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Arsène Laffarre

Skewb · top 2.5% of 73,281 all-time · competing since October 2018 · 2018LAFF01

Arsène Laffarre has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the Skewb: a personal-best single of 2.39, set at Montpellier Open 2021, puts him in the top 2.5% of the 73,281 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 40th in France. Until February 2014, no official Skewb solve in the world had been that fast. Across 15 competitions since October 2018, he has put 824 official solves on the record across 14 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 3×3 best has come down from 12.59 in October 2018 to 8.89, a 29% improvement. He has entered 15 competitions, more competitions than 95% of everyone who has ever competed.

Skewb
best event — top 2.5% of 73,281 all-time
2.39
signature single · Montpellier Open 2021
824
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
Skewb2.394.86
top 2.5%40 / 1,291
2×21.703.74
top 3.1%136 / 3,074
3×38.8910.36
top 4.6%268 / 4,746
3×3 Fewest Moves26 moves32.33
early days — 3 solves35 / 367
Pyraminx4.346.43
top 9.4%255 / 2,148
3×3 one-handed15.6819.32
top 9.5%167 / 1,490
4×438.7544.63
top 10.6%209 / 1,817
Megaminx1:11.471:18.50
top 16.6%132 / 867
5×51:20.051:34.23
top 19.1%171 / 1,024
Square-118.1625.38
top 23.7%130 / 540
Clock12.7214.58
top 38.4%266 / 714
3×3 blindfolded2:24.85—
top 41.6%181 / 434
6×63:05.523:24.48
top 43.7%162 / 437
7×75:34.89—
top 61.1%186 / 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

Montpellier Open 2018: 12.59Toulon Open 2018: 12.17Villeneuve-lès-Avignon Open 2019: 12.80French Championship 2019: 12.71Istres Open 2020: 10.87Mémorial François Courtès - Un Temps pour Lui 2020: 9.66Montpellier Open 2021: 8.89Sorgues Open 2022: 10.10French Championship 2022: 8.93Cournonsec Open 2024: 9.29Camargue Open 2024: 9.85Barby Cube Autumn 2024: 9.60Sorg'Open 2024: 9.46Charantonnay Cube Clash 2025: 9.168.8912.8013 Oct 20188 Mar 2025

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-2 Skewb single — 1,013 people have one; it is 0.39 away.
  • A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.70 away.

Targets move as he improves.