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Alain Cormier

3×3 · top 87.7% of 284,439 all-time · competing since May 2011 · 2011CORM02

Alain Cormier has been competing for 15 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 52.48, set at Oakville Autumn Limited 2018, puts him in the top 87.7% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 9,373rd in Canada. Across 32 competitions since May 2011, he has put 255 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 75% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 2:35.40 in May 2011 to 52.48, a 66% improvement. Alain has entered 32 competitions, more competitions than 98% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 87.7% of 284,439 all-time
52.48
signature single · Oakville Autumn Limited 2018
255
official solves on the record
14%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 75% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingCanada
3×352.481:04.80
top 87.7%9,373 / 10,392
2×218.9134.97
top 94.8%6,891 / 7,173
Clock43.9259.51
top 95.1%970 / 1,029
4×43:29.09—
top 98.2%3,062 / 3,118
5×56:53.089:32.99
top 99.3%1,491 / 1,499
7×719:41.00—
early days — 1 solve503 / 503
6×616:08.00—
early days — 1 solve667 / 665

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

National Capital Region 2011: 2:35.40World Rubik's Cube Championship 2011: 1:54.93MIT Spring 2012: 1:36.97National Capital Region 2012: 1:26.16Harvard Spring 2013: 1:24.36Toronto Open Winter 2013: 1:22.52Montréal Open 2013: 1:14.18National Capital Region 2013: 1:09.59Canadian Open 2013: 1:12.97World Rubik's Cube Championship 2013: 1:08.78CCFC Winter 2014: 1:08.30Holy Toledo Winter 2014: 1:09.05Montréal Open 2014: 1:13.16Cornell Open Spring 2014: 1:03.18National Capital Region 2014: 1:03.83CanadianCUBING Fifty 2014: 1:12.13US Nationals 2014: 1:02.22Rubik's Cube European Championships 2014: 1:03.03Montreal Fall 2014: 1:08.47National Capital Region 2015: 1:34.74Canadian Open 2015: 1:28.01Atlantic Open Special 2015: 1:15.64National Capital Region 2016: 1:13.13Atlantic Open 2017: 58.67Battle of Waterloo 2018: 54.68Oakville Autumn Limited 2018: 52.48Québec City 2019: 56.688 Wing Limited 2019: 54.58National Capital Region 2019: 59.89Ottawa 3x3x3 Winter C 2026: 1:14.82Open de Gatineau 2026: 1:02.97Potsdam Puzzling 2026: 55.2252.482:35.4022 May 201128 Mar 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-50 3×3 single — 244,718 people have one; it is 2.48 away.
  • A sub-15 2×2 single — 169,048 people have one; it is 3.91 away.

Targets move as he improves.