People · France
Yassine Mechaal
3×3 · top 2.5% of 284,439 all-time · competing since November 2018 · 2018MECH03
Yassine Mechaal has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 7.85, set at La Côte Open 2025, puts him in the top 2.5% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 165th in France. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 11 competitions since November 2018, he has put 212 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 54% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 16.28 in November 2018 to 7.85, a 52% improvement. Yassine has entered eleven competitions, more competitions than 93% 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 | 7.85 | 9.88 | top 2.5% | 165 / 4,746 | |
| 2×2 | 3.14 | 5.40 | top 15.9% | 564 / 3,074 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 25.81 | 32.71 | top 36.3% | 530 / 1,490 | |
| 4×4 | 1:11.11 | 1:17.09 | top 48.0% | 842 / 1,817 | |
| Pyraminx | 16.96 | 21.46 | top 87.6% | 1,892 / 2,148 |
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
- 23 Aug 2025First sub-10 3×3: 7.85 at La Côte Open 2025.
- 7 Dec 2019First sub-15 3×3: 10.44 at Ugine Jeu et Jouet 2019.
- 3 Nov 2018First competition: Barby Cube Open 2018. A 16.59 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Barby Cube 2026 · 22 May 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Lonay Euro Qualifier 2026 · 2 May 2026 — 1 personal best set
- French Championship 2026 · 4 Apr 2026
- Swisscubing Cup I 2026 · 17 Jan 2026
- La Côte Open 2025 · 23 Aug 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Barby Cube 2025 · 7 Jun 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Back to Geneva 2025 · 3 May 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Barby Cube 2023 · 8 Apr 2023
- Savoie Open 2020 · 8 Feb 2020
- Ugine Jeu et Jouet 2019 · 7 Dec 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Barby Cube Open 2018 · 3 Nov 2018 — 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.
- Ilona Ansel — met in 26 rounds, never finished ahead
- Wilfrid Py — met in 24 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
- Juliette Sébastien — met in 24 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 1.85 away.
- A sub-3 2×2 single — 26,570 people have one; it is 0.14 away.
Targets move as he improves.