People · France
Maël Pacquentin
2×2 · top 28.1% of 186,767 all-time · competing since June 2025 · 2025PACQ02
Maël Pacquentin has been competing for a year. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 4.13, set at Barby Cube 2026, puts him in the top 28.1% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 928th in France. Across 9 competitions since June 2025, he has put 229 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 53% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 42.23 in June 2025 to 18.54, a 56% improvement. He has entered nine competitions, more competitions than 91% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | France | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 4.13 | 5.72 | top 28.1% | 928 / 3,074 | |
| 3×3 | 18.54 | 24.57 | top 35.8% | 1,631 / 4,746 | |
| Pyraminx | 8.28 | 11.42 | top 38.6% | 896 / 2,148 | |
| Clock | 13.42 | 14.77 | top 41.4% | 288 / 714 | |
| Skewb | 10.32 | 15.65 | top 56.9% | 759 / 1,291 | |
| Megaminx | 3:15.84 | — | top 79.6% | 615 / 867 | |
| 4×4 | 1:55.41 | 2:32.98 | top 79.6% | 1,367 / 1,817 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 53.59 | 1:14.20 | top 79.8% | 1,132 / 1,490 |
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
- 22 Aug 2026Three personal bests in one day at Mirecourt Open 2026.
- 22 May 2026Six personal bests in one day at Barby Cube 2026.
- 1 May 2026First sub-20 3×3: 18.63 at Camargue Open 2026.
- 1 May 2026Four personal bests in one day at Camargue Open 2026.
- 19 Apr 2026Three personal bests in one day at Le Speedcube De Morteau 2026.
- 4 Apr 2026Three personal bests in one day at French Championship 2026.
Competitions
- Mirecourt Open 2026 · 22 Aug 2026 — 3 personal bests set
- Barby Cube 2026 · 22 May 2026 — 6 personal bests set
- Camargue Open 2026 · 1 May 2026 — 4 personal bests set
- Le Speedcube De Morteau 2026 · 19 Apr 2026 — 3 personal bests set
- French Championship 2026 · 4 Apr 2026 — 3 personal bests set
- Sorg'Open 2025 · 30 Aug 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Mi'Lyon Open 2025 · 2 Aug 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Rubik's CLuBB de Boulogne-Billancourt 2025 · 19 Jul 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Barby Cube 2025 · 7 Jun 2025
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.
- Erwan Pacquentin — met in 50 rounds, finished ahead 15 times · head to head
- Samuel Jehanno — met in 36 rounds, finished ahead once
- Ilona Ansel — met in 36 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-4 2×2 single — 49,452 people have one; it is 0.13 away.
- A sub-15 3×3 single — 69,493 people have one; it is 3.54 away.
Targets move as he improves.