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Raphaël Gaillard

3×3 · top 13.0% of 284,439 all-time · competing since September 2013 · 2013GAIL01

Raphaël Gaillard has been competing for 13 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 11.75, set at French Championship 2014, puts him in the top 13.0% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 659th in France. Across 5 competitions since September 2013, he has put 104 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 17% around a typical one, an early reading from 6 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 25.94 in September 2013 to 11.75, a 55% improvement. He has entered five competitions, more competitions than 83% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 13.0% of 284,439 all-time
11.75
signature single · French Championship 2014
104
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingFrance
3×311.7515.69
top 13.0%659 / 4,746
2×22.984.77
top 14.0%485 / 3,074
4×454.0059.14
top 29.5%525 / 1,817
3×3 one-handed26.9131.79
top 39.1%569 / 1,490
Pyraminx9.9612.34
top 52.7%1,203 / 2,148
5×53:35.91
early days — 2 solves854 / 1,024

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

Champagne Summer Open 2013: 25.94Phalsbourg Open 2013: 20.56French Championship 2014: 11.7511.7525.9414 Sep 201310 May 2014

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-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 1.75 away.
  • A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.98 away.

Targets move as he improves.