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Mickaël Paquer

3×3 · top 17.0% of 288,433 all-time · competing since April 2013 · 2013PAQU01

Mickaël Paquer has been competing for 14 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 12.85, set at Châteaubourg Open 2025, puts him in the top 17.0% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 858th in France. Across 18 competitions since April 2013, he has put 420 official solves on the record across twelve events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 16% around a typical one; 93% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 52.18 in April 2013 to 12.85, a 75% improvement. He has entered 18 competitions, more competitions than 96% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 17.0% of 288,433 all-time
12.85
signature single · Châteaubourg Open 2025
420
official solves on the record
16%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 93% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingFrance
3×312.8516.20
top 17.0%858 / 4,823
2×24.508.03
top 33.0%1,095 / 3,129
4×457.1559.73
top 33.4%614 / 1,839
Pyraminx8.4814.90
top 40.4%953 / 2,185
3×3 Fewest Moves40 moves—
early days — 3 solves203 / 368
3×3 blindfolded2:45.96—
top 48.5%220 / 445
3×3 one-handed31.8844.49
top 51.0%719 / 1,508
5×52:06.592:27.83
top 53.5%515 / 1,038
3×3 Multi-Blind2 of 3 cubes · 18:55—
early days — 2 solves133 / 169
Megaminx4:33.27—
early days — 1 solve782 / 872
Skewb41.141:25.20
top 99.2%1,296 / 1,309
Clock1:28.81—
early days — 2 solves716 / 719

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: 52.18DYC Rubik Open 2015: 23.18French Championship 2016: 22.27Istres Open 2017: 18.20Aix-en-Provence Open 2017: 14.10Paris Open 2018: 15.80Cube An Dro 2019: 14.82Gesté Barrière Open 2021: 15.96Massy Palais'Open B 2022: 13.10Pllouvara Open 2024: 15.66Gesté Une Fois 2024: 14.78St-Méloir-des-Ondes Breizh Open 2024: 13.67Cube en Baie Open 2025: 15.22La Montagne Open 2025: 13.55Châteaubourg Open 2025: 12.85Questem'paire 2026: 15.2212.8552.1827 Apr 201327 Jun 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-12 3×3 single — 40,277 people have one; it is 0.85 away.
  • A sub-4 2×2 single — 50,215 people have one; it is 0.50 away.

Targets move as he improves.