People · France
Fabien Verdier
3×3 Fewest Moves · top 6.2% of 12,294 all-time · competing since December 2015 · 2015VERD03
Fabien Verdier has been competing for 11 years. His best event is the 3×3 Fewest Moves: a personal-best single of 26 moves, set at FMC French Championship 2025, puts him in the top 6.2% of the 12,294 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 35th in France. Across 12 competitions since December 2015, he has put 455 official solves on the record across 13 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 80% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 15.93 in December 2015 to 11.05, a 31% improvement. Fabien has entered twelve competitions, more competitions than 94% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | France | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 26 moves | 31.67 | top 6.2% | 35 / 367 | |
| 3×3 | 11.05 | 13.10 | top 10.6% | 548 / 4,746 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 18.00 | 26.44 | top 15.1% | 250 / 1,490 | |
| 4×4 | 42.92 | 51.10 | top 15.7% | 300 / 1,817 | |
| 2×2 | 3.18 | 4.82 | top 16.4% | 587 / 3,074 | |
| 5×5 | 1:28.75 | 1:36.41 | top 26.3% | 237 / 1,024 | |
| Skewb | 6.29 | 9.88 | top 28.0% | 405 / 1,291 | |
| 6×6 | 2:35.61 | 2:49.34 | top 28.5% | 105 / 437 | |
| 7×7 | 4:03.03 | 4:15.57 | top 31.9% | 97 / 372 | |
| Pyraminx | 8.06 | 10.67 | top 36.7% | 849 / 2,148 | |
| Square-1 | 33.96 | — | top 56.7% | 317 / 540 | |
| Megaminx | 2:48.63 | — | top 69.6% | 527 / 867 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 5:31.23 | — | early days — 2 solves | 356 / 434 |
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
- 1 Feb 2025Four personal bests in one day at Lyon Last Layer 2025.
- 2 Feb 2019Three personal bests in one day at Just Cube Open 2019.
- 20 Jan 2018Eight personal bests in one day at Chambéry Cube 2018.
- 23 Sep 2017Six personal bests in one day at Barby Cube 73 Open Automne 2017.
- 4 Mar 2017First sub-15 3×3: 13.86 at Only Cube Open 2017.
- 1 Nov 2016Seven personal bests in one day at Montbéliard Open 2016.
Competitions
- FMC French Championship 2025 · 15 Mar 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Lyon Last Layer 2025 · 1 Feb 2025 — 4 personal bests set
- Lyon Last Layer Open 2023 · 1 Jul 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Monts du Lyonnais Open 2023 · 22 Apr 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Just Cube Open 2019 · 2 Feb 2019 — 3 personal bests set
- French Championship 2018 · 31 Mar 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- Chambéry Cube 2018 · 20 Jan 2018 — 8 personal bests set
- Barby Cube 73 Open Automne 2017 · 23 Sep 2017 — 6 personal bests set
- Only FMC 2017 · 26 Aug 2017 — 1 personal best set
- Only Cube Open 2017 · 4 Mar 2017 — 2 personal bests set
- Montbéliard Open 2016 · 1 Nov 2016 — 7 personal bests set
- Lyon Christmas Open 2015 · 19 Dec 2015
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.
- Juliette Sébastien — met in 88 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
- Noé Bourdon — met in 84 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
- Wilfrid Py — met in 81 rounds, finished ahead 24 times
Next targets
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 1.05 away.
- A sub-15 3×3 one-handed single — 5,987 people have one; it is 3.00 away.
Targets move as he improves.