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Aidan Bothma

2×2 · top 49.8% of 186,767 all-time · competing since December 2021 · 2021BOTH02

Aidan Bothma has been competing for 5 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 5.90, set at Gauteng Autumn 2022, puts him in the top 49.8% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 556th in South Africa. Across 5 competitions since December 2021, he has put 88 official solves on the record across four events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, an early reading from 7 counted rounds. Aidan has entered five competitions, more competitions than 83% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 49.8% of 186,767 all-time
5.90
signature single · Gauteng Autumn 2022
88
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingSouth Africa
2×25.9012.05
top 49.8%556 / 1,510
3×328.5933.59
top 60.0%988 / 2,164
Pyraminx13.8317.77
top 77.0%681 / 946
Skewb15.8721.46
top 80.9%325 / 438

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

Durban Summer Warm-up 2021: 28.59Gauteng Autumn 2022: 31.43Arnold Classic Africa 2022: 30.42Rubik's WCA African Championship 2022: 29.24Pretoria Spring Morning 2023: 30.7928.5931.434 Dec 202125 Nov 2023

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 2×2 single — 73,413 people have one; it is 0.90 away.
  • A sub-25 3×3 single — 149,621 people have one; it is 3.59 away.

Targets move as he improves.