People · France
Raphaël Talec
3×3 · top 29.4% of 284,439 all-time · competing since April 2023 · 2023TALE03
Raphaël Talec has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 16.49, set at Charantonnay Cube Clash 2025, puts him in the top 29.4% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,360th in France. Across 5 competitions since April 2023, he has put 70 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one, an early reading from 6 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 21.92 in April 2023 to 16.49, a 25% improvement. He has entered five competitions, more competitions than 83% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | France | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 16.49 | 19.45 | top 29.4% | 1,360 / 4,746 | |
| Pyraminx | 7.39 | 12.15 | top 31.1% | 737 / 2,148 | |
| 2×2 | 4.91 | 6.87 | top 38.2% | 1,218 / 3,074 | |
| Clock | 15.87 | 17.46 | top 51.3% | 369 / 714 | |
| 4×4 | 2:21.31 | — | early days — 2 solves | 1,552 / 1,817 |
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
- 21 Sep 2024First sub-20 3×3: 17.07 at Barby Cube Autumn 2024.
- 22 Apr 2023First competition: Monts du Lyonnais Open 2023. A 21.92 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Algorithmes Artistiques Abrésiens 2025 · 15 Nov 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Charantonnay Cube Clash 2025 · 8 Mar 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Barby Cube Autumn 2024 · 21 Sep 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Lyon Last Layer Open 2023 · 1 Jul 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Monts du Lyonnais Open 2023 · 22 Apr 2023
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.
- Romain Moreau — met in 15 rounds, finished ahead 9 times
- Romain Velcin — met in 15 rounds, finished ahead once
- Basile Chandon — met in 14 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-15 3×3 single — 69,493 people have one; it is 1.49 away.
- A sub-6 Pyraminx single — 25,870 people have one; it is 1.39 away.
Targets move as he improves.