People · France
Maël Ripoche
2×2 · top 24.9% of 186,767 all-time · competing since November 2025 · 2025RIPO01
Maël Ripoche has been competing for 10 months. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 3.88, set at Esprit Cube Labenne 2026, puts him in the top 24.9% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 844th in France. Across 4 competitions since November 2025, he has put 118 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, an early reading from 9 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 21.26 in November 2025 to 17.10, a 20% improvement. He has entered four competitions, more competitions than 78% 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 | 3.88 | 7.08 | top 24.9% | 844 / 3,074 | |
| Square-1 | 19.51 | 26.25 | top 26.8% | 144 / 540 | |
| 3×3 | 17.10 | 22.16 | top 31.3% | 1,437 / 4,746 | |
| 4×4 | 1:08.00 | 1:24.82 | top 44.9% | 809 / 1,817 | |
| Pyraminx | 12.12 | 15.22 | top 68.0% | 1,514 / 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
Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 8 May 2026Three personal bests in one day at Bayonne Atoutcubes Open 2026.
- 21 Feb 2026First sub-20 3×3: 19.08 at Amore Amorebieta Open 2026.
- 21 Feb 2026Four personal bests in one day at Amore Amorebieta Open 2026.
- 1 Nov 2025First competition: Garidech Open 2025. A 23.97 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Esprit Cube Labenne 2026 · 30 May 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Bayonne Atoutcubes Open 2026 · 8 May 2026 — 3 personal bests set
- Amore Amorebieta Open 2026 · 21 Feb 2026 — 4 personal bests set
- Garidech Open 2025 · 1 Nov 2025 — 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.
- Hugo Guillet — met in 30 rounds, finished ahead once
- Florian Bernard — met in 30 rounds, never finished ahead
- Judicaël Félix — met in 26 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
Next targets
- A sub-3 2×2 single — 26,570 people have one; it is 0.88 away.
- A sub-15 Square-1 single — 4,160 people have one; it is 4.51 away.
Targets move as he improves.