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François Courtès

2×2 · top 4.2% of 186,767 all-time · competing since April 2008 · 2008COUR01

François Courtès has been competing for 18 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.91, set at French Championship 2016, puts him in the top 4.2% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 179th in France. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 184 competitions since April 2008, he has put 9,756 official solves on the record across 17 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 73% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 2×2 best has come down from 10.71 in April 2008 to 1.91, an 82% improvement. He has entered 184 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 4.2% of 186,767 all-time
1.91
signature single · French Championship 2016
9,756
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 73% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingFrance
2×21.914.47
top 4.2%179 / 3,074
Pyraminx3.777.36
top 6.6%181 / 2,148
3×3 blindfolded47.861:00.58
top 9.2%43 / 434
Square-114.7519.86
top 15.8%89 / 540
3×3 Multi-Blind11 of 12 cubes · 51:43—
top 16.4%28 / 165
3×3 Fewest Moves31 moves—
top 17.4%94 / 367
Skewb5.547.53
top 22.3%327 / 1,291
3×314.8618.72
top 23.9%1,123 / 4,746
4×4 blindfolded5:56.83—
top 28.6%20 / 71
4×457.881:08.79
top 34.2%618 / 1,817
5×5 blindfolded14:36.00—
top 39.9%14 / 28
Megaminx1:54.002:05.24
top 42.6%314 / 867
3×3 one-handed28.8839.73
top 44.1%639 / 1,490
Clock14.6918.01
top 46.7%335 / 714
5×51:59.432:15.48
top 48.9%445 / 1,024
6×63:42.783:59.35
top 59.6%240 / 437
7×75:47.756:06.94
top 64.6%206 / 372

