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Joris Arias Capes

3×3 · top 0.085% of 288,433 all-time · competing since September 2024 · 2024CAPE02

Joris Arias Capes has been competing for 2 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 4.80, set at Cube en Baie Open 2026, puts him in the top 0.085% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 6th in France. Until November 2016, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 22 competitions since September 2024, he has put 1,105 official solves on the record across ten events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 56% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 14.78 in September 2024 to 4.80, a 68% improvement. Joris has entered 22 competitions, more competitions than 97% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 0.085% of 288,433 all-time
4.80
signature single · Cube en Baie Open 2026
1,105
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 56% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingFrance
3×34.806.05
top 0.085%6 / 4,823
3×3 one-handed7.4211.98
top 0.11%3 / 1,508
2×21.082.17
top 0.73%24 / 3,129
Pyraminx2.214.14
top 1.5%48 / 2,185
Skewb2.173.64
top 1.8%31 / 1,309
4×436.2440.95
top 8.0%159 / 1,839
Clock8.659.85
top 18.1%126 / 719
5×51:31.641:48.98
top 28.7%268 / 1,038
Megaminx1:35.281:54.10
top 31.7%235 / 872
Square-152.28—
early days — 2 solves418 / 547

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

Palais'Open 2024: 14.78Chevry Open 2024: 14.31Réau Open 2024: 11.97Chanteloup Open 2025: 9.37Chelles Open 2025: 9.05Eaubonne Open 2025: 9.51Tigery Open 2025: 9.41Longjum'Open 2025: 8.67Nanterre Open 2025: 6.99FLIP Open 2025: 7.32Que Tout le Mont de 6 Faces 2025: 7.06Palais'10Open 2025: 7.57Chanteloup Open 2026: 7.19Chelles Open 2026: 6.39French Championship 2026: 5.73Tigery Open 2026: 5.96Longjum'Open 2026: 5.64Gif-sûr de PR 2026: 6.02Rubik's WCA European Championship 2026: 5.63Cube en Baie Open 2026: 4.80L'Open de Meaux 2026: 5.67RC Nogent-sur-Seine Open 2026: 6.294.8014.7821 Sep 202417 Oct 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-4 3×3 single — 41 people have one; it is 0.80 away.
  • A sub-6 3×3 one-handed single — 5 people have one; it is 1.42 away.

Targets move as he improves.