People · France
Benoît Goubin
3×3 Fewest Moves · top 14.8% of 12,294 all-time · competing since March 2008 · 2008GOUB01
Benoît Goubin has been competing for 18 years. His best event is the 3×3 Fewest Moves: a personal-best single of 30 moves, set at Champagne Open 2019, puts him in the top 14.8% of the 12,294 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 80th in France. Across 26 competitions since March 2008, he has put 310 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 89% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 23.08 in March 2008 to 14.32, a 38% improvement. He has entered 26 competitions, more competitions than 98% 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 Fewest Moves | 30 moves | — | top 14.8% | 80 / 367 | |
| 3×3 | 14.32 | 16.75 | top 22.1% | 1,045 / 4,746 | |
| 5×5 | 2:10.30 | 2:39.93 | top 55.6% | 526 / 1,024 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 37.52 | 51.79 | top 61.6% | 877 / 1,490 | |
| 4×4 | 1:33.16 | 1:39.46 | top 65.9% | 1,130 / 1,817 | |
| 2×2 | 8.16 | 13.57 | top 68.8% | 2,100 / 3,074 | |
| 6×6 | 4:37.69 | — | top 76.7% | 315 / 437 | |
| 7×7 | 8:53.18 | — | early days — 1 solve | 326 / 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
Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 17 Feb 2018First sub-15 3×3: 14.32 at Croissy Open 2018.
- 14 Sep 2013Four personal bests in one day at Champagne Summer Open 2013.
- 3 Sep 2010Three personal bests in one day at Galeries Lafayette Open 2010.
- 31 May 2008First sub-20 3×3: 19.90 at Nantes Open 2008.
- 15 Mar 2008First competition: French Open 2008. A 27.58 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Paris Open 2019 · 19 Oct 2019
- Champagne Open 2019 · 7 Sep 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Paris Open 2018 · 6 Oct 2018
- Champagne Open 2018 · 8 Sep 2018
- Croissy Open 2018 · 17 Feb 2018 — 1 personal best set
- Champagne Open 2017 · 9 Sep 2017
- World Rubik's Cube Championship 2017 · 13 Jul 2017 — 1 personal best set
- Champagne Open 2016 · 10 Sep 2016 — 2 personal bests set
- DYC Rubik Open 2015 · 17 Oct 2015 — 1 personal best set
- Champagne Open 2015 · 12 Sep 2015
- Champagne Summer Open 2013 · 14 Sep 2013 — 4 personal bests set
- Galeries Lafayette Open 2012 · 31 Aug 2012 — 2 personal bests set
- French Championship 2012 · 20 Apr 2012
- Cachan Open 2011 · 5 Nov 2011
- Galeries Lafayette Open 2011 · 16 Sep 2011
- French Championship 2011 · 22 Apr 2011 — 1 personal best set
- Galeries Lafayette Open 2010 · 3 Sep 2010 — 3 personal bests set
- First Chamal'Open 2010 · 3 Jul 2010 — 1 personal best set
- French Championship 2010 · 9 Apr 2010 — 2 personal bests set
- French Open 2010 · 27 Feb 2010
- Nantes Open 2009 · 5 Jun 2009
- Lyon Spring Open 2009 · 16 May 2009 — 2 personal bests set
- French Open 2009 · 14 Mar 2009
- Nantes Open 2008 · 31 May 2008 — 1 personal best set
- French Championship 2008 · 11 Apr 2008 — 1 personal best set
- French Open 2008 · 15 Mar 2008 — 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.
- Abdelhak Kaddour — met in 64 rounds, finished ahead 13 times
- Clément Gallet — met in 59 rounds, finished ahead twice
- François Courtès — met in 57 rounds, finished ahead 22 times
Next targets
- A sub-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 2.32 away.
- A sub-2:00 5×5 single — 20,087 people have one; it is 10.30 away.
Targets move as he improves.