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Grégoire Gsell

3×3 · top 1.2% of 284,439 all-time · competing since October 2016 · 2016GSEL01

Grégoire Gsell has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 6.88, set at Barby Cube 2023, puts him in the top 1.2% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 82nd in France. Until November 2010, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 38 competitions since October 2016, he has put 2,378 official solves on the record across 13 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 68% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 14.06 in October 2016 to 6.88, a 51% improvement. He has entered 38 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 1.2% of 284,439 all-time
6.88
signature single · Barby Cube 2023
2,378
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 68% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingFrance
3×36.888.47
top 1.2%82 / 4,746
3×3 one-handed11.5117.18
top 2.4%38 / 1,490
Skewb2.363.98
top 2.4%38 / 1,291
2×21.672.74
top 2.9%130 / 3,074
4×430.8139.80
top 3.3%62 / 1,817
Pyraminx4.016.15
top 7.7%211 / 2,148
Megaminx58.231:08.73
top 9.1%76 / 867
Square-112.2917.89
top 10.4%59 / 540
5×51:15.651:24.82
top 15.8%135 / 1,024
Clock9.3610.32
top 21.8%146 / 714
6×62:34.952:50.10
top 28.2%102 / 437
3×3 blindfolded2:14.852:59.61
top 38.2%162 / 434
7×74:25.424:32.66
top 39.6%120 / 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

Annecy Open 2016: 14.06Ugine Jeu et Jouet 2016: 12.17Only Cube Open 2017: 11.69Barby Cube 73 2017: 10.62Swisscubing Cup III 2017: 10.27World Rubik's Cube Championship 2017: 9.87Barby Cube 73 Open Automne 2017: 9.87Toulon Open 2017: 10.05Musée suisse du jeu 2017: 9.99Ugine Jeu et Jouet 2017: 8.00Chambéry Cube 2018: 7.92Swisscubing Cup I 2018: 8.59French Championship 2018: 10.18Saint-Maurice Sunday Open 2018: 8.70Lausanne Euro Qualifier 2018: 8.83WCA European Championship 2018: 8.64Sens Open 2018: 8.96Swiss Nationals 2018: 7.88Barby Cube Open 2018: 8.54Les Automnales 2018: 7.47Ugine Jeu et Jouet 2018: 7.56Savoie Open 2019: 8.06Just Cube Open 2019: 7.65Swisscubing Cup II 2019: 8.51French Championship 2019: 7.71Tassin-la-Demi-Cube Open 2019: 9.02Barby Cube 2019: 8.28Ugine Jeu et Jouet 2019: 8.26Savoie Open 2020: 8.06Paris Open 2022: 7.73Tigery Open 2022: 8.18French Championship 2022: 8.12Barby Cube 2022: 7.35Barby Cube 2023: 6.88French Championship 2023: 7.37Lyon Last Layer Open 2023: 7.15Only Oullins Open 2024: 8.76Mi'Lyon Open 2025: 7.486.8814.0629 Oct 20162 Aug 2025

Best single per competition, 3×3. 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-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 0.88 away.
  • A sub-10 3×3 one-handed single — 779 people have one; it is 1.51 away.

Targets move as he improves.