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Jacques Mateescu

3×3 · top 0.69% of 284,439 all-time · competing since October 2022 · 2022MATE07

Jacques Mateescu has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 6.31, set at Que Tout le Mont de 6 Faces 2025, puts him in the top 0.69% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 48th in France. Until May 2011, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 17 competitions since October 2022, he has put 930 official solves on the record across 13 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 67% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 11.63 in October 2022 to 6.31, a 46% improvement. Jacques has entered 17 competitions, more competitions than 96% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 0.69% of 284,439 all-time
6.31
signature single · Que Tout le Mont de 6 Faces 2025
930
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 67% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingFrance
3×36.317.55
top 0.69%48 / 4,746
2×21.402.63
top 1.7%77 / 3,074
Clock4.955.56
top 4.3%24 / 714
Pyraminx3.446.38
top 5.2%144 / 2,148
4×434.7439.67
top 6.5%130 / 1,817
5×51:05.181:13.50
top 8.5%70 / 1,024
3×3 one-handed15.2319.41
top 8.6%150 / 1,490
Skewb5.518.13
top 22.1%323 / 1,291
6×62:52.113:00.53
early days — 3 solves136 / 437
7×74:45.714:51.49
early days — 3 solves136 / 372
3×3 blindfolded2:46.74—
top 48.6%218 / 434
Megaminx2:05.42—
early days — 2 solves349 / 867
Square-145.42—
early days — 3 solves383 / 540

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

Esprit Cube Open Bayonne 2022: 11.63Garidech Open 2022: 9.88Bayonne Atoutcubes Open 2023: 9.63French Championship 2023: 7.48Gan Open 2023: 7.90 Esprit Cube Open Bayonne 2023: 9.15Amore Open 2024: 6.66Bayonne Atoutcubes Open 2024: 7.45Urnieta Open 2024: 6.95Bilbao Open 2024: 7.25 Esprit Cube Open Bayonne 2024: 7.26Gan Open 2024: 7.62Amore Amorebieta Open 2025: 6.81Bayonne Atoutcubes Open 2025: 7.76Urnieta Open 2025: 7.41Cintruénigo Open 2025: 7.54Que Tout le Mont de 6 Faces 2025: 6.316.3111.6315 Oct 202225 Oct 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 0.31 away.
  • A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.40 away.

Targets move as he improves.