People · France
Firmin Brault
3×3 · top 0.48% of 284,439 all-time · competing since July 2016 · 2016BRAU02
Firmin Brault has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 5.99, set at French Championship 2022, puts him in the top 0.48% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 36th in France. Until June 2011, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 21 competitions since July 2016, he has put 1,409 official solves on the record across eleven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 51% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 18.95 in July 2016 to 5.99, a 68% improvement. Firmin has entered 21 competitions, more competitions than 97% 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 | 5.99 | 7.31 | top 0.48% | 36 / 4,746 | |
| 4×4 | 26.92 | 28.98 | top 1.3% | 27 / 1,817 | |
| 2×2 | 1.29 | 2.39 | top 1.3% | 54 / 3,074 | |
| Pyraminx | 2.24 | 4.78 | top 1.6% | 49 / 2,148 | |
| 5×5 | 53.41 | 1:01.18 | top 2.8% | 24 / 1,024 | |
| Skewb | 2.87 | 4.78 | top 4.4% | 67 / 1,291 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 13.03 | 15.75 | top 4.5% | 78 / 1,490 | |
| Square-1 | 9.22 | 12.01 | top 4.8% | 26 / 540 | |
| Megaminx | 53.81 | 1:00.87 | top 6.9% | 55 / 867 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 27 moves | 33.67 | top 8.0% | 41 / 367 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 2:29.51 | — | top 43.0% | 190 / 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
- 15 Apr 2023Three personal bests in one day at Szokolya Open 2023.
- 26 Nov 2022Five personal bests in one day at Budapest ReOpen 2022.
- 26 Aug 2022Eight personal bests in one day at French Championship 2022.
- 14 May 2022Four personal bests in one day at Carquef'Open 2022.
- 6 Nov 2021Eight personal bests in one day at Gesté Barrière Open 2021.
- 1 Nov 2019Six personal bests in one day at Cube An Dro 2019.
Competitions
- Carquef'Open 2024 · 4 May 2024
- Un Petit Gesté Open 2023 · 16 Sep 2023 — 1 personal best set
- FLIP Open 2023 · 14 Jul 2023
- Budapest Summer 2023 · 3 Jun 2023
- Szokolya Open 2023 · 15 Apr 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Serbian Championship 2023 · 1 Apr 2023
- Osijek Open 2023 · 25 Feb 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Budapest ReOpen 2022 · 26 Nov 2022 — 5 personal bests set
- French Championship 2022 · 26 Aug 2022 — 8 personal bests set
- FLIP Open 2022 · 23 Jul 2022
- Angers ESEOpen 2022 · 11 Jun 2022 — 1 personal best set
- Carquef'Open 2022 · 14 May 2022 — 4 personal bests set
- Gesté Barrière Open 2021 · 6 Nov 2021 — 8 personal bests set
- Cube An Dro 2019 · 1 Nov 2019 — 6 personal bests set
- Northern Virginia Summer 2019 · 22 Jun 2019 — 6 personal bests set
- WCA European Championship 2018 · 19 Jul 2018 — 4 personal bests set
- Nantes Open 2018 · 23 Jun 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- Pict'Open 2018 · 7 Apr 2018 — 13 personal bests set
- Chouchenn Open 2017 · 16 Dec 2017 — 5 personal bests set
- Chelles Open 2017 · 11 Feb 2017 — 8 personal bests set
- FLIP Rubik Open 2016 · 9 Jul 2016
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.
- Anton Piau — met in 148 rounds, finished ahead 101 times
- Clément Valot — met in 127 rounds, finished ahead 92 times
- Wilfrid Py — met in 126 rounds, finished ahead 105 times
Next targets
- A sub-5 3×3 single — 344 people have one; it is 0.99 away.
- A sub-25 4×4 single — 588 people have one; it is 1.92 away.
Targets move as he improves.