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Wout Plaum

2×2 · top 0.87% of 186,767 all-time · competing since February 2020 · 2020PLAU02

Wout Plaum has been competing for 6 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.14, set at Leersum Algs 2024, puts him in the top 0.87% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 6th in Belgium. Until November 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 21 competitions since February 2020, he has put 887 official solves on the record across 13 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 52% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 10.54 in November 2021 to 8.03, a 24% improvement. Wout has entered 21 competitions, more competitions than 97% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 0.87% of 186,767 all-time
1.14
signature single · Leersum Algs 2024
887
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 52% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingBelgium
2×21.142.10
top 0.87%6 / 777
3×38.0310.75
top 2.8%37 / 1,094
Pyraminx3.705.68
top 6.3%46 / 589
Skewb3.765.82
top 9.3%36 / 394
Clock7.9110.64
top 14.8%23 / 180
5×51:17.961:33.64
top 17.5%35 / 246
4×446.6951.05
top 20.4%95 / 459
3×3 one-handed20.4222.46
top 21.6%62 / 314
3×3 Fewest Moves34 moves40.00
top 26.7%21 / 69
Square-125.8831.88
top 41.1%51 / 150
Megaminx1:59.792:08.50
top 45.5%91 / 197
6×63:23.663:44.51
top 52.1%48 / 119
3×3 blindfolded3:56.14—
early days — 2 solves48 / 66

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

Seraing Open 2021: 10.54Annuntia Saturday Open 2022: 10.08Dutch Masters 2022: 10.56Hoorn Open 2022: 11.73Westfries Open 2022: 10.15Belgian Nationals 2022: 9.69Dutch Nationals 2022: 11.31Visé Saturday Open 2023: 10.46Belgian Nationals 2023: 13.11Dutch Nationals 2023: 12.13Leersum Algs 2024: 10.82Wommelgem Open 2024: 9.54Warm Up Wommelgem 2024: 10.03Warm Up Portugalete 2024: 12.40Rubik's WCA European Championship 2024: 11.25Leersum Algs 24 Hours in 2024: 8.03Belgian Nationals 2024: 9.59Leuven Open 2025: 10.448.0313.1113 Nov 20215 Apr 2025

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 0.14 away.
  • A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.03 away.

Targets move as he improves.