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Pierre Desmet

3×3 blindfolded · top 6.1% of 12,178 all-time · competing since August 2012 · 2012DESM02

Pierre Desmet has been competing for 14 years. His best event is the 3×3 blindfolded: a personal-best single of 37.38, set at L'Open du Berry 2018, puts him in the top 6.1% of the 12,178 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 28th in France. Until August 2009, no official 3×3 blindfolded solve in the world had been that fast. Across 22 competitions since August 2012, he has put 682 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 90% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 18.33 in August 2012 to 10.33, a 44% improvement. Pierre has entered 22 competitions, more competitions than 97% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3 blindfolded
best event — top 6.1% of 12,178 all-time
37.38
signature single · L'Open du Berry 2018
682
official solves on the record
11%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 90% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingFrance
3×3 blindfolded37.381:01.89
top 6.1%28 / 434
3×310.3313.26
top 8.4%461 / 4,746
2×22.964.09
top 13.8%481 / 3,074
3×3 Multi-Blind11 of 12 cubes · 55:06—
top 17.3%31 / 165
4×456.511:04.47
top 32.5%589 / 1,817
3×3 one-handed25.0429.95
top 34.3%503 / 1,490
Pyraminx8.2114.64
top 38.0%876 / 2,148

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

Galeries Lafayette Open 2012: 18.33HEM MariCubik Open 2013: 16.88French Championship 2014: 15.36HEM MariCubik Open 2014: 14.09Open Cube Project 2015: 12.65HEM MariCubik Open 2015: 12.83Champagne Open 2015: 14.50Chambéry Cube Open 2015: 12.18Lyon Christmas Open 2015: 13.31Lyon Megaminx Open 2016: 12.56Hem MariCubik Open 2016: 13.49Champagne Open 2016: 12.88French Championship 2017: 12.36World Rubik's Cube Championship 2017: 15.58Champagne Open 2017: 11.76Croissy Open 2018: 12.10French Championship 2018: 10.33L'Open du Berry 2018: 12.98Hem MariCubik Open 2018: 11.35Champagne Open 2018: 11.83Paris Open 2018: 13.3710.3318.3331 Aug 20126 Oct 2018

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-30 3×3 blindfolded single — 501 people have one; it is 7.38 away.
  • A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 0.33 away.

Targets move as he improves.