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Hélie de Palmaert

3×3 · top 3.5% of 284,439 all-time · competing since October 2022 · 2022PALM09

Hélie de Palmaert has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.37, set at Rubik's WCA European Championship 2026, puts him in the top 3.5% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 209th in France. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 23 competitions since October 2022, he has put 697 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 83% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 12.93 in October 2022 to 8.37, a 35% improvement. He has entered 23 competitions, more competitions than 97% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 3.5% of 284,439 all-time
8.37
signature single · Rubik's WCA European Championship 2026
697
official solves on the record
11%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 83% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingFrance
3×38.3710.08
top 3.5%209 / 4,746
3×3 one-handed13.6715.85
top 5.5%96 / 1,490
2×22.273.42
top 6.8%275 / 3,074
Pyraminx4.207.08
top 8.7%232 / 2,148
Skewb5.499.30
top 21.9%318 / 1,291
4×455.841:11.83
top 31.8%572 / 1,817
3×3 Fewest Moves42 moves—
top 55.5%233 / 367

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

Massy Palais'Open B 2022: 12.93Chelles Open 2023: 13.22French Championship 2023: 13.52Champagne Open 2023: 11.30Un Petit Gesté Open 2023: 11.48Chanteloup Open 2023: 11.26Longjum'Open 2024: 9.19Chelles Open 2024: 10.26Polytechnique Open 2024: 10.62French Championship 2024: 9.60Bayonne Atoutcubes Open 2024: 10.63Tigery Open 2024: 10.60Rians Open Mini Edition 2024: 10.15Rubik's WCA European Championship 2024: 10.33Palais'Open 2024: 9.44Chelles Open 2025: 9.66French Championship 2025: 8.74Longjum'Open 2025: 9.35Chelles Open 2026: 9.35French Championship 2026: 9.58Perth Time Trial 2026: 8.77Rubik's WCA European Championship 2026: 8.378.3713.528 Oct 202216 Jul 2026

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-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.37 away.
  • A sub-12 3×3 one-handed single — 2,187 people have one; it is 1.67 away.

Targets move as he improves.