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Philippe Lucien

2×2 · top 25.4% of 189,179 all-time · competing since May 2011 · 2011LUCI01

Philippe Lucien has been competing for 16 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 3.91, set at Lyon Open 2011, puts him in the top 25.4% of the 189,179 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 894th in France. Across 41 competitions since May 2011, he has put 1,071 official solves on the record across eleven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 82% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 19.38 in May 2011 to 17.08, a 12% improvement. Philippe has entered 41 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 25.4% of 189,179 all-time
3.91
signature single · Lyon Open 2011
1,071
official solves on the record
11%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 82% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingFrance
2×23.916.48
top 25.4%894 / 3,129
3×317.0819.39
top 31.3%1,474 / 4,823
Pyraminx8.3312.86
top 39.1%921 / 2,185
3×3 one-handed26.8841.42
top 39.1%575 / 1,508
3×3 Fewest Moves38 moves—
top 41.0%178 / 368
Clock18.4620.35
top 60.2%433 / 719
4×41:32.391:46.17
top 65.5%1,138 / 1,839
Skewb13.3219.04
top 72.1%945 / 1,309
3×3 blindfolded8:19.08—
early days — 2 solves425 / 445
Megaminx5:06.55—
top 96.6%822 / 872
5×55:05.15—
top 97.1%987 / 1,038

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

Vesoul Open 2011: 19.38Lyon Open 2011: 25.19Magic Open 2011: 19.58Lyon Winter Open 2012: 19.16French Championship 2012: 22.33Galeries Dorian Open 2012: 19.90Vesoul Open Rubik 2012: 20.05Haute-Patate Open 2012: 17.08Galeries Lafayette Open 2012: 20.50Galeries Dorian Open 2013: 18.58French Open 2013: 21.04Phalsbourg Open 2013: 17.22French Championship 2014: 21.94Hérimoncourt Open 2014: 19.33Phalsbourg Open 2015: 20.06France 2015: 18.64Champagne Open 2015: 20.95Nancy Open 2015: 23.15Chambéry Cube Open 2015: 19.77Phalsbourg Winter Open 2016: 19.71French Championship 2016: 20.01Strasbourg Open 2016: 18.40Belfort Open 2016: 19.81Champagne Open 2016: 17.75Montbéliard Open 2016: 19.18Chambéry Cube Open 2016: 19.36Nancy Open 2016: 18.76French Championship 2017: 20.71World Rubik's Cube Championship 2017: 21.99Champagne Open 2017: 20.52Barby Cube 73 Open Automne 2017: 19.64Nancy Open 2017: 18.49Belfort Open 2018: 19.07French Championship 2018: 22.00Elsass Open 2018: 20.74Champagne Open 2018: 19.20Open de Lumes 2019: 21.50French Championship 2019: 21.62Elsass Open 2019: 20.51Paris Open 2019: 23.79Barby Cube 2019: 19.6617.0825.1914 May 20119 Nov 2019

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-3 2×2 single — 27,049 people have one; it is 0.91 away.
  • A sub-15 3×3 single — 70,740 people have one; it is 2.08 away.

Targets move as he improves.