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Julien Gaboriaud

3×3 · top 4.6% of 284,439 all-time · competing since May 2012 · 2012GABO01

Julien Gaboriaud has been competing for 14 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.89, set at Québec City 2019, puts him in the top 4.6% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 439th in Canada. Until May 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 20 competitions since May 2012, he has put 1,059 official solves on the record across 14 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 82% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 15.15 in May 2012 to 8.89, a 41% improvement. Julien has entered 20 competitions, more competitions than 97% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 4.6% of 284,439 all-time
8.89
signature single · Québec City 2019
1,059
official solves on the record
11%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 82% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingCanada
3×38.8910.75
top 4.6%439 / 10,392
3×3 one-handed13.7622.04
top 5.7%122 / 2,620
2×22.553.71
top 9.4%610 / 7,173
Megaminx59.211:04.84
top 9.6%88 / 1,375
4×438.7443.73
top 10.6%248 / 3,118
Pyraminx4.789.54
top 11.9%449 / 4,858
3×3 Fewest Moves31 moves—
top 17.4%56 / 283
5×51:19.511:31.19
top 18.7%224 / 1,499
Skewb6.1711.85
top 27.1%652 / 2,907
6×62:56.463:16.83
top 39.3%198 / 665
7×74:43.885:08.42
top 45.7%190 / 503
3×3 blindfolded3:00.83—
early days — 3 solves192 / 351
Square-11:05.081:19.91
top 86.7%805 / 952
Clock34.5545.26
top 89.3%905 / 1,029

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

National Capital Region 2012: 15.15Montréal Open 2013: 11.52National Capital Region 2013: 9.63Montréal Open 2014: 12.18National Capital Region 2014: 11.56Montreal Fall 2014: 10.55National Capital Region 2015: 11.09National Capital Region 2016: 10.51Montreal Open Winter 2017: 10.49National Capital Region 2017: 10.50Oakville Limited Spring 2018: 10.51National Capital Region 2018: 9.84Québec City 2019: 8.89Montreal Limited Winter 2019: 9.52National Capital Region 2019: 10.18China Championship 2019: 9.61Trois-Rivieres 2019: 9.30Trois-Rivières 2021: 10.618.8915.1519 May 201227 Nov 2021

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-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.89 away.
  • A sub-12 3×3 one-handed single — 2,187 people have one; it is 1.76 away.

Targets move as he improves.