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Emrys Paoli

3×3 · top 8.1% of 284,439 all-time · competing since January 2024 · 2024PAOL01

Emrys Paoli has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 10.22, set at Phalsbourg Saint Antoine 2026, puts him in the top 8.1% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 435th in France. Until May 2007, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 8 competitions since January 2024, he has put 146 official solves on the record across four events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 66% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 39.78 in January 2024 to 10.22, a 74% improvement. Emrys has entered eight competitions, more competitions than 90% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 8.1% of 284,439 all-time
10.22
signature single · Phalsbourg Saint Antoine 2026
146
official solves on the record
14%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 66% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingFrance
3×310.2216.33
top 8.1%435 / 4,746
2×24.466.07
top 32.4%1,046 / 3,074
3×3 one-handed45.541:06.22
top 72.2%1,012 / 1,490
Pyraminx23.0029.38
top 95.7%2,056 / 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

Hayange Open 2024: 39.78Luxembourg Nationals 2024: 24.17Flashback Collector Metz 2024: 23.24Hayange Open 2025: 18.50Nilvange Open 2025: 16.36Hayange Open 2026: 14.37Audun-le-Tiche Open 2026: 14.66Phalsbourg Saint Antoine 2026: 10.2210.2239.7820 Jan 202413 Jun 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-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 0.22 away.
  • A sub-4 2×2 single — 49,452 people have one; it is 0.46 away.

Targets move as he improves.