People · France
Paul Lafourcade
3×3 · top 2.2% of 288,433 all-time · competing since May 2019 · 2019LAFO01
Paul Lafourcade has been competing for 7 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 7.65, set at Gan Open 2025, puts him in the top 2.2% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 149th in France. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 12 competitions since May 2019, he has put 287 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 91% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 18.14 in May 2019 to 7.65, a 58% improvement. Paul has entered twelve competitions, more competitions than 94% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | France | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 7.65 | 9.75 | top 2.2% | 149 / 4,823 | |
| 5×5 | 1:24.03 | 1:28.43 | top 22.5% | 209 / 1,038 | |
| 2×2 | 4.16 | 6.02 | top 28.6% | 979 / 3,129 | |
| 4×4 | 54.84 | 59.03 | top 30.7% | 552 / 1,839 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 28.60 | 35.12 | top 43.5% | 631 / 1,508 | |
| Skewb | 18.10 | 25.24 | top 86.4% | 1,112 / 1,309 |
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
- 6 Nov 2021Three personal bests in one day at Gesté Barrière Open 2021.
- 18 Jul 2021First sub-10 3×3: 9.90 at Villeneuve-lès-Avignon B 2021.
- 18 Jul 2021Three personal bests in one day at Villeneuve-lès-Avignon B 2021.
- 7 Mar 2020Three personal bests in one day at Iruña Open 2020.
- 14 Dec 2019Four personal bests in one day at Speedcub'Eirb Winter Open 2019.
- 12 Oct 2019First sub-15 3×3: 13.30 at Pau Open Fast'n Cuber 2019.
Competitions
- Gan Open 2025 · 18 Oct 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Bouillon Cube Pau'tos Jeux 2025 · 12 Apr 2025
- Gan Open 2024 · 9 Nov 2024
- Gan Open 2023 · 23 Sep 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Bayonne Atoutcubes Open 2023 · 25 Mar 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Gesté Barrière Open 2021 · 6 Nov 2021 — 3 personal bests set
- Montpellier Open 2021 · 9 Oct 2021 — 1 personal best set
- Villeneuve-lès-Avignon B 2021 · 18 Jul 2021 — 3 personal bests set
- Iruña Open 2020 · 7 Mar 2020 — 3 personal bests set
- Speedcub'Eirb Winter Open 2019 · 14 Dec 2019 — 4 personal bests set
- Pau Open Fast'n Cuber 2019 · 12 Oct 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Atoutcubes Open 2019 · 25 May 2019 — 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.
- Wilfrid Py — met in 58 rounds, finished ahead 9 times
- Baptiste Hennuy — met in 51 rounds, finished ahead 23 times
- Quentin Rivault — met in 49 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,419 people have one; it is 1.65 away.
- A sub-1:00 5×5 single — 2,328 people have one; it is 24.03 away.
Targets move as he improves.