People · France
Sonam Joubert
3×3 · top 3.9% of 288,433 all-time · competing since May 2017 · 2017JOUB01
Sonam Joubert has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.56, set at Chanteloup Open 2025, puts him in the top 3.9% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 237th in France. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 18 competitions since May 2017, he has put 612 official solves on the record across eleven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 57% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 25.74 in May 2017 to 8.56, a 67% improvement. Sonam has entered 18 competitions, more competitions than 96% 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 | 8.56 | 11.05 | top 3.9% | 237 / 4,823 | |
| 2×2 | 2.29 | 4.27 | top 7.0% | 290 / 3,129 | |
| 4×4 | 38.25 | 47.85 | top 10.1% | 202 / 1,839 | |
| Skewb | 4.47 | 7.52 | top 14.3% | 209 / 1,309 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 19.76 | 25.83 | top 19.9% | 322 / 1,508 | |
| Pyraminx | 6.39 | 7.87 | top 23.0% | 576 / 2,185 | |
| 5×5 | 1:37.29 | 1:46.83 | top 33.4% | 319 / 1,038 | |
| Square-1 | 25.96 | 33.26 | top 41.4% | 226 / 547 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 45 moves | 49.00 | early days — 3 solves | 266 / 368 | |
| 6×6 | 4:04.84 | 4:08.92 | top 67.2% | 283 / 444 | |
| 7×7 | 6:51.30 | — | early days — 2 solves | 268 / 381 |
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
- 8 May 2026Three personal bests in one day at Longjum'Open 2026.
- 3 May 2025Three personal bests in one day at Longjum'Open 2025.
- 15 Feb 2025Three personal bests in one day at Chelles Open 2025.
- 11 Jan 2025First sub-10 3×3: 8.56 at Chanteloup Open 2025.
- 11 Jan 2025Three personal bests in one day at Chanteloup Open 2025.
- 23 Nov 2024Five personal bests in one day at Réau Open 2024.
Competitions
- Chevry of All Time 2026 · 17 Oct 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Gif-sûr de PR 2026 · 30 May 2026
- Rueil Open 2026 · 23 May 2026
- Longjum'Open 2026 · 8 May 2026 — 3 personal bests set
- Palais'10Open 2025 · 8 Nov 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Nanterre Open 2025 · 17 May 2025
- Longjum'Open 2025 · 3 May 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Tigery Open 2025 · 22 Mar 2025
- Chelles Open 2025 · 15 Feb 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Chanteloup Open 2025 · 11 Jan 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Réau Open 2024 · 23 Nov 2024 — 5 personal bests set
- French Championship 2022 · 26 Aug 2022 — 6 personal bests set
- Montpellier Open 2022 · 26 Mar 2022 — 3 personal bests set
- Mémorial François Courtès - Un Temps pour Lui 2020 · 22 Feb 2020 — 2 personal bests set
- Istres Open 2020 · 25 Jan 2020 — 1 personal best set
- Villeneuve-lès-Avignon Open 2019 · 23 Feb 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Montpellier Open 2018 · 13 Oct 2018 — 3 personal bests set
- Aix-en-Provence Open 2017 · 27 May 2017
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.
- Lucas Déglise — met in 111 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Anthony Lafourcade — met in 107 rounds, never finished ahead
- Étienne Aubry — met in 98 rounds, finished ahead 14 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 8,101 people have one; it is 0.56 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 9,039 people have one; it is 0.29 away.
Targets move as he improves.