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Didier Limal

2×2 · top 85.9% of 186,767 all-time · competing since November 2015 · 2015LIMA20

Didier Limal has been competing for 11 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 12.60, set at Barby Cube 2024, puts him in the top 85.9% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,614th in France. Across 14 competitions since November 2015, he has put 152 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 16% around a typical one; 93% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. That figure sets aside his 5 DNFs. His 3×3 best has come down from 2:36.69 in November 2015 to 50.99, a 67% improvement. Didier has entered 14 competitions, more competitions than 95% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 85.9% of 186,767 all-time
12.60
signature single · Barby Cube 2024
152
official solves on the record
16%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 93% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingFrance
2×212.6021.61
top 85.9%2,614 / 3,074
3×350.991:07.22
top 86.7%3,946 / 4,746
5×54:34.76
top 95.2%945 / 1,024
Square-11:39.36
top 96.7%514 / 540
4×43:16.924:12.62
top 97.6%1,746 / 1,817
6×68:16.07
early days — 3 solves427 / 437
Skewb35.551:32.70
top 98.5%1,270 / 1,291
Pyraminx34.3738.97
top 98.9%2,127 / 2,148

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

Chambéry Cube Open 2015: 2:36.69Ugine Jeu et Jouet 2016: 1:42.10Barby Cube 73 2017: 1:15.38World Rubik's Cube Championship 2017: 1:17.07Barby Cube 73 Open Automne 2017: 1:09.72Chambéry Cube 2018: 1:13.79Ugine Jeu et Jouet 2019: 1:16.63French Championship 2022: 1:07.65Barby Cube 2022: 1:10.01Barby Cube 2023: 1:02.89Barby Cube 2024: 57.42Barby Cube Autumn 2024: 50.99Barby Cube 2025: 52.49Barby Cube 2026: 56.4450.992:36.697 Nov 201522 May 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.

Next targets

  • A sub-12 2×2 single — 157,609 people have one; it is 0.60 away.
  • A sub-50 3×3 single — 244,718 people have one; it is 0.99 away.

Targets move as he improves.