People · France
Siegfried Gapin
Clock · top 5.3% of 32,048 all-time · competing since February 2025 · 2025GAPI01
Siegfried Gapin has been competing for a year. His best event is the Clock: a personal-best single of 5.35, set at French Championship 2026, puts him in the top 5.3% of the 32,048 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 36th in France. Until December 2011, no official Clock solve in the world had been that fast. Across 15 competitions since February 2025, he has put 617 official solves on the record across 13 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 16% around a typical one; 94% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 22.48 in February 2025 to 10.81, a 52% improvement. Siegfried has entered 15 competitions, more competitions than 95% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | France | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clock | 5.35 | 6.83 | top 5.3% | 36 / 714 | |
| 2×2 | 2.33 | 4.64 | top 7.3% | 287 / 3,074 | |
| 3×3 | 10.81 | 13.14 | top 9.9% | 522 / 4,746 | |
| Megaminx | 1:05.64 | 1:12.08 | top 13.1% | 104 / 867 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 17.92 | 23.94 | top 14.9% | 246 / 1,490 | |
| Skewb | 5.12 | 9.05 | top 19.1% | 279 / 1,291 | |
| Pyraminx | 6.10 | 10.72 | top 20.7% | 522 / 2,148 | |
| 4×4 | 47.95 | 57.26 | top 22.1% | 406 / 1,817 | |
| Square-1 | 21.50 | 29.48 | top 31.3% | 165 / 540 | |
| 5×5 | 2:04.02 | — | top 51.8% | 482 / 1,024 | |
| 7×7 | 5:18.77 | 7:07.34 | top 56.5% | 170 / 372 | |
| 6×6 | 4:38.91 | 8:46.58 | top 77.0% | 319 / 437 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 53 moves | — | early days — 2 solves | 328 / 367 |
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
- 1 May 2026Four personal bests in one day at Camargue Open 2026.
- 4 Apr 2026Three personal bests in one day at French Championship 2026.
- 14 Feb 2026Three personal bests in one day at Cœur de Cube Charantonnay 2026.
- 15 Nov 2025Five personal bests in one day at Algorithmes Artistiques Abrésiens 2025.
- 27 Sep 2025Three personal bests in one day at Camargue Open 2025.
- 14 Sep 2025First sub-15 3×3: 13.82 at La Clock-de-Fonds 2025.
Competitions
- Algorithmes Artistiques Abrésiens 2026 · 22 Aug 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Camargue Open 2026 · 1 May 2026 — 4 personal bests set
- French Championship 2026 · 4 Apr 2026 — 3 personal bests set
- Cœur de Cube Charantonnay 2026 · 14 Feb 2026 — 3 personal bests set
- Algorithmes Artistiques Abrésiens 2025 · 15 Nov 2025 — 5 personal bests set
- Strossburi Open 2025 · 18 Oct 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Camargue Open 2025 · 27 Sep 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- La Clock-de-Fonds 2025 · 14 Sep 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Sorg'Open 2025 · 30 Aug 2025 — 6 personal bests set
- Couffouleux Open 2025 · 15 Aug 2025 — 7 personal bests set
- Mi'Lyon Open 2025 · 2 Aug 2025 — 7 personal bests set
- Barby Cube 2025 · 7 Jun 2025 — 11 personal bests set
- FMC French Championship 2025 · 15 Mar 2025
- Charantonnay Cube Clash 2025 · 8 Mar 2025 — 5 personal bests set
- Lyon Last Layer 2025 · 1 Feb 2025
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.
- Wilfrid Py — met in 110 rounds, finished ahead 15 times
- Romain Velcin — met in 107 rounds, never finished ahead
- Adrien Neveu — met in 101 rounds, finished ahead 16 times
Next targets
- A sub-5 Clock single — 1,421 people have one; it is 0.35 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.33 away.
Targets move as he improves.