People · France
Gauthier Barbaroux
2×2 · top 17.7% of 186,767 all-time · competing since October 2023 · 2023BARB27
Gauthier Barbaroux has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 3.29, set at Open de Marseille 2024, puts him in the top 17.7% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 617th in France. Across 6 competitions since October 2023, he has put 97 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, an early reading from 8 counted rounds. That figure sets aside his 4 DNFs. His 3×3 best has come down from 30.75 in October 2023 to 15.82, a 49% improvement. Gauthier has entered six competitions, more competitions than 86% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | France | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 3.29 | 5.31 | top 17.7% | 617 / 3,074 | |
| 3×3 | 15.82 | 18.08 | top 27.2% | 1,271 / 4,746 | |
| Pyraminx | 8.60 | 11.00 | top 41.4% | 953 / 2,148 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 36.21 | 41.65 | top 59.5% | 846 / 1,490 | |
| 4×4 | 1:47.40 | — | top 75.2% | 1,285 / 1,817 | |
| Megaminx | 3:13.51 | — | early days — 2 solves | 609 / 867 | |
| 5×5 | 3:31.15 | — | early days — 3 solves | 835 / 1,024 | |
| 6×6 | 6:10.49 | — | early days — 2 solves | 397 / 437 |
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
- 30 Aug 2025Three personal bests in one day at Sorg'Open 2025.
- 27 Jan 2024First sub-30 3×3: 17.61 at Istres Open 2024.
- 27 Jan 2024First sub-20 3×3: 17.61 at Istres Open 2024.
- 27 Jan 2024Three personal bests in one day at Istres Open 2024.
- 7 Oct 2023First competition: Sorg'Open 2023. A 30.75 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Sorg'Open 2025 · 30 Aug 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Sorg'Open 2024 · 26 Oct 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Open de Marseille 2024 · 20 Apr 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Istres Open 2024 · 27 Jan 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Villeneuve les Avignon Open 2023 · 2 Dec 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Sorg'Open 2023 · 7 Oct 2023
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.
- Marie Vincent — met in 30 rounds, never finished ahead
- Jules Desjardin — met in 29 rounds, never finished ahead
- Rémi Soubrat — met in 28 rounds, finished ahead twice
Next targets
- A sub-3 2×2 single — 26,570 people have one; it is 0.29 away.
- A sub-15 3×3 single — 69,493 people have one; it is 0.82 away.
Targets move as he improves.