People · France
François-Xavier Kerdelhué
3×3 · top 0.66% of 284,439 all-time · competing since February 2017 · 2017KERD01
François-Xavier Kerdelhué has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 6.27, set at Sens Open 2023, puts him in the top 0.66% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 46th in France. Until May 2011, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 17 competitions since February 2017, he has put 634 official solves on the record across ten events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 92% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 9.15 in February 2017 to 6.27, a 31% improvement. He has entered 17 competitions, more competitions than 96% 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 | 6.27 | 8.28 | top 0.66% | 46 / 4,746 | |
| 4×4 | 25.49 | 28.59 | top 0.83% | 16 / 1,817 | |
| 5×5 | 56.96 | 1:01.65 | top 4.1% | 36 / 1,024 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 14.77 | 18.49 | top 7.6% | 140 / 1,490 | |
| 7×7 | 3:03.93 | 3:14.35 | top 11.7% | 28 / 372 | |
| 6×6 | 2:03.26 | 2:08.93 | top 12.4% | 39 / 437 | |
| 2×2 | 2.98 | 4.81 | top 14.0% | 485 / 3,074 | |
| Megaminx | 1:14.16 | 1:16.74 | top 18.1% | 149 / 867 | |
| Skewb | 9.51 | 12.11 | top 51.8% | 713 / 1,291 | |
| Pyraminx | 12.60 | 16.98 | top 70.8% | 1,572 / 2,148 |
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
- 8 Jul 2023Three personal bests in one day at Sens Open 2023.
- 21 May 2022Three personal bests in one day at Tigery Open 2022.
- 15 Feb 2020Three personal bests in one day at Chelles Open 2020.
- 20 Apr 2019Five personal bests in one day at French Championship 2019.
- 9 Mar 2019Three personal bests in one day at Chelles Open 2019.
- 6 Oct 2018Five personal bests in one day at Paris Open 2018.
Competitions
- Champagne Open 2025 · 6 Sep 2025
- Chelles Open 2025 · 15 Feb 2025
- Chelles Open 2024 · 17 Feb 2024
- Longjum'Open 2024 · 27 Jan 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Chanteloup Open 2023 · 21 Oct 2023
- Sens Open 2023 · 8 Jul 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Champagne Open 2022 · 3 Sep 2022
- Sézanne Open 2022 · 4 Jun 2022 — 1 personal best set
- Tigery Open 2022 · 21 May 2022 — 3 personal bests set
- Annuntia Saturday Open 2022 · 23 Apr 2022
- Chelles Open 2020 · 15 Feb 2020 — 3 personal bests set
- Paris Open 2019 · 19 Oct 2019
- French Championship 2019 · 20 Apr 2019 — 5 personal bests set
- Chelles Open 2019 · 9 Mar 2019 — 3 personal bests set
- Paris Open 2018 · 6 Oct 2018 — 5 personal bests set
- Croissy Open 2018 · 17 Feb 2018 — 5 personal bests set
- Chelles Open 2017 · 11 Feb 2017 — 3 personal bests 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.
- Anthony Lafourcade — met in 123 rounds, finished ahead 58 times
- Abdelhak Kaddour — met in 113 rounds, finished ahead 11 times
- Michel Ye — met in 102 rounds, finished ahead 47 times
Next targets
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 0.27 away.
- A sub-25 4×4 single — 588 people have one; it is 0.49 away.
Targets move as he improves.