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Julien Gras

Square-1 · top 1.7% of 25,272 all-time · competing since October 2022 · 2022GRAS02

Julien Gras has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the Square-1: a personal-best single of 6.92, set at Rubik's WCA European Championship 2026, puts him in the top 1.7% of the 25,272 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 11th in France. Until June 2016, no official Square-1 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 25 competitions since October 2022, he has put 978 official solves on the record across 13 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 52% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 12.05 in October 2022 to 9.48, a 21% improvement. Julien has entered 25 competitions, more competitions than 98% of everyone who has ever competed.

Square-1
best event — top 1.7% of 25,272 all-time
6.92
signature single · Rubik's WCA European Championship 2026
978
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 52% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingFrance
Square-16.928.77
top 1.7%11 / 540
3×39.4811.08
top 6.1%329 / 4,746
2×22.324.79
top 7.2%286 / 3,074
Megaminx1:05.821:17.51
top 13.2%105 / 867
Skewb4.7310.01
top 16.2%237 / 1,291
3×3 one-handed18.8621.98
top 17.4%288 / 1,490
4×444.7248.51
top 18.0%343 / 1,817
Pyraminx6.3411.68
top 22.5%557 / 2,148
5×51:26.321:40.23
top 24.4%219 / 1,024
3×3 Fewest Moves36 moves—
early days — 2 solves150 / 367
Clock13.0914.92
top 40.0%282 / 714
6×63:31.554:16.57
top 55.2%219 / 437
7×76:11.746:56.30
top 70.4%234 / 372

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

Frejus Open 2022: 12.05Barby Cube 2023: 11.45Valsugana Speedcubing 2023: 12.26It's Sarzana O'clock 2023: 11.34Vietnam Championship 2023: 12.40Hanoi Summer 2023: 11.11Rubik's WCA World Championship 2023: 12.65Sorg'Open 2023: 10.64Ticino Open 2023: 9.78Valle d'Aosta Open 2023: 9.48Only Oullins Open 2024: 9.94Open de Marseille 2024: 10.81Rubik's WCA European Championship 2024: 11.54Marseille à la Carte 2025: 10.73Bouillon Cube Pau'tos Jeux 2025: 11.17French Championship 2025: 11.11Singapore Megaland July 2025: 11.21Vietnam Championship 2025: 10.54Sorg'Open 2025: 10.78French Championship 2026: 9.80Rubik's WCA European Championship 2026: 9.849.4812.6522 Oct 202216 Jul 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-6 Square-1 single — 201 people have one; it is 0.92 away.
  • A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.48 away.

Targets move as he improves.