People · France
Alban Reynaud
2×2 · top 4.1% of 186,767 all-time · competing since September 2011 · 2011REYN02
Alban Reynaud has been competing for 15 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.90, set at Rubik's Cube European Championships 2014, puts him in the top 4.1% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 177th in France. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 37 competitions since September 2011, he has put 1,625 official solves on the record across 16 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 56% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 2×2 best has come down from 6.25 in September 2011 to 1.90, a 70% improvement. Alban has entered 37 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | France | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 1.90 | 3.32 | top 4.1% | 177 / 3,074 | |
| Megaminx | 51.53 | 57.92 | top 5.8% | 47 / 867 | |
| 3×3 | 10.87 | 13.25 | top 10.1% | 530 / 4,746 | |
| Pyraminx | 4.48 | 7.49 | top 10.1% | 265 / 2,148 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 29 moves | 33.33 | top 12.2% | 70 / 367 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 19.27 | 21.84 | top 18.6% | 299 / 1,490 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 1:44.57 | 2:12.40 | top 28.2% | 115 / 434 | |
| 4×4 | 54.22 | 1:03.60 | top 29.8% | 528 / 1,817 | |
| Skewb | 6.71 | 7.98 | top 31.3% | 444 / 1,291 | |
| Clock | 13.21 | 16.29 | top 40.5% | 285 / 714 | |
| Square-1 | 26.39 | 32.39 | top 42.2% | 227 / 540 | |
| 5×5 | 1:50.08 | 1:55.21 | top 42.6% | 393 / 1,024 | |
| 3×3 Multi-Blind | 5 of 6 cubes · 33:46 | — | top 43.7% | 70 / 165 | |
| 6×6 | 4:54.38 | — | top 80.5% | 337 / 437 | |
| 4×4 blindfolded | 16:29.00 | — | top 81.4% | 60 / 71 | |
| 7×7 | 8:43.72 | — | top 92.6% | 322 / 372 |
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
- 7 Nov 2015Three personal bests in one day at Chambéry Cube Open 2015.
- 18 Apr 2015Four personal bests in one day at France 2015.
- 25 Oct 2014Five personal bests in one day at Hérimoncourt Open 2014.
- 8 Aug 2014Six personal bests in one day at Rubik's Cube European Championships 2014.
- 10 May 2014Four personal bests in one day at French Championship 2014.
- 15 Mar 2014Five personal bests in one day at Galeries Dorian Open 2014.
Competitions
- FMC France 2023 · 18 Nov 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Only FMC 2020 · 12 Sep 2020
- FMC Europe 2019 · 23 Mar 2019
- Villeneuve-lès-Avignon Open 2019 · 23 Feb 2019
- Just Cube Open 2019 · 2 Feb 2019
- WCA European Championship 2018 · 19 Jul 2018
- Only Mental Lyon 2018 · 8 Jul 2018 — 1 personal best set
- L'Open du Berry 2018 · 2 Jun 2018 — 1 personal best set
- French Championship 2018 · 31 Mar 2018 — 1 personal best set
- FMC Europe 2018 · 10 Mar 2018
- Only FMC 2017 · 26 Aug 2017 — 2 personal bests set
- World Rubik's Cube Championship 2017 · 13 Jul 2017 — 1 personal best set
- French Championship 2017 · 8 Apr 2017 — 1 personal best set
- Only Cube Open 2017 · 4 Mar 2017
- Chambéry Cube Open 2016 · 11 Nov 2016 — 1 personal best set
- European Rubik's Cube Championship 2016 · 15 Jul 2016
- Lyon Megaminx Open 2016 · 21 May 2016 — 1 personal best set
- French Championship 2016 · 30 Apr 2016 — 2 personal bests set
- Lyon Christmas Open 2015 · 19 Dec 2015 — 2 personal bests set
- Chambéry Cube Open 2015 · 7 Nov 2015 — 3 personal bests set
- Lyon Megaminx Open 2015 · 4 Jul 2015 — 2 personal bests set
- France 2015 · 18 Apr 2015 — 4 personal bests set
- Phalsbourg Open 2015 · 21 Feb 2015 — 1 personal best set
- Hérimoncourt Open 2014 · 25 Oct 2014 — 5 personal bests set
- Rubik's Cube European Championships 2014 · 8 Aug 2014 — 6 personal bests set
- French Championship 2014 · 10 May 2014 — 4 personal bests set
- Galeries Dorian Open 2014 · 15 Mar 2014 — 5 personal bests set
- Grenoble Winter Open 2014 · 8 Feb 2014 — 4 personal bests set
- Phalsbourg Open 2013 · 20 Oct 2013 — 6 personal bests set
- French Open 2013 · 4 May 2013 — 5 personal bests set
- French Championship 2013 · 27 Apr 2013 — 5 personal bests set
- Galeries Dorian Open 2013 · 9 Mar 2013 — 6 personal bests set
- Puy de Dôme Open 2012 · 22 Dec 2012
- Typhoon Open 2012 · 20 Jul 2012 — 5 personal bests set
- Galeries Dorian Open 2012 · 12 May 2012 — 3 personal bests set
- Lyon Winter Open 2012 · 11 Feb 2012 — 5 personal bests set
- Lyon Open 2011 · 24 Sep 2011
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.
- François Courtès — met in 220 rounds, finished ahead 137 times
- Hippolyte Moreau — met in 216 rounds, finished ahead 73 times
- Nicolas Gertner Kilian — met in 183 rounds, finished ahead 37 times
Next targets
- A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.90 away.
- A sub-50 Megaminx single — 1,776 people have one; it is 1.53 away.
Targets move as he improves.