People · France
Valentin Ardaillon
3×3 · top 1.4% of 284,439 all-time · competing since July 2015 · 2015ARDA01
Valentin Ardaillon has been competing for 11 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 7.05, set at French Championship 2018, puts him in the top 1.4% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 96th in France. Until November 2010, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 6 competitions since July 2015, he has put 332 official solves on the record across ten events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 86% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 10.78 in July 2015 to 7.05, a 35% improvement. Valentin has entered six competitions, more competitions than 86% 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 | 7.05 | 10.28 | top 1.4% | 96 / 4,746 | |
| 2×2 | 1.65 | 3.52 | top 2.8% | 127 / 3,074 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 13.48 | 16.75 | top 5.2% | 90 / 1,490 | |
| Pyraminx | 4.66 | 5.53 | top 11.2% | 282 / 2,148 | |
| 4×4 | 41.26 | 46.02 | top 13.6% | 264 / 1,817 | |
| Skewb | 5.46 | 7.25 | top 21.7% | 313 / 1,291 | |
| Megaminx | 1:48.09 | — | top 39.3% | 286 / 867 | |
| 5×5 | 1:57.03 | 2:20.40 | top 47.4% | 432 / 1,024 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 4:18.89 | — | early days — 2 solves | 315 / 434 | |
| Square-1 | 52.45 | — | early days — 1 solve | 410 / 540 |
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
- 31 Mar 2018Three personal bests in one day at French Championship 2018.
- 4 Mar 2017Six personal bests in one day at Only Cube Open 2017.
- 9 Jul 2016First sub-10 3×3: 9.97 at Belfort Open 2016.
- 9 Jul 2016Seven personal bests in one day at Belfort Open 2016.
- 24 Oct 2015Six personal bests in one day at Nancy Open 2015.
- 4 Jul 2015First competition: Lyon Megaminx Open 2015. A 11.36 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- French Championship 2018 · 31 Mar 2018 — 3 personal bests set
- World Rubik's Cube Championship 2017 · 13 Jul 2017
- Only Cube Open 2017 · 4 Mar 2017 — 6 personal bests set
- Belfort Open 2016 · 9 Jul 2016 — 7 personal bests set
- Nancy Open 2015 · 24 Oct 2015 — 6 personal bests set
- Lyon Megaminx Open 2015 · 4 Jul 2015 — 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.
- Reto Bubendorf — met in 71 rounds, finished ahead 12 times
- Juliette Sébastien — met in 64 rounds, finished ahead 15 times
- Nicolas Gertner Kilian — met in 60 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
Next targets
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 1.05 away.
- A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.65 away.
Targets move as he improves.