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Anael Champion

2×2 · top 0.23% of 186,767 all-time · competing since March 2017 · 2017CHAM02

Anael Champion has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 0.80, set at Norwegian Championship 2022, puts him in the top 0.23% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2nd in France. Until November 2011, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 51 competitions since March 2017, he has put 2,766 official solves on the record across 14 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one; 80% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 2×2 best has come down from 7.57 in March 2017 to 0.80, an 89% improvement. Anael has entered 51 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 0.23% of 186,767 all-time
0.80
signature single · Norwegian Championship 2022
2,766
official solves on the record
15%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 80% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingFrance
2×20.801.46
top 0.23%2 / 3,074
Pyraminx2.203.81
top 1.5%46 / 2,148
3×37.169.11
top 1.5%106 / 4,746
Skewb2.134.44
top 1.7%30 / 1,291
3×3 one-handed11.7915.06
top 2.7%46 / 1,490
4×436.3640.10
top 8.0%155 / 1,817
3×3 Fewest Moves28 moves31.00
top 9.9%53 / 367
Square-113.8121.40
top 13.7%76 / 540
5×51:13.531:17.46
top 14.2%123 / 1,024
Megaminx1:20.081:30.80
top 21.9%173 / 867
Clock9.3811.35
top 21.9%148 / 714
6×62:27.302:37.51
top 24.2%86 / 437
7×74:23.364:53.58
top 38.8%117 / 372
3×3 blindfolded4:52.69—
top 78.4%335 / 434

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

Only Cube Open 2017: 7.57World Rubik's Cube Championship 2017: 9.53Ugine Jeu et Jouet 2017: 5.64French Championship 2018: 3.49Ugine Jeu et Jouet 2018: 3.25Just Cube Open 2019: 2.23French Championship 2019: 1.52Atoutcubes Open 2019: 1.47Puy de Dôme Open 2019: 1.50Swisscubing Cup IV 2019: 1.81Tassin-la-Demi-Cube Open 2019: 1.41Barby Cube 2019: 1.76Ugine Jeu et Jouet 2019: 1.06Rouen Open 2020: 1.33Swisscubing Cup IV 2020: 1.49Montpellier Open 2021: 1.23La Massana 2021: 1.43Ticino Open Saturday 2021: 1.42Paris Open 2022: 1.17Fleurance Open 2022: 1.30Luxembourg Open 2022: 1.36Metz Open 2022: 1.46Rubik's WCA European Championship 2022: 1.48Norwegian Championship 2022: 0.80French Championship 2022: 1.16Douvrin Open 2023: 0.98Barby Cube 2023: 1.13French Championship 2023: 1.47Rubik's WCA World Championship 2023: 1.39Mind Sports Olympiad Cubing 2023: 1.26August Bank Holiday Cheltenham 2023: 1.06Valle d'Aosta Open 2023: 1.19Stevenage February 2024: 1.31French Championship 2024: 1.13Barby Cube 2024: 0.91Cournonsec Open 2024: 1.42Warm Up Portugalete 2024: 1.41Rubik's WCA European Championship 2024: 1.23Birmingham Summer 2024: 1.16Mind Sports Olympiad London 2024: 1.59Kewbz UK Open 2024: 1.10Just Judge Jura 2025: 1.35Lyon Last Layer 2025: 1.44French Championship 2025: 1.30Athens Summer Solstice 2025: 0.98Malaysia Cube Championship 2025: 0.99Penang Cube Masters 2025: 1.56French Championship 2026: 1.47Le Speedcube De Morteau 2026: 1.56İstanbul April 2026: 1.14Don't Sleep In Pelita Sungai Dua 2026: 1.460.809.534 Mar 201725 Jul 2026

Best single per competition, 2×2. 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-2 Pyraminx single — 1,476 people have one; it is 0.20 away.
  • A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 1.16 away.

Targets move as he improves.