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Etienne Vellard
Megaminx · top 1.2% of 35,351 all-time · competing since February 2025 · 2025VELL02
Etienne Vellard has been competing for a year. His best event is the Megaminx: a personal-best single of 38.40, set at Barby Cube 2026, puts him in the top 1.2% of the 35,351 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 11th in France. Until November 2014, no official Megaminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 6 competitions since February 2025, he has put 302 official solves on the record across 13 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 56% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 9.29 in February 2025 to 7.45, a 20% improvement. Etienne has entered six competitions, more competitions than 86% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | France | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Megaminx | 38.40 | 46.00 | top 1.2% | 11 / 872 | |
| 3×3 | 7.45 | 9.53 | top 1.9% | 132 / 4,823 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 15.34 | 19.02 | top 8.9% | 157 / 1,508 | |
| 2×2 | 2.52 | 3.92 | top 9.2% | 360 / 3,129 | |
| 4×4 | 40.69 | 48.42 | top 13.0% | 258 / 1,839 | |
| Clock | 9.21 | 10.62 | top 20.9% | 141 / 719 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 1:24.20 | — | top 21.1% | 99 / 445 | |
| Skewb | 6.06 | 7.38 | top 26.3% | 384 / 1,309 | |
| 5×5 | 1:33.50 | 1:50.68 | top 30.3% | 284 / 1,038 | |
| Pyraminx | 7.97 | 11.18 | top 36.0% | 849 / 2,185 | |
| 7×7 | 4:46.67 | 5:12.42 | top 46.8% | 141 / 381 | |
| 6×6 | 3:12.77 | 3:21.00 | top 47.2% | 184 / 444 | |
| Square-1 | 33.06 | 39.88 | top 55.2% | 314 / 547 |
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
- 22 Aug 2026Five personal bests in one day at Algorithmes Artistiques Abrésiens 2026.
- 22 May 2026Six personal bests in one day at Barby Cube 2026.
- 14 Feb 2026Four personal bests in one day at Cœur de Cube Charantonnay 2026.
- 30 Aug 2025Three personal bests in one day at Sorg'Open 2025.
- 1 Feb 2025First competition: Lyon Last Layer 2025. A 9.29 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Speedcubing à Saint Symphorien 2026 · 19 Sep 2026
- Algorithmes Artistiques Abrésiens 2026 · 22 Aug 2026 — 5 personal bests set
- Barby Cube 2026 · 22 May 2026 — 6 personal bests set
- Cœur de Cube Charantonnay 2026 · 14 Feb 2026 — 4 personal bests set
- Sorg'Open 2025 · 30 Aug 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Lyon Last Layer 2025 · 1 Feb 2025 — 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.
- Étienne Aubry — met in 67 rounds, finished ahead 31 times
- Ilona Ansel — met in 56 rounds, finished ahead 6 times
- Nox Clémenceau — met in 53 rounds, finished ahead 36 times
Next targets
- A sub-30 Megaminx single — 76 people have one; it is 8.40 away.
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,419 people have one; it is 1.45 away.
Targets move as he improves.