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Julien Rochette

3×3 · top 4.8% of 284,439 all-time · competing since May 2009 · 2009ROCH01

Julien Rochette has been competing for 17 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.97, set at Galeries Dorian Open 2014, puts him in the top 4.8% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 275th in France. Until May 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 14 competitions since May 2009, he has put 500 official solves on the record across ten events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 9% around a typical one, steadier than 99% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. That figure sets aside his 20 DNFs. His 3×3 best has come down from 11.75 in May 2009 to 8.97, a 24% improvement. Julien has entered 14 competitions, more competitions than 95% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 4.8% of 284,439 all-time
8.97
signature single · Galeries Dorian Open 2014
500
official solves on the record
9%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 99% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingFrance
3×38.9711.09
top 4.8%275 / 4,746
4×437.5040.04
top 9.2%174 / 1,817
3×3 one-handed19.0024.21
top 17.8%293 / 1,490
5×51:19.611:29.30
top 18.8%166 / 1,024
2×23.535.10
top 20.6%717 / 3,074
3×3 blindfolded1:48.77
top 29.6%124 / 434
3×3 Fewest Moves37 moves
early days — 3 solves163 / 367
7×74:53.035:07.43
top 48.6%145 / 372
6×63:27.583:53.20
early days — 3 solves212 / 437
Pyraminx10.34
early days — 3 solves1,265 / 2,148

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

Lyon Spring Open 2009: 11.75Toulouse Open 2010: 13.75French Championship 2010: 11.90Lyon Summer Open 2010: 10.75European Rubik's Cube Championship 2010: 11.69Naoned Open 2010: 9.02Lyon Sinterklaas Open 2010: 12.05Neptune Open 2011: 11.00French Championship 2012: 11.19Galeries Dorian Open 2012: 10.56Typhoon Open 2012: 10.46Galeries Dorian Open 2013: 10.61Galeries Dorian Open 2014: 8.978.9713.7516 May 200915 Mar 2014

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 0.97 away.
  • A sub-30 4×4 single — 2,388 people have one; it is 7.50 away.

Targets move as he improves.