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Simon Bourigault
3×3 blindfolded · top 17.1% of 12,178 all-time · competing since December 2007 · 2007BOUR01
Simon Bourigault has been competing for 19 years. His best event is the 3×3 blindfolded: a personal-best single of 1:12.90, set at Lyon Sinterklaas Open 2010, puts him in the top 17.1% of the 12,178 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 74th in France. Across 10 competitions since December 2007, he has put 107 official solves on the record across four events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 16% around a typical one; 92% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 22.30 in December 2007 to 14.58, a 35% improvement. Simon has entered ten competitions, more competitions than 92% 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 blindfolded | 1:12.90 | 1:38.43 | top 17.1% | 74 / 434 | |
| 3×3 | 14.58 | 20.03 | top 23.0% | 1,087 / 4,746 | |
| 3×3 Multi-Blind | 5 of 5 cubes · 43:41 | — | early days — 1 solve | 64 / 165 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 44.63 | 1:01.74 | top 71.1% | 993 / 1,490 |
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
- 16 Sep 2011First sub-15 3×3: 14.58 at Galeries Lafayette Open 2011.
- 10 Apr 2009First sub-20 3×3: 16.56 at French Championship 2009.
- 22 Dec 2007First competition: Lyon Winter Open 2007. A 24.83 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Galeries Lafayette Open 2011 · 16 Sep 2011 — 1 personal best set
- Neptune Open 2011 · 19 Feb 2011 — 2 personal bests set
- Lyon Sinterklaas Open 2010 · 4 Dec 2010 — 1 personal best set
- European Rubik's Cube Championship 2010 · 1 Oct 2010 — 2 personal bests set
- French Championship 2010 · 9 Apr 2010
- Toulouse Open 2010 · 23 Jan 2010
- French Championship 2009 · 10 Apr 2009 — 2 personal bests set
- Toulouse Summer Open 2008 · 5 Jul 2008 — 2 personal bests set
- French Open 2008 · 15 Mar 2008 — 1 personal best set
- Lyon Winter Open 2007 · 22 Dec 2007 — 1 personal best set
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.
- Laetitia Lemoine — met in 24 rounds, finished ahead 12 times
- Clément Gallet — met in 24 rounds, finished ahead 7 times
- François Courtès — met in 21 rounds, finished ahead 15 times
Next targets
- A sub-1:00 3×3 blindfolded single — 1,593 people have one; it is 12.90 away.
- A sub-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 2.58 away.
Targets move as he improves.