People · South Africa
Aaron Noah Govender
3×3 · top 9.7% of 284,439 all-time · competing since June 2023 · 2023GOVE02
Aaron Noah Govender has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 10.76, set at CubeCo Durban Spring 2025, puts him in the top 9.7% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 105th in South Africa. Until August 2006, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 2 competitions since June 2023, he has put 63 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 16% around a typical one, an early reading from 5 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 22.62 in June 2023 to 10.76, a 52% improvement. Aaron has entered two competitions.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | South Africa | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 10.76 | 15.00 | top 9.7% | 105 / 2,164 | |
| 2×2 | 4.16 | 4.96 | top 28.5% | 298 / 1,510 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 36.50 | 55.87 | top 59.9% | 169 / 467 | |
| 4×4 | 1:29.39 | 1:47.10 | top 63.2% | 226 / 491 | |
| Megaminx | 4:29.05 | — | early days — 2 solves | 224 / 266 | |
| 6×6 | 7:43.78 | — | early days — 2 solves | 82 / 84 | |
| Pyraminx | 25.84 | 36.88 | top 97.2% | 906 / 946 |
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
- 27 Sep 2025First sub-20 3×3: 13.31 at CubeCo Durban Spring 2025.
- 27 Sep 2025First sub-15 3×3: 13.31 at CubeCo Durban Spring 2025.
- 27 Sep 2025Five personal bests in one day at CubeCo Durban Spring 2025.
- 16 Jun 2023First competition: CubingZA National Championship 2023. A 22.62 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- CubeCo Durban Spring 2025 · 27 Sep 2025 — 5 personal bests set
- CubingZA National Championship 2023 · 16 Jun 2023
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.
- Waseem Hoosain — met in 15 rounds, never finished ahead
- Timothy Lawrance — met in 14 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
- Grant Robert King — met in 8 rounds, finished ahead once
Next targets
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 0.76 away.
- A sub-4 2×2 single — 49,452 people have one; it is 0.16 away.
Targets move as he improves.