People · Switzerland
Christophe Grosjean
Pyraminx · top 5.8% of 129,321 all-time · competing since September 2016 · 2016GROS06
Christophe Grosjean has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 3.59, set at Swiss Nationals 2024, puts him in the top 5.8% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 49th in Switzerland. Until February 2008, no official Pyraminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 56 competitions since September 2016, he has put 2,061 official solves on the record across 15 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 61% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 22.70 in September 2016 to 12.57, a 45% improvement. Christophe has entered 56 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 | Switzerland | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pyraminx | 3.59 | 8.29 | top 5.8% | 49 / 655 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 47.18 | 55.30 | top 9.0% | 12 / 87 | |
| 2×2 | 2.97 | 4.78 | top 13.9% | 172 / 913 | |
| 3×3 | 12.57 | 14.30 | top 15.9% | 191 / 1,197 | |
| Skewb | 4.90 | 9.46 | top 17.4% | 84 / 388 | |
| Square-1 | 16.90 | 19.85 | top 20.7% | 36 / 159 | |
| Clock | 9.15 | 10.91 | top 20.8% | 43 / 226 | |
| 4×4 | 49.25 | 56.54 | top 23.8% | 101 / 462 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 22.73 | 28.38 | top 28.0% | 91 / 367 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 36 moves | 41.67 | top 33.6% | 49 / 97 | |
| 3×3 Multi-Blind | 8 of 10 cubes · 53:04 | — | top 33.7% | 20 / 41 | |
| 5×5 | 1:41.37 | 1:59.04 | top 36.4% | 88 / 266 | |
| Megaminx | 1:53.67 | 2:18.16 | top 42.4% | 92 / 207 | |
| 6×6 | 3:48.73 | 4:16.07 | top 61.8% | 76 / 141 | |
| 7×7 | 6:59.75 | 8:35.84 | top 80.1% | 85 / 118 |
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
- 13 May 2023Three personal bests in one day at Swisscubing Cup III 2023.
- 19 Jan 2019Four personal bests in one day at D-City Cubing 2019.
- 3 Nov 2018Three personal bests in one day at Swiss Science Open 2018.
- 21 Sep 2018Eight personal bests in one day at Swiss Nationals 2018.
- 12 May 2018Three personal bests in one day at Zurich Open 2018.
- 15 Apr 2018Four personal bests in one day at Saint-Maurice Sunday Open 2018.
Competitions
- BL&D BLD Liestal 2026 · 27 Jun 2026 — 1 personal best set
- BL&D BLD Binningen 2026 · 28 Feb 2026
- Swisscubing Cup Final 2025 · 6 Dec 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Dreiländereck-Open 2025 · 25 Oct 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Swiss Nationals 2025 · 7 Jun 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Swisscubing Cup III 2025 · 24 May 2025
- Olte Februar Füürobe 2025 · 25 Feb 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Swisscubing Cup Final 2024 · 14 Dec 2024
- Swiss Science Open 2024 · 9 Nov 2024
- Swiss Nationals 2024 · 4 Oct 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Swisscubing Cup Mental Breakdown II 2024 · 14 Sep 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Swisscubing Cup IV 2024 · 29 Jun 2024
- French Championship 2024 · 30 Mar 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Swisscubing Cup I 2024 · 13 Jan 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Swiss Science Open 2023 · 11 Nov 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Swisscubing Cup Final 2023 · 30 Sep 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Swiss Nationals 2023 · 27 May 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Swisscubing Cup III 2023 · 13 May 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Swisscubing Cup II 2023 · 18 Mar 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Swisscubing Cup Finale 2022 · 3 Dec 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- Swiss Science Open 2022 · 5 Nov 2022 — 1 personal best set
- Swiss Nationals 2022 · 9 Sep 2022
- Swisscubing Cup I 2022 · 19 Mar 2022 — 1 personal best set
- Schwyz Side Day 2021 · 20 Nov 2021 — 1 personal best set
- Offline Schwyz Sunday 2021 · 15 Aug 2021
- Basel Open 2020 · 15 Feb 2020 — 2 personal bests set
- Swiss Science Open 2019 · 7 Sep 2019
- Swisscubing Cup III 2019 · 29 Jun 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Swiss Nationals 2019 · 8 Jun 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Swisscubing Cup II 2019 · 13 Apr 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Zentralschweiz 2019 · 2 Mar 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- D-City Cubing 2019 · 19 Jan 2019 — 4 personal bests set
- Swisscubing Cup Final 2018 · 8 Dec 2018
- Swiss Science Open 2018 · 3 Nov 2018 — 3 personal bests set
- Swiss Nationals 2018 · 21 Sep 2018 — 8 personal bests set
- Swisscubing Cup III 2018 · 1 Sep 2018 — 1 personal best set
- WCA European Championship 2018 · 19 Jul 2018
- Zentralschweiz 2018 · 23 Jun 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- Zurich Open 2018 · 12 May 2018 — 3 personal bests set
- Saint-Maurice Sunday Open 2018 · 15 Apr 2018 — 4 personal bests set
- Wiler Würfelfest 2018 · 25 Mar 2018 — 1 personal best set
- FMC Europe 2018 · 10 Mar 2018 — 1 personal best set
- Belfort Open 2018 · 27 Jan 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- Liechtenstein Open 2018 · 13 Jan 2018 — 1 personal best set
- Swiss Nationals 2017 · 16 Dec 2017 — 1 personal best set
- Suisse Toy Fast Fingers 2017 · 14 Oct 2017 — 3 personal bests set
- Zurich Open 2017 · 16 Sep 2017 — 2 personal bests set
- Swisscubing Cup Final 2017 · 19 Aug 2017 — 3 personal bests set
- Swiss Open 2017 · 21 Jul 2017 — 4 personal bests set
- World Rubik's Cube Championship 2017 · 13 Jul 2017 — 2 personal bests set
- Wiler Würfelfest 2017 · 1 Apr 2017 — 2 personal bests set
- Swisscubing Cup II 2017 · 11 Mar 2017 — 3 personal bests set
- Swisscubing Cup I 2017 · 4 Feb 2017 — 3 personal bests set
- Wiehnachtswürfelä z Bärn 2016 · 10 Dec 2016
- Cité des Jeux 2016 · 12 Nov 2016 — 2 personal bests set
- Swiss Nationals 2016 · 3 Sep 2016 — 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.
- Tobias Peter — met in 506 rounds, finished ahead 16 times
- Hannah Minas — met in 392 rounds, finished ahead 128 times
- Alwin Rölz — met in 377 rounds, finished ahead 30 times
Next targets
- A sub-3 Pyraminx single — 4,700 people have one; it is 0.59 away.
- A sub-40 3×3 blindfolded single — 826 people have one; it is 7.18 away.
Targets move as he improves.