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Stephane Mercier

3×3 · top 7.1% of 284,439 all-time · competing since May 2022 · 2022MERC01

Stephane Mercier has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.87, set at Pickering D 2023, puts him in the top 7.1% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 661st in Canada. Until May 2007, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 8 competitions since May 2022, he has put 120 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one; 86% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 11.21 in May 2022 to 9.87, a 12% improvement. Stephane has entered eight competitions, more competitions than 90% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 7.1% of 284,439 all-time
9.87
signature single · Pickering D 2023
120
official solves on the record
15%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 86% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingCanada
3×39.8711.88
top 7.1%661 / 10,392
4×445.4951.24
top 18.9%481 / 3,118
2×23.477.54
top 19.8%1,326 / 7,173
3×3 one-handed31.56
early days — 2 solves1,167 / 2,620
5×52:06.78
early days — 3 solves707 / 1,499

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

3x3x3 Only Hamilton A 2022: 11.21Ajax NxNxN 2022: 12.53Oakville Fall A 2022: 10.79Pickering D 2023: 9.87Appleby Summer B 2023: 11.70Ajax 3x3x3 Newcomers C 2024: 11.24Appleby Summer 2024: 10.13Pickering Mini Afternoon 2026: 11.349.8712.5329 May 202212 Apr 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-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.87 away.
  • A sub-40 4×4 single — 10,180 people have one; it is 5.49 away.

Targets move as he improves.