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Emile Compion

3×3 Fewest Moves · top 3.0% of 12,294 all-time · competing since May 2007 · 2007COMP01

Emile Compion has been competing for 19 years. His best event is the 3×3 Fewest Moves: a personal-best single of 23 moves, set at Michigan Championship 2025, puts him in the top 3.0% of the 12,294 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1st in South Africa. Across 80 competitions since May 2007, he has put 1,847 official solves on the record across 17 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 21.61 in May 2007 to 11.94, a 45% improvement. Emile has entered 80 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3 Fewest Moves
best event — top 3.0% of 12,294 all-time
23 moves
signature single · Michigan Championship 2025
1,847
official solves on the record
11%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 89% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingSouth Africa
3×3 Fewest Moves23 moves26.67
top 3.0%1 / 53
2×22.064.42
top 5.2%47 / 1,510
3×311.9413.78
top 13.7%154 / 2,164
4×447.0155.56
top 20.8%63 / 491
3×3 one-handed21.5928.58
top 24.8%70 / 467
5×51:27.171:33.68
top 25.0%37 / 221
Square-119.8327.70
top 27.7%28 / 118
3×3 blindfolded1:46.002:34.91
top 28.6%13 / 53
Clock11.8515.27
top 34.2%45 / 148
3×3 Multi-Blind5 of 5 cubes · 31:37—
top 36.3%11 / 27
Pyraminx8.1111.58
top 37.1%280 / 946
6×62:52.793:07.67
top 37.4%24 / 84
7×74:42.225:57.52
top 45.2%21 / 69
Megaminx2:00.052:15.00
top 45.7%81 / 266
Skewb9.5913.43
top 52.4%201 / 438
4×4 blindfolded9:58.96—
top 57.6%9 / 15
5×5 blindfolded33:52.00—
early days — 1 solve6 / 7

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

Canadian Open 2007: 21.61Pleasantville Fall competition 2007: 20.29Toronto Open Fall 2007: 15.96Toronto Open Winter 2008: 19.31canadianCubing Classic 2008: 14.13Cincinnati Spring Open 2008: 15.02Niagara Open Summer 2008: 14.97Toronto Open Fall 2008: 15.68Toronto Open Winter 2009: 15.56Motor City Open 2009: 13.50Toronto Open Summer 2009: 14.65canadianCubing Classic 2009: 16.05Canadian Open 2009: 14.06Toronto Open Winter 2010: 15.00Toronto Open Spring 2010: 16.03canadianCUBING CUBEcentric 2010: 13.56Toronto Open Summer 2010: 14.88Toronto Open Fall 2010: 15.03Toronto Open Winter 2011: 15.02University of Guelph Open Spring 2011: 14.53canadianCUBING CUBEcentric 2011: 14.58United States National Championships 2011: 13.36Canadian Open 2011: 14.66Indiana 2011: 13.19Toronto Open Winter 2012: 11.94Toronto Summer 2012: 16.31Waterloo Open Fall 2012: 16.40Toronto Open Winter 2013: 14.19Canadian Open 2013: 14.33Battle of Waterloo 2013: 12.93Cubetcha 2013: 13.55Toronto Open Spring 2014: 15.03Battle of Waterloo 2014: 16.11CanadianCUBING Fifty 2014: 13.69Toronto Open Fall 2015: 14.56Toronto Limited Spring 2016: 12.59Toronto Limited Summer 2016: 16.08Toronto Limited Fall 2016: 14.74London Limited Spring 2017: 12.58Battle of Waterloo 2017: 16.03Oakville Limited Fall 2017: 15.74Oakville Limited Winter 2018: 16.77Pickering Spring 2018: 15.25Oakville Limited Spring 2018: 14.40Newmarket Open 2018: 12.31Battle of Waterloo 2018: 15.20Oakville Limited Fall 2018: 14.53Oakville Autumn Limited 2018: 12.60Ajax Winter 2019: 15.73Return to Toronto 2019: 13.59Newmarket Open 2019: 14.36Canadian Championship 2019: 13.69Cubing in the 6ix 2019: 15.27Rubik's WCA North American Championship 2022: 13.65Battle of Waterloo 2022: 14.43Oakville Fall A 2022: 14.03Guelph 2023: 11.98Appleby Summer A 2023: 13.09Appleby Fall A 2023: 16.78Waterloo Favourites Autumn 2023: 13.61Waterloo Winter 2025: 13.7111.9421.6119 May 200725 Jan 2025

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-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.06 away.
  • A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 1.94 away.

Targets move as he improves.