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Clément Valot

2×2 · top 3.0% of 186,767 all-time · competing since September 2010 · 2010VALO01

Clément Valot has been competing for 16 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.69, set at Don't DNF Dublin 2022, puts him in the top 3.0% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 134th in France. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 100 competitions since September 2010, he has put 4,145 official solves on the record across 14 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 51% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. That figure sets aside his 50 DNFs. His 3×3 best has come down from 14.30 in April 2011 to 8.24, a 42% improvement. He has entered 100 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 3.0% of 186,767 all-time
1.69
signature single · Don't DNF Dublin 2022
4,145
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 51% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingFrance
2×21.693.85
top 3.0%134 / 3,074
3×38.2410.16
top 3.2%193 / 4,746
Pyraminx3.174.31
top 4.2%119 / 2,148
3×3 one-handed13.7220.78
top 5.6%97 / 1,490
3×3 Fewest Moves26 moves32.67
top 6.2%35 / 367
4×435.2741.12
top 6.9%136 / 1,817
5×51:17.051:29.13
top 16.9%148 / 1,024
3×3 blindfolded1:32.882:46.67
top 24.2%105 / 434
Megaminx1:25.861:43.40
top 25.5%198 / 867
Skewb6.209.26
top 27.3%391 / 1,291
Square-124.0834.91
top 36.9%194 / 540
6×63:09.803:26.02
top 45.6%171 / 437
7×75:23.165:49.97
top 57.7%172 / 372
3×3 Multi-Blind2 of 2 cubes · 9:49—
early days — 1 solve104 / 165

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

Diñs Open 2011: 14.30French Championship 2011: 14.19Naoned Open 2011: 13.36Cachan Open 2011: 13.40Breizh Open 2012: 14.10French Championship 2012: 11.34Diñs Open 2012: 14.78Galeries Lafayette Open 2012: 13.81French Championship 2013: 12.96France 2015: 11.73DYC Rubik Open 2015: 12.72FLIP Rubik Open 2016: 12.03French Championship 2017: 11.26World Rubik's Cube Championship 2017: 10.44FLIP Open 2017: 11.03Chouchenn Open 2017: 12.39Croissy Open 2018: 12.31French Championship 2018: 12.46Pict'Open 2018: 10.64Talence Open 2018: 9.85Nantes Open 2018: 10.27FLIP Open 2018: 11.08Sens Open 2018: 10.69Paris Open 2018: 11.25Chelles Open 2019: 10.49French Championship 2019: 11.19Elsass Open 2019: 10.62FLIP Open 2019: 9.69Champagne Open 2019: 9.46Paris Open 2019: 9.36Cube An Dro 2019: 9.35Speedcub'Eirb Winter Open 2019: 10.89Chelles Open 2020: 12.17Rouen Open 2020: 10.90Montpellier Open 2021: 10.97Gesté Barrière Open 2021: 10.70Dontrien Open 2022: 10.67Paris Open 2022: 10.98Carquef'Open 2022: 10.80Tigery Open 2022: 11.13Angers ESEOpen 2022: 10.23Don't DNF Dublin 2022: 8.33Warm Up Stockholm 2022: 9.58Rubik's WCA European Championship 2022: 10.73French Championship 2022: 10.68Chanquete Open 2022: 10.77G'été Open 2022: 10.22Cubing in Cill Chainnigh 2022: 10.54Kewbz UK Championship 2022: 10.64Madrid Norte Open 2022: 9.02Charente Open 2023: 11.61Chelles Open 2023: 10.62Pllouvara Open 2023: 9.71Douvrin Open 2023: 9.98Carquef'Open 2023: 10.66French Championship 2023: 9.08Irish Championship 2023: 9.09FLIP Open 2023: 9.98Chanquete Open 2023: 10.24Un Petit Gesté Open 2023: 8.82Chanteloup Open 2023: 11.99Talence Open 2023: 10.21Spanish Championship 2023: 10.23Pllouvara Open 2024: 8.24Potablava Open 2024: 9.40French Championship 2024: 12.34Tigery Open 2024: 9.72Douvrin Open 2024: 10.62Rubik's Irish Championship 2024: 10.12FLIP Open 11: Road to Euros 2024: 10.04Warm Up Portugalete 2024: 8.62Rubik's WCA European Championship 2024: 10.85Nerja Chanquete Open 2024: 9.66Gesté Une Fois 2024: 9.93Brest Open 2024: 9.88Fires de Girona 2024: 9.32Réau Open 2024: 11.24Hayange Open 2025: 8.60Tigery Open 2025: 11.07French Championship 2025: 10.06Villanueva Open 2025: 9.94Champagne Open 2025: 10.95La Montagne Open 2025: 10.15Châteaubourg Open 2025: 10.75Palais'10Open 2025: 9.70X-Madrid Open 2026: 10.00Questem'paire 2026: 11.02FLIP Open 2026: 10.05Rubik's WCA European Championship 2026: 10.838.2414.7816 Apr 201116 Jul 2026

Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.

The story so far

Competitions

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.

  • Wilfrid Py — met in 515 rounds, finished ahead 180 times
  • Anton Piau — met in 498 rounds, finished ahead 73 times
  • Rémi Esturoune — met in 469 rounds, finished ahead 85 times

Next targets

  • A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.69 away.
  • A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.24 away.

Targets move as he improves.