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Philippe Virouleau

2×2 · top 1.8% of 186,767 all-time · competing since May 2008 · 2008VIRO01

Philippe Virouleau has been competing for 18 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.41, set at French Championship 2010, puts him in the top 1.8% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 80th in France. Until November 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 212 competitions since May 2008, he has put 8,562 official solves on the record across 17 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 88% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 26.72 in May 2008 to 8.31, a 69% improvement. Philippe has entered 212 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 1.8% of 186,767 all-time
1.41
signature single · French Championship 2010
8,562
official solves on the record
11%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 88% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingFrance
2×21.412.06
top 1.8%80 / 3,074
3×38.3110.68
top 3.4%203 / 4,746
4×431.0735.97
top 3.5%66 / 1,817
Pyraminx2.995.27
top 3.6%101 / 2,148
Square-18.4914.34
top 3.7%19 / 540
Skewb3.106.89
top 5.5%89 / 1,291
5×51:01.841:07.52
top 6.5%54 / 1,024
3×3 Fewest Moves28 moves34.67
top 9.9%53 / 367
Megaminx1:03.891:15.86
top 12.0%99 / 867
7×73:12.423:26.04
top 14.1%32 / 372
6×62:09.502:15.90
top 15.1%52 / 437
3×3 blindfolded1:14.621:38.74
top 17.7%79 / 434
3×3 Multi-Blind6 of 6 cubes · 40:26—
top 30.7%56 / 165
Clock12.9014.33
top 39.2%275 / 714
3×3 one-handed30.7440.63
top 48.3%689 / 1,490
4×4 blindfolded13:57.00—
top 74.0%52 / 71
5×5 blindfolded26:06.00—
early days — 1 solve24 / 28

