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Anton Duchesne

2×2 · top 4.5% of 186,767 all-time · competing since July 2023 · 2023DUCH02

Anton Duchesne has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.96, set at Mina de Água NxN 2026, puts him in the top 4.5% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 193rd in France. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 29 competitions since July 2023, he has put 935 official solves on the record across 16 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 69% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 2×2 best has come down from 2.61 in July 2023 to 1.96, a 25% improvement. Anton has entered 29 competitions, more competitions than 98% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 4.5% of 186,767 all-time
1.96
signature single · Mina de Água NxN 2026
935
official solves on the record
14%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 69% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingFrance
2×21.963.60
top 4.5%193 / 3,074
Clock5.346.40
top 5.3%34 / 714
3×310.1810.87
top 8.0%431 / 4,746
Skewb3.596.93
top 8.3%131 / 1,291
3×3 one-handed16.9726.03
top 12.5%217 / 1,490
Pyraminx5.208.68
top 14.4%357 / 2,148
4×443.9553.85
top 17.0%325 / 1,817
3×3 Fewest Moves32 moves37.67
early days — 3 solves106 / 367
Megaminx1:22.901:42.02
top 23.7%184 / 867
5×51:28.621:39.70
top 26.1%236 / 1,024
Square-123.6734.13
top 36.2%190 / 540
3×3 blindfolded2:16.31—
top 38.7%163 / 434
6×63:02.653:31.44
top 42.3%154 / 437
7×75:10.445:30.52
top 54.0%161 / 372
3×3 Multi-Blind2 of 2 cubes · 15:53—
early days — 1 solve113 / 165
4×4 blindfolded17:14.00—
early days — 2 solves61 / 71

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

Lazarillo Open 2023: 2.61NxN Tormes Open 2023: 3.39Mairena Open 2023: 4.04Alter do Chão Open 2024: 2.62Portugal Championship 2024: 3.41Luso-Bussaco Open 2024: 3.45Cubes 'n Tides in Caparica 2024: 3.17Arraiolos Open 2025: 3.23Alter do Chão Open 2025: 3.49Boards & Cubes Venteira 2025: 3.68Damásio Open 2025: 3.06Azeméis Open 2025: 3.07Cubing in Venteira 2025: 2.71Que Tout le Mont de 6 Faces 2025: 2.33Portugal Championship 2025: 3.68Maceira Open 2026: 2.96Arroios Winter 2026: 4.19Twists & Turns SFRAA 2026: 3.16Seomara Cube Fest 2026: 2.89Mina de Água NxN 2026: 1.961.964.1929 Jul 202330 May 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-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.96 away.
  • A sub-5 Clock single — 1,421 people have one; it is 0.34 away.

Targets move as he improves.