People · Canada
Fabien Raphaël Rakotonirina
3×3 · top 5.4% of 284,439 all-time · competing since February 2017 · 2017RAKO01
Fabien Raphaël Rakotonirina has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.22, set at National Capital Region 2019, puts him in the top 5.4% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 517th in Canada. Until February 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 5 competitions since February 2017, he has put 152 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 62% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 11.29 in February 2017 to 9.22, an 18% improvement. Fabien has entered five competitions, more competitions than 83% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 9.22 | 11.30 | top 5.4% | 517 / 10,392 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 15.03 | 17.66 | top 8.2% | 180 / 2,620 | |
| 2×2 | 3.40 | 4.45 | top 19.0% | 1,267 / 7,173 | |
| Megaminx | 1:48.47 | 2:09.85 | top 39.5% | 422 / 1,375 | |
| 5×5 | 1:54.30 | 2:03.66 | top 45.5% | 586 / 1,499 | |
| 6×6 | 4:06.74 | 4:29.78 | early days — 3 solves | 391 / 665 |
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
- 18 May 2019Three personal bests in one day at National Capital Region 2019.
- 6 Apr 2019First sub-10 3×3: 9.80 at Montreal Limited Winter 2019.
- 6 Apr 2019Three personal bests in one day at Montreal Limited Winter 2019.
- 1 Dec 2018Three personal bests in one day at Oakville Autumn Limited 2018.
- 4 Feb 2017First competition: Montreal Open Winter 2017. A 11.29 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- National Capital Region 2019 · 18 May 2019 — 3 personal bests set
- Montreal Limited Winter 2019 · 6 Apr 2019 — 3 personal bests set
- Ajax Winter 2019 · 12 Jan 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Oakville Autumn Limited 2018 · 1 Dec 2018 — 3 personal bests set
- Montreal Open Winter 2017 · 4 Feb 2017
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.
- Brennen Lin — met in 22 rounds, finished ahead once
- Antoine Cantin — met in 22 rounds, never finished ahead
- Julien Gaboriaud — met in 21 rounds, finished ahead 7 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.22 away.
- A sub-15 3×3 one-handed single — 5,987 people have one; it is 0.03 away.
Targets move as he improves.