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Michel Ye

4×4 · top 1.4% of 85,040 all-time · competing since August 2012 · 2012YEMI01

Michel Ye has been competing for 14 years. His best event is the 4×4: a personal-best single of 27.01, set at L'Open de Meaux 2026, puts him in the top 1.4% of the 85,040 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 29th in France. Until April 2012, no official 4×4 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 71 competitions since August 2012, he has put 4,118 official solves on the record across eleven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 88% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 16.83 in August 2012 to 7.57, a 55% improvement. Michel has entered 71 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

4×4
best event — top 1.4% of 85,040 all-time
27.01
signature single · L'Open de Meaux 2026
4,118
official solves on the record
11%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 88% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingFrance
4×427.0130.85
top 1.4%29 / 1,839
5×548.6555.54
top 1.4%14 / 1,038
3×37.579.18
top 2.1%144 / 4,823
2×21.503.24
top 2.2%101 / 3,129
6×61:33.821:43.31
top 2.6%8 / 444
Pyraminx2.836.56
top 3.1%89 / 2,185
7×72:28.922:37.36
top 3.6%10 / 381
3×3 one-handed12.5715.48
top 3.8%69 / 1,508
Square-114.9920.48
top 16.5%95 / 547
3×3 blindfolded1:41.622:34.53
top 27.1%114 / 445
3×3 Multi-Blind2 of 3 cubes · 28:34—
early days — 1 solve142 / 169

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

Galeries Lafayette Open 2012: 16.83French Open 2013: 12.17Champagne Summer Open 2013: 12.40Champagne Summer Open 2014: 10.72France 2015: 11.73Champagne Open 2015: 10.19DYC Rubik Open 2015: 10.55Nancy Open 2015: 9.55Champagne Open 2016: 9.24Chelles Open 2017: 10.45French Championship 2017: 9.74World Rubik's Cube Championship 2017: 9.89Champagne Open 2017: 9.15Croissy Open 2018: 8.11French Championship 2018: 8.94L'Open du Berry 2018: 9.88Champagne Open 2018: 9.80Paris Open 2018: 9.56Chelles Open 2019: 8.08French Championship 2019: 8.64Champagne Open 2019: 9.29Chelles Open 2020: 10.13Paris Open 2022: 8.60Champagne Open 2022: 9.02Massy Palais'Open B 2022: 9.61Slow N Spooky Open 2022: 7.86Dontrien Open 2023: 8.49Douvrin Open 2023: 8.98French Championship 2023: 8.87Pays de Bray Open 2023: 7.98Sens Open 2023: 8.49Sézanne Open 2023: 8.29Champagne Open 2023: 8.83Vaudesincourt Farmer Big Cubes 2023: 8.79Chanteloup Open 2023: 9.09Hayange Open 2024: 8.96Longjum'Open 2024: 7.57Chelles Open 2024: 8.53Polytechnique Open 2024: 9.46French Championship 2024: 8.66Tigery Open 2024: 9.20Buchy Open 2024: 9.22Douvrin Open 2024: 8.31Portugal Championship 2024: 8.25Champagne Open 2024: 7.87Palais'Open 2024: 9.82Chevry Open 2024: 7.93Réau Open 2024: 8.53Chanteloup Open 2025: 7.98Chelles Open 2025: 8.55Eaubonne Open 2025: 8.76Tigery Open 2025: 8.33French Championship 2025: 8.65Longjum'Open 2025: 7.57Cernay-lès-Reims 2025: 9.14Champagne Open 2025: 8.41Chevry Miel 2025: 8.30Cernay-lès-Reims Open 2026: 8.59Chelles Open 2026: 8.99French Championship 2026: 8.45Tigery Open 2026: 8.15Longjum'Open 2026: 8.29Rueil Open 2026: 7.94Champagne Open 2026: 8.28L'Open de Meaux 2026: 8.237.5716.8331 Aug 201212 Sep 2026

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-25 4×4 single — 614 people have one; it is 2.01 away.
  • A sub-40 5×5 single — 73 people have one; it is 8.65 away.

Targets move as he improves.