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Albert Kruger

Pyraminx · top 5.3% of 129,321 all-time · competing since June 2023 · 2023KRUG03

Albert Kruger has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 3.45, set at Cubestuff Challenge Centurion Q3 2026, puts him in the top 5.3% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 31st in South Africa. Until February 2008, no official Pyraminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 31 competitions since June 2023, he has put 1,479 official solves on the record across twelve events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 55% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 46.89 in June 2023 to 10.54, a 78% improvement. Albert has entered 31 competitions, more competitions than 98% of everyone who has ever competed.

Pyraminx
best event — top 5.3% of 129,321 all-time
3.45
signature single · Cubestuff Challenge Centurion Q3 2026
1,479
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 55% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingSouth Africa
Pyraminx3.455.90
top 5.3%31 / 946
2×22.463.91
top 8.5%80 / 1,510
3×310.5413.55
top 9.1%94 / 2,164
Megaminx1:27.831:41.72
top 26.8%43 / 266
Skewb6.1810.84
top 27.2%98 / 438
3×3 one-handed23.4230.24
top 29.9%85 / 467
4×459.421:12.03
top 35.8%120 / 491
5×51:51.942:06.59
top 44.0%67 / 221
Clock14.5619.88
top 46.1%63 / 148
6×63:21.253:38.86
top 51.1%31 / 84
Square-147.9756.65
top 74.1%93 / 118
7×77:27.29—
top 84.2%55 / 69

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

CubingZA National Championship 2023: 46.89CubingZA Cape Cubes Spring 2023: 29.68Mimosa Mall Master Cubers 2023: 18.68CubingZA Cape Cubes Challenge 2023: 23.13Cubestuff Challenge Q1 2024: 22.55Mid Summer Madness Cape Town 2024: 21.31Puzzlin' Polokwane 2024: 18.88Cubestuff Challenge Q2 2024: 19.68Durban Winter 2024: 18.25Cubestuff Challenge Centurion Q3 2024: 17.51Qualifying in Kirstenhof 2024: 16.97Benoni Cubing Comeback 2024: 12.35Rubik's WCA African Championship 2024: 16.64Inni-Horie-Fees 2024: 15.70Cubestuff Challenge Q4 Menlyn Park 2024: 14.22CuBeaulieu Craze 2024: 15.13Puzzles in Pinehurst 2025: 15.89Cubestuff Challenge Centurion Hotel Q1 2025: 16.31CubeCo Coastal Cubing KZN 2025: 14.10CuBeaulieu Craze Comeback 2025: 13.04CubingZA Nationals 2025: 13.15Beginner & Blind Johannesburg 2025: 14.94Cubestuff Challenge Centurion Q2 2025: 12.08Cubestuff Centurion Q3 2025: 12.30Menlo Cubing Open 2025: 12.97Cubestuff Q4 Zwartkop 2025: 12.51Cubestuff Grand Challenge Cape Town 2025: 10.54Merry Twistmas Lynnwood 2025: 13.06Cubestuff Centurion Q1 2026: 11.49Cubestuff Grand Challenge - The Leonardo 2026: 12.62Cubestuff Challenge Centurion Q3 2026: 12.4410.5446.8916 Jun 20231 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-3 Pyraminx single — 4,700 people have one; it is 0.45 away.
  • A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.46 away.

Targets move as he improves.