People · France
Houssen Fidahoussen
3×3 · top 4.4% of 284,439 all-time · competing since July 2016 · 2016FIDA01
Houssen Fidahoussen has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.79, set at Champagne Open 2025, puts him in the top 4.4% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 259th in France. Until May 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 13 competitions since July 2016, he has put 384 official solves on the record across nine events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 10% around a typical one, steadier than 97% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 19.22 in July 2016 to 8.79, a 54% improvement. Houssen has entered 13 competitions, more competitions than 94% 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 | 8.79 | 10.83 | top 4.4% | 259 / 4,746 | |
| 2×2 | 2.34 | 3.24 | top 7.4% | 293 / 3,074 | |
| 4×4 | 39.26 | 42.22 | top 11.3% | 221 / 1,817 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 18.74 | 27.64 | top 17.1% | 280 / 1,490 | |
| Pyraminx | 6.62 | 9.04 | top 24.8% | 599 / 2,148 | |
| Megaminx | 1:29.46 | 1:34.85 | top 27.9% | 208 / 867 | |
| Skewb | 6.54 | 8.73 | top 30.0% | 429 / 1,291 | |
| Square-1 | 25.33 | 28.35 | top 39.8% | 208 / 540 | |
| 5×5 | 1:58.20 | 2:01.10 | top 48.2% | 439 / 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
- 2 Aug 2025First sub-10 3×3: 9.84 at Mi'Lyon Open 2025.
- 19 Oct 2019Five personal bests in one day at Paris Open 2019.
- 20 Apr 2019Three personal bests in one day at French Championship 2019.
- 9 Mar 2019Five personal bests in one day at Chelles Open 2019.
- 16 Feb 2019Eight personal bests in one day at Annuntia Open 2019.
- 27 Oct 2018First sub-15 3×3: 14.67 at Zonhoven Autumn Open 2018.
Competitions
- Rueil Open 2026 · 23 May 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Champagne Open 2025 · 6 Sep 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Cube Plan Baie 2025 · 15 Aug 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Mi'Lyon Open 2025 · 2 Aug 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Chelles Open 2020 · 15 Feb 2020
- Paris Open 2019 · 19 Oct 2019 — 5 personal bests set
- French Championship 2019 · 20 Apr 2019 — 3 personal bests set
- Chelles Open 2019 · 9 Mar 2019 — 5 personal bests set
- Annuntia Open 2019 · 16 Feb 2019 — 8 personal bests set
- Zonhoven Autumn Open 2018 · 27 Oct 2018 — 4 personal bests set
- Champagne Open 2018 · 8 Sep 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- World Rubik's Cube Championship 2017 · 13 Jul 2017
- Belfort Open 2016 · 9 Jul 2016 — 1 personal best 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 58 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
- Abdelhak Kaddour — met in 47 rounds, finished ahead 9 times
- Clara Lafourcade — met in 47 rounds, finished ahead 8 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.79 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.34 away.
Targets move as he improves.