People · France
Achille Ovarlez--Jay
3×3 · top 6.2% of 284,439 all-time · competing since October 2022 · 2022OVAR01
Achille Ovarlez--Jay has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.54, set at Douvrin Open 2024, puts him in the top 6.2% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 341st in France. Until February 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 11 competitions since October 2022, he has put 174 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 54% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. That figure sets aside his 5 DNFs. His 3×3 best has come down from 16.12 in October 2022 to 9.54, a 41% improvement. Achille has entered eleven competitions, more competitions than 93% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | France | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 9.54 | 13.22 | top 6.2% | 341 / 4,746 | |
| 2×2 | 2.57 | 3.75 | top 9.6% | 364 / 3,074 | |
| 4×4 | 59.98 | 1:04.82 | top 36.4% | 651 / 1,817 | |
| 5×5 | 2:48.73 | 3:12.44 | top 74.1% | 705 / 1,024 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 50.15 | — | early days — 2 solves | 1,086 / 1,490 | |
| Megaminx | 3:23.44 | — | early days — 2 solves | 639 / 867 |
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
- 22 Jun 2024First sub-10 3×3: 9.54 at Douvrin Open 2024.
- 2 Mar 2024Three personal bests in one day at Polytechnique Open 2024.
- 18 Mar 2023First sub-15 3×3: 13.69 at Douvrin Open 2023.
- 8 Oct 2022First competition: Massy Palais'Open B 2022. A 16.12 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Chelles Open 2025 · 15 Feb 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Just Judge Jura 2025 · 18 Jan 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Athens Tabletop Festival Open 2024 · 7 Jul 2024
- Douvrin Open 2024 · 22 Jun 2024 — 1 personal best set
- French Championship 2024 · 30 Mar 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Polytechnique Open 2024 · 2 Mar 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Chelles Open 2024 · 17 Feb 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- French Championship 2023 · 6 May 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Barby Cube 2023 · 8 Apr 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Douvrin Open 2023 · 18 Mar 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Massy Palais'Open B 2022 · 8 Oct 2022
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.
- Étienne Aubry — met in 35 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Abdelhak Kaddour — met in 32 rounds, finished ahead once
- Adrien Neveu — met in 29 rounds, finished ahead once
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.54 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.57 away.
Targets move as he improves.