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Arthur Provot
Pyraminx · top 0.32% of 129,321 all-time · competing since November 2018 · 2018PROV01
Arthur Provot has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 1.41, set at Chevry Open 2024, puts him in the top 0.32% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 7th in France. Until March 2013, no official Pyraminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 60 competitions since November 2018, he has put 3,863 official solves on the record across 16 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 65% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 17.41 in November 2018 to 6.73, a 61% improvement. Arthur has entered 60 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pyraminx | 1.41 | 3.68 | top 0.32% | 7 / 2,148 | |
| 3×3 | 6.73 | 9.60 | top 1.1% | 72 / 4,746 | |
| Square-1 | 6.40 | 8.06 | top 1.1% | 6 / 540 | |
| Clock | 3.30 | 4.21 | top 1.2% | 6 / 714 | |
| Skewb | 2.02 | 3.80 | top 1.4% | 25 / 1,291 | |
| 2×2 | 1.32 | 2.70 | top 1.4% | 61 / 3,074 | |
| 4×4 | 29.81 | 37.52 | top 2.7% | 51 / 1,817 | |
| Megaminx | 43.99 | 50.48 | top 2.8% | 31 / 867 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 29.91 | 55.09 | top 4.1% | 16 / 434 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 14.35 | 17.00 | top 6.8% | 118 / 1,490 | |
| 5×5 | 1:08.84 | 1:21.72 | top 10.8% | 95 / 1,024 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 32 moves | 38.67 | top 20.4% | 106 / 367 | |
| 6×6 | 2:23.65 | 2:28.82 | top 22.4% | 75 / 437 | |
| 3×3 Multi-Blind | 10 of 12 cubes · 51:12 | — | top 23.5% | 45 / 165 | |
| 7×7 | 3:44.66 | 3:59.30 | top 25.2% | 73 / 372 | |
| 4×4 blindfolded | 9:03.82 | — | top 51.7% | 37 / 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
Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 25 Jul 2026Five personal bests in one day at TroisMaisons Zéro Vision 2026.
- 13 Jun 2026Three personal bests in one day at Phalsbourg Saint Antoine 2026.
- 9 Aug 2025Three personal bests in one day at Cernay-lès-Reims 2025.
- 19 Apr 2025Three personal bests in one day at French Championship 2025.
- 1 Feb 2025Four personal bests in one day at Lyon Last Layer 2025.
- 30 Nov 2024Three personal bests in one day at Vaudesincourt Pas Les Rues 2024.
Competitions
- Mirecourt Open 2026 · 22 Aug 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Open de Lumes 2026 · 15 Aug 2026
- Couffoul'Events 2026 · 7 Aug 2026 — 1 personal best set
- TroisMaisons Zéro Vision 2026 · 25 Jul 2026 — 5 personal bests set
- Phalsbourg Saint Antoine 2026 · 13 Jun 2026 — 3 personal bests set
- Audun-le-Tiche Open 2026 · 6 Jun 2026
- Longjum'Open 2026 · 8 May 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Vaudesincourt Open 2026 · 1 May 2026
- French Championship 2026 · 4 Apr 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Hayange Open 2026 · 28 Mar 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Quick Q.bing Q.lisse 2026 · 14 Mar 2026
- Stenay Que le Début 2026 · 31 Jan 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Nilvange Open 2025 · 15 Nov 2025
- Palais'10Open 2025 · 8 Nov 2025
- Schnelle Solves Siegen v2 2025 · 30 Aug 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Couffouleux Open 2025 · 15 Aug 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Cernay-lès-Reims 2025 · 9 Aug 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Mi'Lyon Open 2025 · 2 Aug 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- FLIP Open 2025 · 12 Jul 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Barby Cube 2025 · 7 Jun 2025
- Open the Pot Dijon 2025 · 24 May 2025
- Longjum'Open 2025 · 3 May 2025
- French Championship 2025 · 19 Apr 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Rhein-Neckar Fysical Phebruary 2025 · 22 Feb 2025
- Chelles Open 2025 · 15 Feb 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Lyon Last Layer 2025 · 1 Feb 2025 — 4 personal bests set
- Hayange Open 2025 · 25 Jan 2025
- Open the Door Moselle 2024 · 14 Dec 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Vaudesincourt Pas Les Rues 2024 · 30 Nov 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- St-Méloir-des-Ondes Breizh Open 2024 · 23 Nov 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Flashback Collector Metz 2024 · 16 Nov 2024
- Chevry Open 2024 · 5 Oct 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Palais'Open 2024 · 21 Sep 2024
- Luxembourg Nationals 2024 · 7 Sep 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Rhein-Neckar Mental Squaredown 2024 · 17 Aug 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Rubik's WCA European Championship 2024 · 25 Jul 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Douvrin Open 2024 · 22 Jun 2024 — 5 personal bests set
- Rhein-Neckar Physical Breakdown June 2024 · 15 Jun 2024 — 6 personal bests set
- Buchy Open 2024 · 8 Jun 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Vaudesincourt Side Events 2024 · 27 Apr 2024 — 5 personal bests set
- French Championship 2024 · 30 Mar 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Polytechnique Open 2024 · 2 Mar 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Only Oullins Open 2024 · 24 Feb 2024 — 6 personal bests set
- Longjum'Open 2024 · 27 Jan 2024 — 4 personal bests set
- Hayange Open 2024 · 20 Jan 2024
- Talence Open 2023 · 28 Oct 2023 — 4 personal bests set
- Vaudesincourt Farmer Big Cubes 2023 · 14 Oct 2023
- Champagne Open 2023 · 2 Sep 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Rhein-Neckar Side Events August 2023 · 26 Aug 2023 — 4 personal bests set
- Sézanne Open 2023 · 22 Jul 2023 — 5 personal bests set
- Rhein-Neckar Side Events 2023 · 15 Jul 2023 — 8 personal bests set
- Sens Open 2023 · 8 Jul 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Lyon Last Layer Open 2023 · 1 Jul 2023 — 7 personal bests set
- French Championship 2023 · 6 May 2023 — 5 personal bests set
- Metz Open 2022 · 2 Jul 2022 — 6 personal bests set
- Paris Open 2019 · 19 Oct 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Sens Open 2019 · 10 Aug 2019 — 7 personal bests set
- Elsass Open 2019 · 18 May 2019 — 6 personal bests set
- Just Cube Open 2019 · 2 Feb 2019 — 3 personal bests set
- Luxembourg Open 2018 · 10 Nov 2018 — 1 personal best set
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.
- Étienne Aubry — met in 541 rounds, finished ahead 292 times
- Anthony Lafourcade — met in 507 rounds, finished ahead 93 times
- Paul Luciw — met in 483 rounds, finished ahead 200 times
Next targets
- A sub-1 Pyraminx single — 49 people have one; it is 0.41 away.
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 0.73 away.
Targets move as he improves.