People · France
Benoît Fontaine
3×3 · top 27.1% of 288,433 all-time · competing since October 2004 · 2004FONT01
Benoît Fontaine has been competing for 22 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 15.77, set at Galeries Lafayette Open 2011, puts him in the top 27.1% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,301st in France. Across 9 competitions since October 2004, he has put 186 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one; 79% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 37.13 in October 2004 to 15.77, a 58% improvement. He has entered nine competitions, more competitions than 91% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | France | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 15.77 | 20.04 | top 27.1% | 1,301 / 4,823 | |
| 2×2 | 5.03 | 7.62 | top 39.8% | 1,303 / 3,129 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 35.83 | 43.95 | top 58.8% | 839 / 1,508 | |
| Pyraminx | 11.05 | 16.15 | top 60.9% | 1,403 / 2,185 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 44 moves | — | early days — 1 solve | 257 / 368 | |
| 4×4 | 1:33.52 | 1:41.94 | top 66.3% | 1,150 / 1,839 | |
| 5×5 | 3:59.91 | 8:24.08 | top 91.8% | 919 / 1,038 | |
| Square-1 | 1:32.16 | 2:35.32 | top 95.6% | 510 / 547 |
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
- 26 Mar 2011Five personal bests in one day at French Open 2011.
- 15 Mar 2008Three personal bests in one day at French Open 2008.
- 23 Sep 2006Four personal bests in one day at European Rubik's Cube Championship 2006.
- 20 Apr 2006First sub-30 3×3: 20.62 at French Championship 2006.
- 20 Apr 2006First sub-20 3×3: 18.77 at French Championship 2006.
- 20 Apr 2006Four personal bests in one day at French Championship 2006.
Competitions
- Galeries Lafayette Open 2011 · 16 Sep 2011 — 2 personal bests set
- French Championship 2011 · 22 Apr 2011 — 1 personal best set
- French Open 2011 · 26 Mar 2011 — 5 personal bests set
- French Championship 2008 · 11 Apr 2008 — 2 personal bests set
- French Open 2008 · 15 Mar 2008 — 3 personal bests set
- Roissy competition 2007 · 4 Feb 2007 — 2 personal bests set
- European Rubik's Cube Championship 2006 · 23 Sep 2006 — 4 personal bests set
- French Championship 2006 · 20 Apr 2006 — 4 personal bests set
- Ile-de-France competition 2004 · 23 Oct 2004
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.
- François Sechet — met in 38 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
- Clément Gallet — met in 36 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Thibaut Jacquinot — met in 29 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-15 3×3 single — 70,740 people have one; it is 0.77 away.
- A sub-5 2×2 single — 74,472 people have one; it is 0.03 away.
Targets move as he improves.