People · France
Nikita Frétay--Bayart
Square-1 · top 0.35% of 25,272 all-time · competing since March 2023 · 2023FRET01
Nikita Frétay--Bayart has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the Square-1: a personal-best single of 5.25, set at Longjum'Open 2025, puts him in the top 0.35% of the 25,272 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2nd in France. Until October 2018, no official Square-1 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 24 competitions since March 2023, he has put 688 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 74% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 10.30 in March 2023 to 7.28, a 29% improvement. Nikita has entered 24 competitions, more competitions than 97% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | France | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Square-1 | 5.25 | 6.52 | top 0.35% | 2 / 540 | |
| 3×3 | 7.28 | 9.57 | top 1.7% | 113 / 4,746 | |
| 2×2 | 1.87 | 2.78 | top 4.0% | 170 / 3,074 | |
| Pyraminx | 4.62 | 6.99 | top 10.9% | 278 / 2,148 | |
| 4×4 | 43.20 | 47.05 | top 16.0% | 305 / 1,817 | |
| Megaminx | 1:55.05 | 2:08.55 | top 43.2% | 317 / 867 | |
| 5×5 | 2:19.06 | — | top 60.5% | 566 / 1,024 |
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
- 5 Oct 2024Three personal bests in one day at Zottegem Saturday Open 2024.
- 13 Apr 2024Four personal bests in one day at Leuven Open 2024.
- 23 Mar 2024First sub-10 3×3: 9.46 at Brugge Beginners Open 2024.
- 16 Mar 2024Three personal bests in one day at Geel Beginners Saturday 2024.
- 18 Mar 2023First competition: Douvrin Open 2023. A 11.18 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Rubik's WCA European Championship 2026 · 16 Jul 2026
- Longjum'Open 2026 · 8 May 2026
- Ulmgedreht 2026 · 21 Feb 2026
- Cernay-lès-Reims Open 2026 · 7 Feb 2026
- Zottegem Open 2025 · 1 Nov 2025
- Hvidovre Liga III 2025 · 25 Oct 2025
- Couffouleux Open 2025 · 15 Aug 2025
- Cernay-lès-Reims 2025 · 9 Aug 2025
- Arnhem Open 2025 · 28 Jun 2025
- Swisscubing Cup IV 2025 · 21 Jun 2025
- Open the Pot Dijon 2025 · 24 May 2025
- Longjum'Open 2025 · 3 May 2025 — 1 personal best set
- French Championship 2025 · 19 Apr 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Hurlubiks Cube Mouscron 2025 · 22 Feb 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Beveren Sunday Open 2024 · 24 Nov 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Belgian Nationals 2024 · 16 Nov 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Zottegem Saturday Open 2024 · 5 Oct 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Champagne Open 2024 · 7 Sep 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Douvrin Open 2024 · 22 Jun 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Leuven Open 2024 · 13 Apr 2024 — 4 personal bests set
- Brugge Beginners Open 2024 · 23 Mar 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Geel Beginners Saturday 2024 · 16 Mar 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Open de Lumes 2023 · 24 Jun 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Douvrin Open 2023 · 18 Mar 2023 — 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.
- Joran Pauwels — met in 68 rounds, finished ahead 19 times
- Aron De Vrieze — met in 62 rounds, finished ahead 31 times
- Bowen Xie (解博文) — met in 61 rounds, finished ahead 11 times
Next targets
- A sub-5 Square-1 single — 68 people have one; it is 0.25 away.
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 1.28 away.
Targets move as he improves.