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

People · France

Naïl Bouberbachene

3×3 · top 0.91% of 284,439 all-time · competing since April 2018 · 2018BOUB01

Naïl Bouberbachene has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 6.57, set at Massy Palais'Open B 2022, puts him in the top 0.91% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 64th in France. Until May 2011, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 9 competitions since April 2018, he has put 215 official solves on the record across ten events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 78% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 9.22 in April 2018 to 6.57, a 29% improvement. He has entered nine competitions, more competitions than 91% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 0.91% of 284,439 all-time
6.57
signature single · Massy Palais'Open B 2022
215
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 78% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingFrance
3×36.579.40
top 0.91%64 / 4,746
4×442.4546.97
top 15.0%290 / 1,817
2×23.075.62
top 15.1%518 / 3,074
3×3 blindfolded1:57.262:20.81
top 32.6%140 / 434
Square-123.4734.07
top 35.8%188 / 540
Megaminx1:46.442:00.46
top 38.4%279 / 867
3×3 Multi-Blind4 of 4 cubes · 29:14
early days — 1 solve69 / 165
3×3 one-handed35.93
early days — 2 solves836 / 1,490
Pyraminx11.2213.51
top 62.1%1,405 / 2,148
Skewb17.6319.77
top 85.4%1,082 / 1,291

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

Pict'Open 2018: 9.22FLIP Open 2018: 11.16French Championship 2019: 8.79Paris Open 2022: 8.74Carquef'Open 2022: 8.51Tigery Open 2022: 8.51Massy Palais'Open B 2022: 6.57Tigery Open 2024: 9.65Lyon Last Layer 2025: 8.666.5711.167 Apr 20181 Feb 2025

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-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 0.57 away.
  • A sub-40 4×4 single — 10,180 people have one; it is 2.45 away.

Targets move as he improves.