People · France
John Bacouël
Megaminx · top 0.13% of 34,786 all-time · competing since February 2018 · 2018BACO01
John Bacouël has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the Megaminx: a personal-best single of 28.59, set at French Championship 2024, puts him in the top 0.13% of the 34,786 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2nd in France. Until July 2018, no official Megaminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 19 competitions since February 2018, he has put 1,219 official solves on the record across ten events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one; 86% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 9.58 in February 2018 to 5.71, a 40% improvement. John has entered 19 competitions, more competitions than 97% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | France | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Megaminx | 28.59 | 32.62 | top 0.13% | 2 / 867 | |
| 3×3 | 5.71 | 6.81 | top 0.34% | 24 / 4,746 | |
| 2×2 | 0.99 | 1.39 | top 0.54% | 17 / 3,074 | |
| Pyraminx | 1.88 | 2.75 | top 0.95% | 25 / 2,148 | |
| Skewb | 2.37 | 3.45 | top 2.4% | 39 / 1,291 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 12.36 | 14.08 | top 3.5% | 63 / 1,490 | |
| 4×4 | 32.80 | 35.59 | top 4.8% | 94 / 1,817 | |
| 5×5 | 1:05.86 | 1:12.59 | top 8.9% | 76 / 1,024 | |
| Square-1 | 14.92 | 22.38 | top 16.3% | 91 / 540 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 38 moves | — | early days — 1 solve | 176 / 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
Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 15 Feb 2020Three personal bests in one day at Chelles Open 2020.
- 10 Aug 2019Four personal bests in one day at Sens Open 2019.
- 20 Apr 2019Seven personal bests in one day at French Championship 2019.
- 6 Apr 2019Three personal bests in one day at Open de Lumes 2019.
- 16 Feb 2019Six personal bests in one day at Annuntia Open 2019.
- 8 Sep 2018Three personal bests in one day at Champagne Open 2018.
Competitions
- Douvrin Open 2024 · 22 Jun 2024
- French Championship 2024 · 30 Mar 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Sézanne Open 2023 · 22 Jul 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Pays de Bray Open 2023 · 3 Jun 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Tigery Open 2022 · 21 May 2022 — 1 personal best set
- Paris Open 2022 · 16 Apr 2022
- Rouen Open 2020 · 7 Mar 2020 — 1 personal best set
- Chelles Open 2020 · 15 Feb 2020 — 3 personal bests set
- Paris Open 2019 · 19 Oct 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Sens Open 2019 · 10 Aug 2019 — 4 personal bests set
- Hem MariCubik Open 2019 · 16 Jun 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Elsass Open 2019 · 18 May 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- French Championship 2019 · 20 Apr 2019 — 7 personal bests set
- Open de Lumes 2019 · 6 Apr 2019 — 3 personal bests set
- Annuntia Open 2019 · 16 Feb 2019 — 6 personal bests set
- Champagne Open 2018 · 8 Sep 2018 — 3 personal bests set
- Sens Open 2018 · 25 Aug 2018 — 10 personal bests set
- Belgian Easter 2018 · 31 Mar 2018 — 5 personal bests set
- Croissy Open 2018 · 17 Feb 2018
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 220 rounds, finished ahead 112 times
- Juliette Sébastien — met in 141 rounds, finished ahead 49 times · head to head
- Clara Lafourcade — met in 137 rounds, finished ahead 108 times
Next targets
- A sub-25 Megaminx single — 8 people have one; it is 3.59 away.
- A sub-5 3×3 single — 344 people have one; it is 0.71 away.
Targets move as he improves.