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Quentin Sanchez

2×2 · top 3.1% of 186,767 all-time · competing since November 2016 · 2016SANC41

Quentin Sanchez has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.71, set at Just Judge Jura 2026, puts him in the top 3.1% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 137th in France. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 11 competitions since November 2016, he has put 473 official solves on the record across twelve events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 78% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 10.81 in November 2016 to 8.52, a 21% improvement. Quentin has entered eleven competitions, more competitions than 93% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 3.1% of 186,767 all-time
1.71
signature single · Just Judge Jura 2026
473
official solves on the record
14%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 78% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingFrance
2×21.714.48
top 3.1%137 / 3,074
3×38.5210.83
top 3.8%228 / 4,746
4×438.4244.33
top 10.2%201 / 1,817
5×51:09.111:17.67
top 11.0%98 / 1,024
3×3 one-handed16.4824.97
top 11.3%196 / 1,490
Pyraminx6.5513.63
top 24.2%587 / 2,148
6×62:29.912:50.88
top 25.5%93 / 437
7×74:22.934:25.37
top 38.7%116 / 372
Skewb10.3816.23
top 57.3%766 / 1,291
Clock18.5924.58
top 60.5%432 / 714
Megaminx2:48.10
top 69.4%525 / 867
3×3 blindfolded4:06.68
early days — 1 solve304 / 434

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

Chambéry Cube Open 2016: 10.81Only Cube Open 2017: 12.11Barby Cube 73 Open Automne 2017: 10.07Barby Cube 2024: 9.42Barby Cube Autumn 2024: 10.18Just Judge Jura 2025: 10.08Open the Pot Dijon 2025: 8.52Algorithmes Artistiques Abrésiens 2025: 9.23Just Judge Jura 2026: 9.74French Championship 2026: 9.818.5212.1111 Nov 20164 Apr 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.

  • Noé Bourdon — met in 105 rounds, finished ahead 13 times
  • Wilfrid Py — met in 84 rounds, finished ahead 29 times
  • Ilona Ansel — met in 84 rounds, finished ahead 10 times

Next targets

  • A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.71 away.
  • A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.52 away.

Targets move as he improves.