People · France
Maël Tran
Pyraminx · top 0.48% of 129,321 all-time · competing since June 2023 · 2023TRAN19
Maël Tran has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 1.55, set at Back to Buchy 2025, puts him in the top 0.48% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 14th in France. Until March 2013, no official Pyraminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 10 competitions since June 2023, he has put 769 official solves on the record across 14 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 64% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 10.00 in June 2023 to 7.40, a 26% improvement. He has entered ten competitions, more competitions than 92% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | France | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pyraminx | 1.55 | 2.43 | top 0.48% | 14 / 2,148 | |
| 2×2 | 1.30 | 3.22 | top 1.4% | 57 / 3,074 | |
| 3×3 | 7.40 | 9.11 | top 1.8% | 123 / 4,746 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 11.51 | 15.56 | top 2.4% | 38 / 1,490 | |
| 4×4 | 32.69 | 37.96 | top 4.7% | 92 / 1,817 | |
| Skewb | 3.19 | 6.39 | top 6.0% | 93 / 1,291 | |
| Megaminx | 58.14 | 1:05.96 | top 9.0% | 74 / 867 | |
| Clock | 6.67 | 7.88 | top 9.8% | 66 / 714 | |
| 5×5 | 1:07.79 | 1:11.34 | top 10.1% | 87 / 1,024 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 55.48 | 1:11.81 | top 11.6% | 51 / 434 | |
| Square-1 | 13.13 | 20.02 | top 12.2% | 68 / 540 | |
| 6×6 | 2:15.06 | 2:30.18 | top 18.0% | 60 / 437 | |
| 7×7 | 3:55.90 | 4:11.22 | top 29.1% | 89 / 372 | |
| 4×4 blindfolded | 12:26.00 | — | early days — 1 solve | 50 / 71 |
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
- 14 Aug 2026Four personal bests in one day at Cube en Baie Open 2026.
- 15 Nov 2025Seven personal bests in one day at Back to Buchy 2025.
- 27 Sep 2025Three personal bests in one day at LexOpen France 2025.
- 15 Aug 2025Seven personal bests in one day at Cube en Baie Open 2025.
- 19 Apr 2025Five personal bests in one day at French Championship 2025.
- 23 Nov 2024Six personal bests in one day at St-Méloir-des-Ondes Breizh Open 2024.
Competitions
- Cube en Baie Open 2026 · 14 Aug 2026 — 4 personal bests set
- French Championship 2026 · 4 Apr 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Back to Buchy 2025 · 15 Nov 2025 — 7 personal bests set
- LexOpen France 2025 · 27 Sep 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Cube en Baie Open 2025 · 15 Aug 2025 — 7 personal bests set
- French Championship 2025 · 19 Apr 2025 — 5 personal bests set
- St-Méloir-des-Ondes Breizh Open 2024 · 23 Nov 2024 — 6 personal bests set
- Buchy Open 2024 · 8 Jun 2024 — 5 personal bests set
- French Championship 2024 · 30 Mar 2024 — 4 personal bests set
- Pays de Bray Open 2023 · 3 Jun 2023 — 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.
- Bastien Ferraud — met in 152 rounds, finished ahead 51 times
- Lucas Déglise — met in 97 rounds, finished ahead 19 times
- Maxime Lefebvre — met in 88 rounds, finished ahead 81 times
Next targets
- A sub-1 Pyraminx single — 49 people have one; it is 0.55 away.
- A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.30 away.
Targets move as he improves.