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Wilfred Antoine Areola

3×3 · top 4.2% of 284,439 all-time · competing since January 2024 · 2024AREO01

Wilfred Antoine Areola has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.71, set at Rueil Open 2026, puts him in the top 4.2% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 248th in France. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 23 competitions since January 2024, he has put 840 official solves on the record across 14 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 85% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. That figure sets aside his 11 DNFs. His 3×3 best has come down from 14.45 in January 2024 to 8.71, a 40% improvement. Wilfred has entered 23 competitions, more competitions than 97% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 4.2% of 284,439 all-time
8.71
signature single · Rueil Open 2026
840
official solves on the record
11%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 85% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingFrance
3×38.7111.04
top 4.2%248 / 4,746
Pyraminx3.758.10
top 6.5%178 / 2,148
Skewb3.416.17
top 7.2%110 / 1,291
2×22.374.39
top 7.7%300 / 3,074
4×441.9949.06
top 14.5%277 / 1,817
Square-115.5323.22
top 17.6%96 / 540
3×3 one-handed19.3524.61
top 18.8%302 / 1,490
Clock9.6412.10
top 23.3%156 / 714
3×3 blindfolded2:07.71—
top 36.0%153 / 434
3×3 Fewest Moves38 moves—
top 40.9%176 / 367
5×51:47.932:02.38
top 41.1%380 / 1,024
Megaminx2:32.01—
early days — 2 solves476 / 867
6×64:47.45—
early days — 1 solve330 / 437
7×77:03.847:30.76
top 80.8%268 / 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

Longjum'Open 2024: 14.45Tigery Open 2024: 12.98Palais'Open 2024: 13.42Chevry Open 2024: 11.32Brest Open 2024: 11.74Réau Open 2024: 12.24Chanteloup Open 2025: 11.59Chelles Open 2025: 11.45Eaubonne Open 2025: 9.62Tigery Open 2025: 10.60Longjum'Open 2025: 10.54Nanterre Open 2025: 9.54Rubik's CLuBB de Boulogne-Billancourt 2025: 11.20Palais'10Open 2025: 10.14Back to Buchy 2025: 10.54Harly Open 2025: 9.43Chanteloup Open 2026: 11.54Tigery Open 2026: 10.70Rueil Open 2026: 8.71Gif-sûr de PR 2026: 9.98GreenwoODDs 2026: 9.798.7114.4527 Jan 20249 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-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.71 away.
  • A sub-3 Pyraminx single — 4,700 people have one; it is 0.75 away.

Targets move as he improves.