People · Belgium
Yano Van Hemel
2×2 · top 24.5% of 189,179 all-time · competing since February 2025 · 2025HEME01
Yano Van Hemel has been competing for a year. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 3.84, set at Visé Saturday Open 2026, puts him in the top 24.5% of the 189,179 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 237th in Belgium. Across 4 competitions since February 2025, he has put 76 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, an early reading from 5 counted rounds. His 2×2 best has come down from 8.21 in February 2025 to 3.84, a 53% improvement. Yano has entered four competitions, more competitions than 78% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Belgium | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 3.84 | 6.58 | top 24.5% | 237 / 783 | |
| Pyraminx | 6.68 | 12.94 | top 25.3% | 182 / 605 | |
| 3×3 | 18.36 | 21.75 | top 35.3% | 430 / 1,113 | |
| 4×4 | 1:23.74 | — | top 59.0% | 262 / 464 | |
| Megaminx | 3:01.27 | — | early days — 2 solves | 156 / 203 | |
| 5×5 | 3:34.78 | — | early days — 1 solve | 220 / 253 |
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, 2×2. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 12 Sep 2026First sub-20 3×3: 19.54 at Visé Saturday Open 2026.
- 12 Sep 2026Four personal bests in one day at Visé Saturday Open 2026.
- 22 Mar 2025Three personal bests in one day at Brugge Beginners Open 2025.
- 22 Feb 2025First competition: Hurlubiks Cube Mouscron 2025. A 27.54 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Visé Saturday Open 2026 · 12 Sep 2026 — 4 personal bests set
- Belgian Nationals 2025 · 22 Nov 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Brugge Beginners Open 2025 · 22 Mar 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Hurlubiks Cube Mouscron 2025 · 22 Feb 2025
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.
- Aron De Vrieze — met in 18 rounds, finished ahead once
- Justin Vinckenbosch — met in 18 rounds, never finished ahead
- Bowen Xie (解博文) — met in 18 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-3 2×2 single — 27,049 people have one; it is 0.84 away.
- A sub-6 Pyraminx single — 26,233 people have one; it is 0.68 away.
Targets move as he improves.