People · France
Maxime Perney
2×2 · top 5.7% of 189,179 all-time · competing since March 2025 · 2025PERN01
Maxime Perney has been competing for a year. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.13, set at Barby Cube 2026, puts him in the top 5.7% of the 189,179 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 246th in France. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 7 competitions since March 2025, he has put 314 official solves on the record across twelve events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 56% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 10.79 in March 2025 to 9.38, a 13% improvement. Maxime has entered seven competitions, more competitions than 88% 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 | 2.13 | 2.60 | top 5.7% | 246 / 3,129 | |
| 3×3 | 9.38 | 10.90 | top 5.8% | 327 / 4,823 | |
| Clock | 6.23 | 8.11 | top 8.0% | 53 / 719 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 17.69 | 23.92 | top 14.4% | 243 / 1,508 | |
| Pyraminx | 5.52 | 7.52 | top 16.6% | 418 / 2,185 | |
| 4×4 | 48.70 | 52.50 | top 23.1% | 432 / 1,839 | |
| Skewb | 5.98 | 9.16 | top 25.7% | 373 / 1,309 | |
| Megaminx | 1:29.83 | 1:54.59 | top 28.2% | 216 / 872 | |
| Square-1 | 22.13 | 28.68 | top 32.8% | 179 / 547 | |
| 5×5 | 1:44.20 | 2:01.14 | top 38.6% | 366 / 1,038 | |
| 7×7 | 8:18.61 | — | early days — 2 solves | 321 / 381 | |
| 6×6 | 6:11.36 | — | early days — 1 solve | 406 / 444 |
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
- 19 Sep 2026Four personal bests in one day at Speedcubing à Saint Symphorien 2026.
- 22 May 2026First sub-10 3×3: 9.38 at Barby Cube 2026.
- 22 May 2026Six personal bests in one day at Barby Cube 2026.
- 4 Apr 2026Four personal bests in one day at French Championship 2026.
- 14 Feb 2026Seven personal bests in one day at Cœur de Cube Charantonnay 2026.
- 15 Nov 2025Three personal bests in one day at Algorithmes Artistiques Abrésiens 2025.
Competitions
- Speedcubing à Saint Symphorien 2026 · 19 Sep 2026 — 4 personal bests set
- Barby Cube 2026 · 22 May 2026 — 6 personal bests set
- French Championship 2026 · 4 Apr 2026 — 4 personal bests set
- Cœur de Cube Charantonnay 2026 · 14 Feb 2026 — 7 personal bests set
- Algorithmes Artistiques Abrésiens 2025 · 15 Nov 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- La Côte Open 2025 · 23 Aug 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Charantonnay Cube Clash 2025 · 8 Mar 2025 — 1 personal best 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.
- Noé Bourdon — met in 57 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
- Romain Velcin — met in 57 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Basile Chandon — met in 56 rounds, finished ahead 13 times
Next targets
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 9,039 people have one; it is 0.13 away.
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 8,101 people have one; it is 1.38 away.
Targets move as he improves.