People · France
Paul Roux
3×3 · top 9.6% of 288,433 all-time · competing since August 2024 · 2024ROUX01
Paul Roux has been competing for 2 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 10.68, set at Longjum'Open 2026, puts him in the top 9.6% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 520th in France. Until August 2006, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 7 competitions since August 2024, he has put 165 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 55% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 13.84 in August 2024 to 10.68, a 23% improvement. Paul has entered seven competitions, more competitions than 88% 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 | 10.68 | 14.14 | top 9.6% | 520 / 4,823 | |
| Pyraminx | 5.23 | 8.15 | top 14.6% | 366 / 2,185 | |
| Skewb | 7.90 | 10.83 | top 40.6% | 562 / 1,309 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 32.17 | 36.78 | top 51.6% | 733 / 1,508 | |
| 4×4 | 1:28.07 | 1:42.87 | top 62.3% | 1,090 / 1,839 | |
| 2×2 | 7.53 | 8.44 | top 64.5% | 2,019 / 3,129 |
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
- 15 Aug 2025Three personal bests in one day at Cube Plan Baie 2025.
- 17 Aug 2024First competition: Cube en Baie Open 2024. A 16.31 3×3 single to start from.
- 17 Aug 2024First sub-15 3×3: 13.84 at Cube en Baie Open 2024.
Competitions
- Longjum'Open 2026 · 8 May 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Palais'10Open 2025 · 8 Nov 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Cube Plan Baie 2025 · 15 Aug 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Longjum'Open 2025 · 3 May 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Tigery Open 2025 · 22 Mar 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Chelles Open 2025 · 15 Feb 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Cube en Baie Open 2024 · 17 Aug 2024 — 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.
- Étienne Aubry — met in 30 rounds, finished ahead once
- Lucas Déglise — met in 30 rounds, never finished ahead
- Kévin Ky — met in 28 rounds, finished ahead once
Next targets
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,606 people have one; it is 0.68 away.
- A sub-5 Pyraminx single — 17,242 people have one; it is 0.23 away.
Targets move as he improves.