People · France
Gilles Roux
3×3 · top 7.6% of 284,439 all-time · competing since April 2004 · 2004ROUX01
Gilles Roux has been competing for 22 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 10.06, set at French Championship 2008, puts him in the top 7.6% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 412th in France. Until May 2007, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 23 competitions since April 2004, he has put 516 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 62% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 25.96 in April 2004 to 10.06, a 61% improvement. Gilles has entered 23 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 | 10.06 | 13.03 | top 7.6% | 412 / 4,746 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 30 moves | 36.67 | top 14.8% | 80 / 367 | |
| 2×2 | 3.65 | 6.44 | top 22.1% | 753 / 3,074 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 26.05 | 30.90 | top 37.0% | 540 / 1,490 | |
| 4×4 | 1:21.15 | 1:36.41 | top 56.9% | 991 / 1,817 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 4:03.00 | — | top 68.7% | 302 / 434 | |
| 5×5 | 4:54.18 | — | early days — 3 solves | 963 / 1,024 |
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
- 4 Feb 2007Three personal bests in one day at Roissy competition 2007.
- 20 Apr 2006First sub-15 3×3: 14.71 at French Championship 2006.
- 22 Apr 2005Three personal bests in one day at French Championship 2005.
- 23 Oct 2004First sub-20 3×3: 19.38 at Ile-de-France competition 2004.
- 16 Apr 2004First competition: French Championship 2004. A 25.96 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- World Rubik's Cube Championship 2017 · 13 Jul 2017 — 1 personal best set
- French Championship 2012 · 20 Apr 2012
- Cachan Open 2011 · 5 Nov 2011
- Galeries Lafayette Open 2011 · 16 Sep 2011
- Galeries Lafayette Open 2010 · 3 Sep 2010 — 1 personal best set
- French Open 2010 · 27 Feb 2010
- French Championship 2009 · 10 Apr 2009 — 1 personal best set
- French Open 2009 · 14 Mar 2009 — 1 personal best set
- Belgian Open 2009 · 28 Feb 2009 — 1 personal best set
- European Championship 2008 · 19 Sep 2008 — 2 personal bests set
- Nantes Open 2008 · 31 May 2008 — 1 personal best set
- French Championship 2008 · 11 Apr 2008 — 1 personal best set
- French Open 2008 · 15 Mar 2008
- Belgian Open 2008 · 2 Feb 2008
- World Rubik's Cube Championship 2007 · 5 Oct 2007 — 2 personal bests set
- Lyon Open 2007 · 1 Sep 2007 — 2 personal bests set
- Belgian Open 2007 · 24 Feb 2007 — 1 personal best set
- Roissy competition 2007 · 4 Feb 2007 — 3 personal bests set
- European Rubik's Cube Championship 2006 · 23 Sep 2006 — 2 personal bests set
- French Championship 2006 · 20 Apr 2006 — 1 personal best set
- French Championship 2005 · 22 Apr 2005 — 3 personal bests set
- Ile-de-France competition 2004 · 23 Oct 2004 — 2 personal bests set
- French Championship 2004 · 16 Apr 2004
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.
- Clément Gallet — met in 92 rounds, finished ahead 54 times
- François Sechet — met in 84 rounds, finished ahead 41 times · head to head
- Lars Vandenbergh — met in 64 rounds, finished ahead 28 times
Next targets
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 0.06 away.
- A sub-3 2×2 single — 26,570 people have one; it is 0.65 away.
Targets move as he improves.