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Martial Bonarek

3×3 blindfolded · top 2.8% of 12,178 all-time · competing since April 2013 · 2013BONA01

Martial Bonarek has been competing for 13 years. His best event is the 3×3 blindfolded: a personal-best single of 24.70, set at Angers ESEOpen 2022, puts him in the top 2.8% of the 12,178 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 12th in France. Until June 2013, no official 3×3 blindfolded solve in the world had been that fast. Across 14 competitions since April 2013, he has put 177 official solves on the record across three events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 65% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 27.21 in April 2013 to 9.90, a 64% improvement. Martial has entered 14 competitions, more competitions than 95% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3 blindfolded
best event — top 2.8% of 12,178 all-time
24.70
signature single · Angers ESEOpen 2022
177
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 65% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingFrance
3×3 blindfolded24.7030.21
top 2.8%12 / 434
3×3 Multi-Blind20 of 21 cubes · 59:58
top 5.7%14 / 165
3×39.9012.27
top 7.2%384 / 4,746

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

French Championship 2013: 27.21La Montagne Open 2013: 15.97Nancy Open 2016: 13.21French Championship 2017: 12.85World Rubik's Cube Championship 2017: 14.10Chouchenn Open 2017: 10.48French Championship 2018: 11.01Nantes Open 2018: 9.90WCA European Championship 2018: 10.78French Championship 2019: 13.55Paris Open 2019: 10.58Cube An Dro 2019: 11.31Carquef'Open 2022: 12.86Angers ESEOpen 2022: 11.249.9027.2127 Apr 201311 Jun 2022

Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.

The story so far

Competitions

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.

Next targets

  • A sub-20 3×3 blindfolded single — 166 people have one; it is 4.70 away.
  • A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.90 away.

Targets move as he improves.