge Beginners Open 2025: 9.70Leuven Open 2025: 13.46Breda Open 2025: 14.79Visé Sunday Open 2025: 13.19Beveren Saturday Open 2025: 15.84Ranst Autumn 2025: 15.69Zottegem Open 2025: 15.26Belgian Nationals 2025: 14.94Poulseur Open 2026: 12.51Leuven Open 2026: 14.90Hurlubik's Cube Mouscron 2026: 11.69No Rush Hasselt 2026: 9.85Twist and Turn Ghent 2026: 8.81Wezemaal Open 2026: 11.02Rubik's WCA European Championship 2026: 14.49Capelle Chaos A 2026: 9.218.8137.559 Sep 202322 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 0.62 away.
  • A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.81 away.

Targets move as he improves.