People · Switzerland
Axel Chaplain
Pyraminx · top 5.9% of 129,321 all-time · competing since October 2024 · 2024CHAP07
Axel Chaplain has been competing for a year. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 3.61, set at Newchâtel 2025, puts him in the top 5.9% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 51st in Switzerland. Until February 2008, no official Pyraminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 5 competitions since October 2024, he has put 158 official solves on the record across twelve events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 17% around a typical one; 96% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 22.30 in October 2024 to 17.84, a 20% improvement. Axel has entered five competitions, more competitions than 83% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Switzerland | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pyraminx | 3.61 | 10.18 | top 5.9% | 51 / 655 | |
| 3×3 | 17.84 | 23.14 | top 33.6% | 398 / 1,197 | |
| 2×2 | 4.57 | 6.66 | top 33.8% | 355 / 913 | |
| Skewb | 9.77 | 11.95 | top 53.5% | 230 / 388 | |
| 4×4 | 1:19.99 | 1:35.94 | top 55.9% | 250 / 462 | |
| 5×5 | 2:56.15 | — | top 76.8% | 190 / 266 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 52.91 | — | top 79.3% | 292 / 367 | |
| Clock | 27.96 | 28.60 | top 81.7% | 181 / 226 | |
| 7×7 | 7:37.30 | — | early days — 1 solve | 93 / 118 | |
| Megaminx | 3:49.22 | — | early days — 1 solve | 186 / 207 | |
| 6×6 | 6:06.77 | — | early days — 2 solves | 124 / 141 | |
| Square-1 | 1:27.68 | — | early days — 2 solves | 153 / 159 |
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
- 3 May 2025First sub-20 3×3: 17.84 at Back to Geneva 2025.
- 11 Jan 2025Three personal bests in one day at Swisscubing Cup I 2025.
- 26 Oct 2024First competition: Lonay Cube 2024. A 22.30 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Swiss Nationals 2025 · 7 Jun 2025
- Back to Geneva 2025 · 3 May 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Newchâtel 2025 · 29 Mar 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Swisscubing Cup I 2025 · 11 Jan 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Lonay Cube 2024 · 26 Oct 2024 — 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.
- Lucas Hart — met in 43 rounds, never finished ahead
- Trygve Willis — met in 43 rounds, never finished ahead
- Ioannis Papadopoulos — met in 40 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
Next targets
- A sub-3 Pyraminx single — 4,700 people have one; it is 0.61 away.
- A sub-15 3×3 single — 69,493 people have one; it is 2.84 away.
Targets move as he improves.