People · France
Mael Salazard
3×3 · top 7.4% of 288,433 all-time · competing since November 2014 · 2014SALA19
Mael Salazard has been competing for 12 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.98, set at Garidech Open 2025, puts him in the top 7.4% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 412th in France. Until May 2007, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 6 competitions since November 2014, he has put 131 official solves on the record across four events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 74% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. That figure sets aside his 3 DNFs. His 3×3 best has come down from 23.34 in November 2014 to 9.98, a 57% improvement. Mael has entered six competitions, more competitions than 86% 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 | 9.98 | 10.70 | top 7.4% | 412 / 4,823 | |
| 2×2 | 3.38 | 4.26 | top 18.8% | 682 / 3,129 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 25.30 | 27.37 | top 35.1% | 523 / 1,508 | |
| Pyraminx | 10.50 | 13.75 | top 56.9% | 1,319 / 2,185 |
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
- 1 Nov 2025First sub-10 3×3: 9.98 at Garidech Open 2025.
- 13 Oct 2018Four personal bests in one day at Montpellier Open 2018.
- 30 Apr 2016First sub-20 3×3: 14.19 at French Championship 2016.
- 30 Apr 2016First sub-15 3×3: 14.19 at French Championship 2016.
- 30 Apr 2016Three personal bests in one day at French Championship 2016.
- 1 Nov 2014First competition: Kingscube Toulouse Open 2014. A 23.34 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Garidech Open 2025 · 1 Nov 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Garidech Open 2024 · 19 Oct 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Garidech Open 2022 · 5 Nov 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- Montpellier Open 2018 · 13 Oct 2018 — 4 personal bests set
- French Championship 2016 · 30 Apr 2016 — 3 personal bests set
- Kingscube Toulouse Open 2014 · 1 Nov 2014
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.
- Arthur Garcin — met in 25 rounds, finished ahead 6 times
- Nicolas Gertner Kilian — met in 24 rounds, never finished ahead
- Wilfrid Py — met in 22 rounds, finished ahead 10 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 8,101 people have one; it is 1.98 away.
- A sub-3 2×2 single — 27,049 people have one; it is 0.38 away.
Targets move as he improves.