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Romain Velcin

Clock · top 0.27% of 32,048 all-time · competing since April 2023 · 2023VELC01

Romain Velcin has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the Clock: a personal-best single of 2.53, set at Algorithmes Artistiques Abrésiens 2025, puts him in the top 0.27% of the 32,048 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 3rd in France. Until April 2024, no official Clock solve in the world had been that fast. Across 36 competitions since April 2023, he has put 2,182 official solves on the record across 17 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 56% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 13.48 in April 2023 to 6.35, a 53% improvement. Romain has entered 36 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

Clock
best event — top 0.27% of 32,048 all-time
2.53
signature single · Algorithmes Artistiques Abrésiens 2025
2,182
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 56% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingFrance
Clock2.533.00
top 0.27%3 / 714
3×36.358.63
top 0.72%51 / 4,746
4×427.5231.58
top 1.6%32 / 1,817
Megaminx40.1446.81
top 1.6%15 / 867
Skewb2.313.98
top 2.3%36 / 1,291
Square-17.5310.08
top 2.4%15 / 540
3×3 one-handed11.8015.74
top 2.7%47 / 1,490
2×21.742.53
top 3.3%145 / 3,074
Pyraminx2.964.00
top 3.5%98 / 2,148
3×3 Fewest Moves24 moves27.33
top 4.0%19 / 367
3×3 blindfolded35.0046.07
top 5.5%24 / 434
3×3 Multi-Blind20 of 21 cubes · 58:23—
top 5.5%12 / 165
5×51:00.311:03.92
top 5.7%46 / 1,024
6×61:55.272:00.80
top 9.2%29 / 437
7×73:06.363:14.78
top 12.3%29 / 372
4×4 blindfolded3:54.197:00.41
top 14.0%12 / 71
5×5 blindfolded11:52.0015:33.00
top 28.0%10 / 28

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

Monts du Lyonnais Open 2023: 13.48Lyon Last Layer Open 2023: 12.44Sorg'Open 2023: 11.97Villeneuve les Avignon Open 2023: 11.06Charantonnay Cube Clash 2024: 11.37Only Oullins Open 2024: 10.58Squockholm Open 2024: 9.12Barby Cube 2024: 10.38Barby Cube Autumn 2024: 10.22Garidech Open 2024: 8.51Sorg'Open 2024: 10.08Lyon Last Layer 2025: 9.25Charantonnay Cube Clash 2025: 9.29French Championship 2025: 9.21Barby Cube 2025: 8.51Mi'Lyon Open 2025: 8.45Sorg'Open 2025: 7.68La Clock-de-Fonds 2025: 9.73Camargue Open 2025: 8.96Algorithmes Artistiques Abrésiens 2025: 9.39Just Judge Jura 2026: 10.00Cœur de Cube Charantonnay 2026: 9.61French Championship 2026: 8.46Le Speedcube De Morteau 2026: 8.13Longjum'Open 2026: 8.22Barby Cube 2026: 8.13Lavey-Vous les Mains 2026: 7.95Rubik's WCA European Championship 2026: 6.35Couffoul'Events 2026: 8.636.3513.4822 Apr 20237 Aug 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.

Next targets

  • A sub-2 Clock single — 17 people have one; it is 0.53 away.
  • A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 0.35 away.

Targets move as he improves.