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

French Championship 2008: 10.71Nantes Open 2008: 8.36Toulouse Summer Open 2008: 10.06Dutch Masters 2008: 4.11Brussels Summer Open 2008: 8.13European Championship 2008: 5.68Dutch Open 2008: 6.72Geneva Open 2008: 7.83Clermont Open 2008: 4.86Aachen Open 2009: 7.22Swiss Open 2009: 3.53Montpellier Open 2009: 4.18Benelux Open 2009: 6.71Belgian Open 2009: 7.55French Open 2009: 8.11Danish Open 2009: 5.63Barcelona Open 2009: 5.43Lyon Spring Open 2009: 4.28Nantes Open 2009: 5.65UK Masters 2009: 4.48Czech Open 2009: 5.16Dauphiné Open 2009: 7.02Finnish Open 2009: 5.94Brussels Summer Open 2009: 5.36World Rubik's Cube Championship 2009: 5.65Dutch Open 2009: 5.33Fuglsangpark Open 2009: 5.31Bristol Open 2009: 4.80Aachen Open 2010: 5.97Toulouse Open 2010: 5.33Benelux Open 2010: 6.31French Open 2010: 5.55Montpellier Open 2010: 5.47Bristol Spring 2010: 5.38French Championship 2010: 5.69German Open 2010: 5.79Belgian Open 2010: 5.84Cologne Open 2010: 5.83Lyon Summer Open 2010: 5.46Czech Open 2010: 5.16Austrian Open 2010: 6.44East German Open 2010: 5.86Galeries Lafayette Open 2010: 5.40German Nationals 2010: 5.66European Rubik's Cube Championship 2010: 5.38Dutch Open 2010: 5.22Naoned Open 2010: 2.86Dutch Nationals 2010: 5.53Lyon Sinterklaas Open 2010: 4.27Aachen Open 2011: 5.71Breizh Open 2011: 5.46Neptune Open 2011: 2.68Milan Cube Open 2011: 5.27NEMO Amsterdam Open 2011: 4.96German Open 2011: 5.47Diñs Open 2011: 5.06Danish Open 2011: 4.22Belgian Open 2011: 3.69Vesoul Open 2011: 3.81Montpellier Open 2011: 4.28Vårgårda Open 2011: 4.08Dolmen Open 2011: 4.80Czech Open 2011: 5.53Guildford Summer Open 2011: 5.03Blind Open 2011: 5.08Düsseldorf Open 2011: 4.38Galeries Lafayette Open 2011: 4.53Lyon Open 2011: 5.58World Rubik's Cube Championship 2011: 5.22Dutch Open 2011: 5.11Cachan Open 2011: 4.66Spols Open 2011: 5.38German Nationals 2011: 4.90Hessen Open 2012: 4.40Lyon Winter Open 2012: 4.59Breizh Open 2012: 4.62Zonhoven Open 2012: 4.30Austrian Open 2012: 4.86German Open 2012: 4.68French Championship 2012: 4.00Zune Open 2012: 5.00Galeries Dorian Open 2012: 3.63Vesoul Open Rubik 2012: 4.41Italian Open 2012: 4.59Aachen Summer Open 2012: 4.58Saarland Open 2012: 4.63FLIP Open 2012: 4.78Typhoon Open 2012: 3.88N8W8 Summer 2012: 4.93Galeries Lafayette Open 2012: 6.18Eindhoven Open 2012: 4.93Munich Open 2012: 5.38European Rubik's Cube Championship 2012: 5.27Naoned Open 2012: 3.71Phalsbourg Open 2012: 2.80Hasselt Open 2012: 3.83Frankfurt Cube Days 2012: 4.90Puy de Dôme Open 2012: 3.66Edinburgh Open 2013: 3.19Hessen Open 2013: 3.86Danish Open 2013: 4.34Zonhoven Open 2013: 4.94Galeries Dorian Open 2013: 4.52BW Open 2013: 4.40Minx Open 2013: 4.02French Championship 2013: 3.83French Open 2013: 4.96HEM MariCubik Open 2013: 4.94Eindhoven Spring 2013: 5.31Cambridge Open 2013: 3.44FLIP Open 2013: 5.05World Rubik's Cube Championship 2013: 4.16Bussières Open 2013: 4.55N8W8 Summer 2013: 3.16Guildford Open 2013: 3.37Champagne Summer Open 2013: 3.03Ballerup Open 2013: 4.44Spanish Championship 2013: 3.30Dutch Open 2013: 5.38Phalsbourg Open 2013: 3.37Hasselt Open 2013: 3.30Munich Open 2013: 4.94Zeeland Open 2013: 3.71Puy de Dôme Open 2013: 5.05La Montagne Open 2013: 4.66Duisburg Winter 2014: 4.41Frankfurt Cube Days 2014: 4.022 AVG competition 2014: 4.26Grenoble Winter Open 2014: 4.33Hessen Open 2014: 3.52Zonhoven Open 2014: 4.43Welwyn Garden City Open 2014: 3.05Open Cube Project 2014: 4.77French Championship 2014: 3.14HEM MariCubik Open 2014: 3.87Erfurt Open 2014: 3.15Franconia Open 2014: 4.83Belgian Summer 2014: 4.02N8W8 Summer 2014: 3.28Rubik's Cube European Championships 2014: 3.96ABHC 2014: 3.38German Nationals 2014: 5.75Champagne Summer Open 2014: 4.96Sébra Open 2014: 4.77Cuthberts Open 2014: 4.81Hasselt Open 2014: 4.97Eat Sleep Cube Repeat 2014: 5.39Oxford Winter 2014: 2.72Frankfurt Cube Days 2015: 4.52Belgian Winter 2015: 4.23Phalsbourg Open 2015: 3.40Edinburgh Spring 2015: 2.70Open Cube Project 2015: 4.84France 2015: 4.42CBNBC 2015: 3.77HEM MariCubik Open 2015: 4.68Lyon Megaminx Open 2015: 2.91World Rubik's Cube Championship 2015: 5.97N8W8 Summer 2015: 3.97August Bank Holiday Competition 2015: 5.27Champagne Open 2015: 2.94DYC Rubik Open 2015: 4.96Nancy Open 2015: 4.55Hasselt Open 2015: 3.53Chambéry Cube Open 2015: 2.22Lyon Christmas Open 2015: 5.45Cubelonia 2016: 4.10Phalsbourg Winter Open 2016: 4.34Open Cube Project 2016: 4.98French Championship 2016: 1.91Lyon Megaminx Open 2016: 4.61Hem MariCubik Open 2016: 4.09Strasbourg Open 2016: 5.56FLIP Rubik Open 2016: 4.54European Rubik's Cube Championship 2016: 5.451.9110.7111 Apr 200815 Jul 2016

Best single per competition, 2×2. 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-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.91 away.
  • A sub-3 Pyraminx single — 4,700 people have one; it is 0.77 away.

Targets move as he improves.