People · France
Julien Roux
3×3 · top 3.2% of 288,433 all-time · competing since December 2017 · 2017ROUX01
Julien Roux has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.22, set at Cube en Baie Open 2025, puts him in the top 3.2% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 195th in France. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 15 competitions since December 2017, he has put 769 official solves on the record across eleven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one; 79% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 12.46 in December 2017 to 8.22, a 34% improvement. Julien has entered 15 competitions, more competitions than 95% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | France | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 8.22 | 11.73 | top 3.2% | 195 / 4,823 | |
| 2×2 | 2.44 | 3.16 | top 8.4% | 338 / 3,129 | |
| Pyraminx | 4.26 | 6.70 | top 9.0% | 239 / 2,185 | |
| 5×5 | 1:09.91 | 1:18.71 | top 11.6% | 101 / 1,038 | |
| 4×4 | 41.08 | 45.71 | top 13.4% | 264 / 1,839 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 19.03 | 23.05 | top 18.0% | 302 / 1,508 | |
| 7×7 | 3:35.41 | 3:50.06 | top 21.7% | 58 / 381 | |
| 6×6 | 2:23.83 | 2:31.59 | top 22.6% | 83 / 444 | |
| Megaminx | 1:21.22 | 1:31.39 | top 22.7% | 179 / 872 | |
| Skewb | 6.11 | 8.03 | top 26.7% | 388 / 1,309 | |
| Square-1 | 40.35 | 1:06.41 | top 65.8% | 369 / 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
Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 25 May 2024Four personal bests in one day at Tigery Open 2024.
- 4 May 2024Three personal bests in one day at Carquef'Open 2024.
- 3 Feb 2024First sub-10 3×3: 9.68 at Pllouvara Open 2024.
- 3 Feb 2024Three personal bests in one day at Pllouvara Open 2024.
- 27 Jan 2024Six personal bests in one day at Longjum'Open 2024.
- 4 Mar 2023Four personal bests in one day at Pllouvara Open 2023.
Competitions
- Racines Cubik de Beutre 2026 · 18 Apr 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Cube en Baie Open 2025 · 15 Aug 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Carquef'Open 2025 · 5 Apr 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Palais'Open 2024 · 21 Sep 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Tigery Open 2024 · 25 May 2024 — 4 personal bests set
- Carquef'Open 2024 · 4 May 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Pllouvara Open 2024 · 3 Feb 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Longjum'Open 2024 · 27 Jan 2024 — 6 personal bests set
- Pllouvara Open 2023 · 4 Mar 2023 — 4 personal bests set
- Carquef'Open 2022 · 14 May 2022 — 4 personal bests set
- Cube An Dro 2019 · 1 Nov 2019 — 5 personal bests set
- FLIP Open 2018 · 14 Jul 2018 — 3 personal bests set
- Nantes Open 2018 · 23 Jun 2018 — 4 personal bests set
- Croissy Open 2018 · 17 Feb 2018 — 4 personal bests set
- Chouchenn Open 2017 · 16 Dec 2017 — 2 personal bests set
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.
- Wilfrid Py — met in 105 rounds, finished ahead 30 times
- Anton Piau — met in 92 rounds, finished ahead 10 times
- Clément Valot — met in 90 rounds, finished ahead 26 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 8,101 people have one; it is 0.22 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 9,039 people have one; it is 0.44 away.
Targets move as he improves.