People · France
Romain Salomé
3×3 · top 8.6% of 284,439 all-time · competing since October 2022 · 2022SALO03
Romain Salomé has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 10.40, set at Tigery Open 2025, puts him in the top 8.6% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 468th in France. Until February 2007, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 8 competitions since October 2022, he has put 216 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 53% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 17.86 in October 2022 to 10.40, a 42% improvement. Romain has entered eight competitions, more competitions than 90% 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 | 10.40 | 11.84 | top 8.6% | 468 / 4,746 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 16.66 | 20.73 | top 11.8% | 204 / 1,490 | |
| 2×2 | 3.62 | 5.34 | top 21.7% | 741 / 3,074 | |
| 4×4 | 53.40 | 1:00.82 | top 28.8% | 511 / 1,817 | |
| Pyraminx | 7.83 | 11.91 | top 34.8% | 811 / 2,148 | |
| 5×5 | 2:05.18 | 2:17.39 | top 52.5% | 493 / 1,024 | |
| Skewb | 14.45 | 28.31 | top 76.4% | 980 / 1,291 |
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
- 2 Mar 2024Five personal bests in one day at Polytechnique Open 2024.
- 27 Jan 2024Four personal bests in one day at Longjum'Open 2024.
- 6 May 2023Four personal bests in one day at French Championship 2023.
- 22 Jan 2023First sub-15 3×3: 12.63 at Hem MariCubik Winter Open B 2023.
- 22 Jan 2023Three personal bests in one day at Hem MariCubik Winter Open B 2023.
- 8 Oct 2022First competition: Massy Palais'Open B 2022. A 17.86 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Tigery Open 2025 · 22 Mar 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- French Championship 2024 · 30 Mar 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Polytechnique Open 2024 · 2 Mar 2024 — 5 personal bests set
- Longjum'Open 2024 · 27 Jan 2024 — 4 personal bests set
- French Championship 2023 · 6 May 2023 — 4 personal bests set
- Douvrin Open 2023 · 18 Mar 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Hem MariCubik Winter Open B 2023 · 22 Jan 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Massy Palais'Open B 2022 · 8 Oct 2022
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.
- Anthony Lafourcade — met in 44 rounds, never finished ahead
- Rémi Esturoune — met in 43 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
- Étienne Aubry — met in 40 rounds, finished ahead 6 times
Next targets
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 0.40 away.
- A sub-15 3×3 one-handed single — 5,987 people have one; it is 1.66 away.
Targets move as he improves.