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

Nantes Open 2008: 26.72Toulouse Summer Open 2008: 20.28Belgian Open 2009: 14.90French Open 2009: 16.75French Championship 2009: 16.16Nantes Open 2009: 15.33Dauphiné Open 2009: 10.19World Rubik's Cube Championship 2009: 13.33Clermont Open 2009: 13.30Toulouse Open 2010: 10.81French Open 2010: 12.53Montpellier Open 2010: 14.53French Championship 2010: 13.02Lyon Summer Open 2010: 13.86First Chamal'Open 2010: 12.34Galeries Lafayette Open 2010: 12.91European Rubik's Cube Championship 2010: 12.65Naoned Open 2010: 12.65Neptune Open 2011: 13.25French Championship 2011: 11.90Montpellier Open 2011: 13.34Dolmen Open 2011: 13.05Blind Open 2011: 12.31Lyon Open 2011: 12.03Naoned Open 2011: 12.83Puy de Dome Open 2011: 12.97Breizh Open 2012: 11.31French Championship 2012: 13.19Diñs Open 2012: 13.19La Montagne Open 2012: 13.43Typhoon Open 2012: 12.55European Rubik's Cube Championship 2012: 12.77Naoned Open 2012: 12.38Puy de Dôme Open 2012: 11.97MIL Open 2013: 12.77Galeries Dorian Open 2013: 12.15French Championship 2013: 13.06Avalon Open 2013: 11.15World Rubik's Cube Championship 2013: 11.38Puy de Dôme Open 2013: 12.19La Montagne Open 2013: 12.06Grenoble Winter Open 2014: 11.90Cannes Open 2014: 12.09Galeries Dorian Open 2014: 11.86French Championship 2014: 12.60FLIP Open 2014: 12.08Rubik's Cube European Championships 2014: 11.62Champagne Summer Open 2014: 11.72Hérimoncourt Open 2014: 11.80Kingscube Toulouse Open 2014: 11.15Ugine Jeu et Jouet 2014: 11.18France 2015: 11.44Lyon Megaminx Open 2015: 10.66FLIP Open 2015: 11.30Tunisia Summer Open 2015: 12.13Champagne Open 2015: 10.96Musée suisse du jeu 2015: 10.74Chambéry Cube Open 2015: 11.92HOOAH SMA 2015: 11.73Berkeley Fall 2015: 10.38Ugine Jeu et Jouet 2015: 10.86Phalsbourg Winter Open 2016: 8.81Berkeley Winter 2016: 11.46Open Cube Project 2016: 11.17French Championship 2016: 9.77Lyon Megaminx Open 2016: 11.16Cannes Summer Open 2016: 10.90European Rubik's Cube Championship 2016: 11.36Milan Summer Open 2016: 10.44Champagne Open 2016: 11.83Asian Championship 2016: 11.30Japan Open 2016: 10.53Annecy Open 2016: 9.51Chambéry Cube Open 2016: 12.14Andorra 2016: 10.48Ugine Jeu et Jouet 2016: 8.54Opal Open 2016: 10.35Istres Open 2017: 11.68Chelles Open 2017: 9.68Only Cube Open 2017: 11.46Madrid Open 2017: 10.89French Championship 2017: 12.14San Marino Open 2017: 8.88Aix-en-Provence Open 2017: 10.72World Rubik's Cube Championship 2017: 11.66Barby Cube 73 Open Automne 2017: 10.88Toulon Open 2017: 10.70Musée suisse du jeu 2017: 11.09Ugine Jeu et Jouet 2017: 10.32Chouchenn Open 2017: 10.25Mauritius Open 2018: 10.14Chambéry Cube 2018: 11.16Croissy Open 2018: 10.30French Championship 2018: 9.34Pict'Open 2018: 10.63Elsass Open 2018: 9.67Talence Open 2018: 11.03Nantes Open 2018: 11.40FLIP Open 2018: 10.44WCA European Championship 2018: 10.38Bratislava Mental Breakdown 2018: 10.44Sens Open 2018: 11.02Champagne Open 2018: 10.67Paris Open 2018: 10.39Luxembourg Open 2018: 9.59Weston-super-Mare Open 2018: 11.75Morocco Autumn 2018: 11.00Speedcub'Eirb Open 2019: 8.94Mauritius Open 2019: 10.42Ghana Open 2019: 11.30Coupe de l'AFS 2019: 9.45French Championship 2019: 10.75Elsass Open 2019: 9.24Atoutcubes Open 2019: 11.02WCA World Championship 2019: 10.35FLIP Open 2019: 8.91Sens Open 2019: 9.84Champagne Open 2019: 10.31Tassin-la-Demi-Cube Open 2019: 10.30Pau Open Fast'n Cuber 2019: 9.64Paris Open 2019: 10.32Weston-super-Mare Open 2019: 10.10Ugine Jeu et Jouet 2019: 10.15Speedcub'Eirb Winter Open 2019: 10.03Rouen Open 2020: 9.73Montpellier Open 2021: 9.85Gesté Barrière Open 2021: 10.67Garidech'Open 2021: 9.96Dontrien Open 2022: 10.19Montpellier Open 2022: 10.68Bayonne Atoutcubes Open 2022: 11.38Paris Open 2022: 10.64Carquef'Open 2022: 10.66Tigery Open 2022: 10.58Fleurance Open 2022: 11.39Angers ESEOpen 2022: 11.24Rubik's WCA European Championship 2022: 11.59French Championship 2022: 10.57Champagne Open 2022: 11.61G'été Open 2022: 10.46Massy Palais'Open A 2022: 9.77Esprit Cube Open Bayonne 2022: 11.40Garidech Open 2022: 9.94Dontrien Open 2023: 9.78Charente Open 2023: 8.78Chelles Open 2023: 9.82Pllouvara Open 2023: 10.44Bayonne Atoutcubes Open 2023: 8.84Carquef'Open 2023: 9.87French Championship 2023: 8.38Open de Lumes 2023: 9.24FLIP Open 2023: 12.25Rubik's WCA World Championship 2023: 10.27Un Petit Gesté Open 2023: 9.19 Esprit Cube Open Bayonne 2023: 10.49Chanteloup Open 2023: 9.91Talence Open 2023: 9.64Hayange Open 2024: 9.85Longjum'Open 2024: 9.36Chelles Open 2024: 8.78Polytechnique Open 2024: 9.15Charente Open 2024: 10.92French Championship 2024: 11.29Bayonne Atoutcubes Open 2024: 9.44Carquef'Open 2024: 10.27Tigery Open 2024: 9.58Buchy Open 2024: 9.84Douvrin Open 2024: 9.06FLIP Open 11: Road to Euros 2024: 10.43Rubik's WCA European Championship 2024: 8.38Cube en Baie Open 2024: 9.51Portugal Championship 2024: 9.63Champagne Open 2024: 9.60Gesté Une Fois 2024: 9.54Palais'Open 2024: 9.18 Esprit Cube Open Bayonne 2024: 11.12Chevry Open 2024: 9.68Garidech Open 2024: 9.59Gan Open 2024: 9.57St-Méloir-des-Ondes Breizh Open 2024: 10.09Bayonne Atoutcubes Open 2025: 9.41Carquef'Open 2025: 9.93Rubik's CLuBB de Boulogne-Billancourt 2025: 11.54Portugalete Open 2025: 10.52Champagne Open 2025: 10.09La Montagne Open 2025: 10.58Garidech Open 2025: 11.20Esprit Cube Anglet: PR Noël 2025: 9.71Là C'est Gesté 2026: 9.83Merignac Open CuBeutrois 2026: 10.01Chelles Open 2026: 9.13Racines Cubik de Beutre 2026: 8.96Esprit Cube Labenne 2026: 10.19FLIP Open 2026: 10.88Couffoul'Events 2026: 8.318.3126.7231 May 20087 Aug 2026

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-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.41 away.
  • A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.31 away.

Targets move as he improves.