Sunday 6 September 2026 Rebuilt nightly from the WCA's official results · export of 6 September 2026 · About
The Middle Three
People → France → Maxime Josse

People · France

Maxime Josse

3×3 Fewest Moves · top 6.2% of 12,294 all-time · competing since February 2015 · 2015JOSS01

Maxime Josse has been competing for 12 years. His best event is the 3×3 Fewest Moves: a personal-best single of 26 moves, set at World Rubik's Cube Championship 2017, puts him in the top 6.2% of the 12,294 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 35th in France. Across 18 competitions since February 2015, he has put 885 official solves on the record across 13 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 10% around a typical one, steadier than 96% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 17.36 in February 2015 to 10.02, a 42% improvement. Maxime has entered 18 competitions, more competitions than 96% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3 Fewest Moves
best event — top 6.2% of 12,294 all-time
26 moves
signature single · World Rubik's Cube Championship 2017
885
official solves on the record
10%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 96% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingFrance
3×3 Fewest Moves26 moves
top 6.2%35 / 367
3×310.0211.71
top 7.5%406 / 4,746
4×436.4442.78
top 8.1%156 / 1,817
5×51:11.421:18.20
top 12.6%109 / 1,024
2×22.894.15
top 13.0%457 / 3,074
3×3 one-handed17.9021.13
top 14.8%243 / 1,490
Pyraminx5.398.69
top 15.7%393 / 2,148
Skewb4.946.98
top 17.7%254 / 1,291
7×73:35.323:42.91
top 21.6%56 / 372
6×62:35.022:36.78
top 28.3%103 / 437
Megaminx1:36.641:54.26
top 32.5%239 / 867
3×3 blindfolded2:58.92
top 52.2%236 / 434
Square-11:06.03
top 87.2%459 / 540

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

Phalsbourg Open 2015: 17.36Nancy Open 2015: 16.36Phalsbourg Winter Open 2016: 14.43Open Cube Project 2016: 13.66Strasbourg Open 2016: 13.58Belfort Open 2016: 12.44European Rubik's Cube Championship 2016: 14.14Asian Championship 2016: 12.44Chelles Open 2017: 10.34French Championship 2017: 11.54World Rubik's Cube Championship 2017: 11.83Champagne Open 2017: 11.19Nancy Open 2017: 11.86Chouchenn Open 2017: 11.29Croissy Open 2018: 11.63French Championship 2018: 11.13Nantes Open 2018: 11.42Montreal Limited Winter 2019: 10.0210.0217.3621 Feb 20156 Apr 2019

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-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 0.02 away.
  • A sub-30 4×4 single — 2,388 people have one; it is 6.44 away.

Targets move as he improves.