People · Switzerland
Raphaël Mellier
3×3 · top 6.3% of 284,439 all-time · competing since November 2017 · 2017MELL03
Raphaël Mellier has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.58, set at Martigny Open 2025, puts him in the top 6.3% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 83rd in Switzerland. Until November 2007, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 21 competitions since November 2017, he has put 490 official solves on the record across nine 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 57.65 in May 2018 to 9.58, an 83% improvement. He has entered 21 competitions, more competitions than 97% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Switzerland | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 9.58 | 11.48 | top 6.3% | 83 / 1,197 | |
| 2×2 | 2.42 | 4.30 | top 8.1% | 118 / 913 | |
| Pyraminx | 4.99 | 8.38 | top 13.1% | 114 / 655 | |
| 4×4 | 47.47 | 59.32 | top 21.4% | 87 / 462 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 24.78 | 28.59 | top 33.6% | 114 / 367 | |
| Skewb | 10.75 | 14.69 | top 59.4% | 262 / 388 | |
| Square-1 | 39.94 | 51.04 | top 65.3% | 105 / 159 | |
| 5×5 | 2:50.98 | — | top 75.0% | 183 / 266 | |
| Clock | 46.08 | — | early days — 1 solve | 219 / 226 |
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
Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 26 Aug 2023First sub-10 3×3: 9.93 at Swisscubing Cup V 2023.
- 26 Aug 2023Three personal bests in one day at Swisscubing Cup V 2023.
- 27 May 2023Three personal bests in one day at Swiss Nationals 2023.
- 3 Dec 2022First sub-15 3×3: 11.42 at Swisscubing Cup Finale 2022.
- 8 Oct 2022First sub-30 3×3: 17.12 at Swisscubing Cup V 2022.
- 8 Oct 2022First sub-20 3×3: 17.12 at Swisscubing Cup V 2022.
Competitions
- Martigny Open 2025 · 26 Apr 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Newchâtel 2025 · 29 Mar 2025
- Romandie Doigts Rapides 2025 · 2 Mar 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Swisscubing Cup I 2025 · 11 Jan 2025
- Lonay Cube 2024 · 26 Oct 2024
- Swiss Nationals 2024 · 4 Oct 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Swisscubing Cup III 2024 · 4 May 2024
- Swisscubing Cup V 2023 · 26 Aug 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Swiss Nationals 2023 · 27 May 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Swisscubing Cup III 2023 · 13 May 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Swisscubing Cup II 2023 · 18 Mar 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Chääswürfel 2022 · 31 Dec 2022
- Swisscubing Cup Finale 2022 · 3 Dec 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- Swiss Science Open 2022 · 5 Nov 2022
- Swisscubing Cup V 2022 · 8 Oct 2022 — 4 personal bests set
- Swisscubing Cup III 2018 · 1 Sep 2018
- Lausanne Euro Qualifier 2018 · 25 May 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- Zurich Open 2018 · 12 May 2018 — 1 personal best set
- Saint-Maurice Sunday Open 2018 · 15 Apr 2018
- Swisscubing Cup I 2018 · 3 Mar 2018
- Musée suisse du jeu 2017 · 11 Nov 2017
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.
- Levin Houghton — met in 87 rounds, never finished ahead
- Ioannis Papadopoulos — met in 84 rounds, finished ahead 49 times
- Tobias Peter — met in 84 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.58 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.42 away.
Targets move as he improves.