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Valentin Hoffmann

3×3 · top 0.4% of 284,439 all-time · competing since September 2011 · 2011HOFF02

Valentin Hoffmann has been competing for 15 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 5.85, set at Lutzelbourg Open 2026, puts him in the top 0.4% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 29th in France. Until June 2011, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 159 competitions since September 2011, he has put 9,699 official solves on the record across 14 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 90% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 14.55 in September 2011 to 5.85, a 60% improvement. Valentin has entered 159 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 0.4% of 284,439 all-time
5.85
signature single · Lutzelbourg Open 2026
9,699
official solves on the record
11%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 90% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingFrance
3×35.858.19
top 0.4%29 / 4,746
2×21.162.49
top 0.92%31 / 3,074
4×426.8430.60
top 1.3%23 / 1,817
5×549.4356.59
top 1.6%14 / 1,024
Pyraminx2.584.71
top 2.4%64 / 2,148
3×3 one-handed11.5415.63
top 2.4%40 / 1,490
7×72:24.912:35.18
top 3.0%7 / 372
6×61:37.621:44.33
top 3.5%12 / 437
Megaminx54.301:02.54
top 7.1%58 / 867
3×3 Fewest Moves27 moves34.33
top 8.0%41 / 367
3×3 blindfolded46.001:04.13
top 8.6%40 / 434
Skewb5.4610.13
top 21.7%313 / 1,291
3×3 Multi-Blind9 of 10 cubes · 40:51—
top 21.9%40 / 165
Clock10.2612.09
top 26.4%174 / 714

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

Galeries Lafayette Open 2011: 14.55Magic Open 2011: 13.75French Championship 2012: 12.09Zune Open 2012: 11.26Vesoul Open Rubik 2012: 11.81La Montagne Open 2012: 10.90Typhoon Open 2012: 11.06Galeries Lafayette Open 2012: 10.88Phalsbourg Open 2012: 10.08Puy de Dôme Open 2012: 10.08French Championship 2013: 10.25HEM MariCubik Open 2013: 9.61Bussières Open 2013: 8.97Champagne Summer Open 2013: 9.30Phalsbourg Open 2013: 6.90La Montagne Open 2013: 9.43Galeries Dorian Open 2014: 7.88French Championship 2014: 8.41Rubik's Cube European Championships 2014: 9.10Champagne Summer Open 2014: 8.65Ugine Jeu et Jouet 2014: 8.66Phalsbourg Open 2015: 9.11Swiss Nationals 2015: 9.03France 2015: 9.25Lyon Megaminx Open 2015: 8.46Champagne Open 2015: 8.71DYC Rubik Open 2015: 9.13Nancy Open 2015: 8.15Lyon Christmas Open 2015: 7.89Frankfurt Cube Days 2016: 7.85Phalsbourg Winter Open 2016: 9.74French Championship 2016: 6.74Hessen Open 2016: 8.88Strasbourg Open 2016: 9.08FLIP Rubik Open 2016: 8.71European Rubik's Cube Championship 2016: 9.40Tübingen Open 2016: 8.52Champagne Open 2016: 8.41Musée suisse du jeu 2016: 8.67Montbéliard Open 2016: 8.27Nancy Open 2016: 8.67Frankfurt Cube Days 2017: 9.11French Championship 2017: 8.89Hessen Open 2017: 8.62World Rubik's Cube Championship 2017: 8.67Champagne Open 2017: 8.35Barby Cube 73 Open Automne 2017: 8.63Musée suisse du jeu 2017: 7.28PSKubing 2017: 8.59Nancy Open 2017: 7.42Swiss Nationals 2017: 8.05Belfort Open 2018: 7.09Frankfurt Cube Days 2018: 8.26French Championship 2018: 8.56Stenay Open 2018: 7.88Elsass Open 2018: 8.61Hessen Open 2018: 8.36Lausanne Euro Qualifier 2018: 7.82WCA European Championship 2018: 8.88Champagne Open 2018: 8.61Monnem City Cubing 2018: 8.12Paris Open 2018: 7.76Luxembourg Open 2018: 7.78Awesome Bruchsal Cubing 2018: 7.83Ugine Jeu et Jouet 2018: 7.34Just Cube Open 2019: 9.19Open de Lumes 2019: 8.20French Championship 2019: 8.34Elsass Open 2019: 8.11Rhein-Neckar Open 2019: 8.13Swisscubing Cup III 2019: 7.24Warm Up Sydney 2019: 8.39WCA World Championship 2019: 8.22German Nationals 2019: 7.50Champagne Open 2019: 7.15Tassin-la-Demi-Cube Open 2019: 8.12Paris Open 2019: 8.88Baden-Württemberg Open 2019: 8.11Basel Open 2020: 8.12Rhein-Neckar Open A 2021: 8.12Paris Open 2022: 9.07Tigery Open 2022: 9.18Sézanne Open 2022: 8.12Metz Open 2022: 7.72Warm Up Stockholm 2022: 8.65Rubik's WCA European Championship 2022: 8.27German Nationals 2022: 7.73Champagne Open 2022: 8.89Slow N Spooky Open 2022: 6.90Chelles Open 2023: 9.14Bretzel Open 2023: 7.58Rhein-Neckar Open 2023: 8.30Douvrin Open 2023: 7.41Monts du Lyonnais Open 2023: 6.83French Championship 2023: 8.77Open de Lumes 2023: 7.68Sens Open 2023: 8.19Sézanne Open 2023: 7.64Champagne Open 2023: 8.43NxNxNürtingen 2023: 8.00Vaudesincourt Farmer Big Cubes 2023: 8.67Chanteloup Open 2023: 8.06Rhein-Neckar Autumn 2023: 7.11Hayange Open 2024: 8.54Longjum'Open 2024: 7.43Polytechnique Open 2024: 7.99French Championship 2024: 6.19Cubing in HD 2024: 7.14Wendlinger Würfelwochenende 2024: 8.04Tigery Open 2024: 8.43Cournonsec Open 2024: 7.52Rheinland-Pfalz Open 2024: 6.99Champagne Open 2024: 7.40Gesté Une Fois 2024: 8.32Palais'Open 2024: 7.64Swiss Nationals 2024: 8.61Flashback Collector Metz 2024: 9.04Open the Door Moselle 2024: 8.80Just Judge Jura 2025: 7.44Hayange Open 2025: 7.29Franconia Spring 2025: 7.64Mainzelcubing 2025: 7.88French Championship 2025: 7.81Open the Pot Dijon 2025: 8.04Rheinland-Pfalz Open 2025: 8.27Rubik's WCA World Championship 2025: 8.32Cernay-lès-Reims 2025: 7.77Champagne Open 2025: 7.89Châteaubourg Open 2025: 8.57Strossburi Open 2025: 7.74Dreiländereck-Open 2025: 8.16Palais'10Open 2025: 8.12Nilvange Open 2025: 6.51Just Judge Jura 2026: 8.53Stenay Que le Début 2026: 8.40Haguen'Open 2026: 8.71Quick Q.bing Q.lisse 2026: 8.06Hayange Open 2026: 7.87French Championship 2026: 8.48Le Speedcube De Morteau 2026: 7.81Tigery Open 2026: 8.09Audun-le-Tiche Open 2026: 7.94Phalsbourg Saint Antoine 2026: 7.68Rubik's WCA European Championship 2026: 7.59Open de Lumes 2026: 6.23Mirecourt Open 2026: 7.57Lutzelbourg Open 2026: 5.855.8514.5516 Sep 201130 Aug 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-5 3×3 single — 344 people have one; it is 0.85 away.
  • A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.16 away.

Targets move as he improves.