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Ilona Ansel

3×3 · top 0.48% of 288,433 all-time · competing since May 2016 · 2016ANSE02

Ilona Ansel has been competing for 10 years. Her best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 5.98, set at Just Judge Jura 2025, puts her in the top 0.48% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 34th in France. Until June 2011, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 53 competitions since May 2016, she has put 3,693 official solves on the record across 16 events. Solve to solve, her 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 71% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. Her 3×3 best has come down from 15.53 in May 2016 to 5.98, a 61% improvement. Ilona has entered 53 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 0.48% of 288,433 all-time
5.98
signature single · Just Judge Jura 2025
3,693
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 71% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingFrance
3×35.988.13
top 0.48%34 / 4,823
Megaminx35.9441.09
top 0.78%7 / 872
3×3 blindfolded19.9622.95
top 1.4%7 / 445
4×428.9833.19
top 2.3%44 / 1,839
2×21.552.76
top 2.4%108 / 3,129
Skewb2.404.45
top 2.6%41 / 1,309
Pyraminx2.794.15
top 3.0%86 / 2,185
5×558.831:04.07
top 5.0%42 / 1,038
Clock5.646.41
top 6.1%41 / 719
3×3 one-handed14.1620.55
top 6.5%117 / 1,508
3×3 Multi-Blind12 of 12 cubes · 51:11—
top 12.2%23 / 169
4×4 blindfolded3:46.374:41.72
top 13.0%11 / 72
Square-113.5321.52
top 13.1%75 / 547
6×62:05.772:12.00
top 13.6%47 / 444
7×73:16.563:38.20
top 15.2%36 / 381
3×3 Fewest Moves35 moves52.67
top 30.1%141 / 368

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

Lyon Megaminx Open 2016: 15.53Annecy Open 2016: 11.36Chambéry Cube Open 2016: 11.96Ugine Jeu et Jouet 2016: 10.91Barby Cube 73 2017: 9.05Barby Cube 73 Open Automne 2017: 10.34Chambéry Cube 2018: 8.82French Championship 2018: 8.62Barby Cube Open 2018: 8.37Ugine Jeu et Jouet 2018: 8.68Savoie Open 2019: 8.76Just Cube Open 2019: 9.58Villeneuve-lès-Avignon Open 2019: 7.72Puy de Dôme Open 2019: 8.00Tassin-la-Demi-Cube Open 2019: 8.09Barby Cube 2019: 7.87Ugine Jeu et Jouet 2019: 8.13Savoie Open 2020: 6.80Sorgues Open 2022: 7.57Barby Cube 2022: 7.73Frejus Open 2022: 8.57Chelles Open 2023: 7.80Barby Cube 2023: 7.88Lyon Last Layer Open 2023: 7.40FLIP Open 2023: 7.32Sorg'Open 2023: 7.60Only Oullins Open 2024: 7.45French Championship 2024: 7.16Barby Cube 2024: 8.72Couffoul'Events 2024: 7.38Barby Cube Autumn 2024: 8.63Gan Open 2024: 7.88Just Judge Jura 2025: 5.98Lyon Last Layer 2025: 8.36Charantonnay Cube Clash 2025: 8.32French Championship 2025: 7.61Barby Cube 2025: 6.56Mi'Lyon Open 2025: 7.36Couffouleux Open 2025: 7.51Sorg'Open 2025: 8.23Chevry Miel 2025: 7.99Palais'10Open 2025: 7.61Thouaré Open 2025: 6.95Chanteloup Open 2026: 7.67Just Judge Jura 2026: 6.52Cœur de Cube Charantonnay 2026: 8.40French Championship 2026: 7.17Camargue Open 2026: 6.63Barby Cube 2026: 7.54Algorithmes Artistiques Abrésiens 2026: 7.83Les Hérault de Claret Open 2026: 8.205.9815.5321 May 201619 Sep 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 her.

Next targets

  • A sub-5 3×3 single — 355 people have one; it is 0.98 away.
  • A sub-30 Megaminx single — 76 people have one; it is 5.94 away.

Targets move as she improves.