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Valentin Renoux

3×3 · top 7.1% of 284,439 all-time · competing since March 2020 · 2020RENO02

Valentin Renoux has been competing for 6 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.86, set at Tigery Open 2026, puts him in the top 7.1% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 379th in France. Until May 2007, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 20 competitions since March 2020, he has put 854 official solves on the record across 13 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 78% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 18.54 in March 2020 to 9.86, a 47% improvement. Valentin has entered 20 competitions, more competitions than 97% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 7.1% of 284,439 all-time
9.86
signature single · Tigery Open 2026
854
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 78% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingFrance
3×39.8611.75
top 7.1%379 / 4,746
Clock6.169.14
top 7.8%49 / 714
4×437.6044.08
top 9.4%175 / 1,817
2×22.613.70
top 10.0%375 / 3,074
3×3 one-handed16.1024.15
top 10.5%181 / 1,490
Pyraminx5.418.00
top 15.8%396 / 2,148
Skewb5.2012.22
top 19.7%289 / 1,291
5×51:25.061:39.94
top 23.3%210 / 1,024
Megaminx1:51.392:10.46
top 41.2%306 / 867
6×63:08.703:29.86
top 45.0%167 / 437
Square-128.8733.14
top 47.3%252 / 540
3×3 blindfolded2:59.85—
early days — 3 solves237 / 434
7×75:49.55—
top 65.1%209 / 372

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

Rouen Open 2020: 18.54Gesté Barrière Open 2021: 16.48FLIP Open 2022: 11.67Charente Open 2023: 12.78Carquef'Open 2023: 12.20FLIP Open 2023: 11.34Talence Open 2023: 12.34Longjum'Open 2024: 11.29Charente Open 2024: 11.29FLIP Open 11: Road to Euros 2024: 11.87Gesté Une Fois 2024: 11.24Charente Open 2025: 10.35Tigery Open 2025: 10.79Longjum'Open 2025: 11.49FLIP Open 2025: 11.09Back to Buchy 2025: 10.16Tigery Open 2026: 9.86Longjum'Open 2026: 10.51La Rochéle Open 2026: 10.89FLIP Open 2026: 11.529.8618.547 Mar 202011 Jul 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 1.86 away.
  • A sub-6 Clock single — 2,324 people have one; it is 0.16 away.

Targets move as he improves.