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Almie Pretorius

3×3 · top 15.9% of 284,439 all-time · competing since November 2022 · 2022PRET05

Almie Pretorius has been competing for 4 years. Her best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 12.57, set at Brisbane Summer 2023, puts her in the top 15.9% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 184th in South Africa. Across 6 competitions since November 2022, she has put 138 official solves on the record across nine events. Solve to solve, her 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 56% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. Her 3×3 best has come down from 17.87 in November 2022 to 12.57, a 30% improvement. Almie has entered six competitions, more competitions than 86% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 15.9% of 284,439 all-time
12.57
signature single · Brisbane Summer 2023
138
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 56% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingSouth Africa
3×312.5714.99
top 15.9%184 / 2,164
2×23.544.81
top 20.7%213 / 1,510
3×3 one-handed27.3943.32
top 40.4%114 / 467
Skewb9.5011.64
top 51.8%199 / 438
Clock16.64
early days — 2 solves79 / 148
Megaminx2:21.42
top 57.1%111 / 266
Pyraminx10.9013.90
top 59.8%487 / 946
4×41:29.15
top 63.0%225 / 491
5×52:37.50
early days — 2 solves128 / 221

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

Northside Spring Saturday 2022: 17.87Brisbane Summer 2023: 12.57Queensland Open 2023: 15.26QUT Qube Challenge Saturday 2023: 13.82Brisbane Summer 2024: 14.45Queensland Open 2024: 15.0412.5717.8726 Nov 202228 Jun 2024

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 her.

Next targets

  • A sub-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 0.57 away.
  • A sub-3 2×2 single — 26,570 people have one; it is 0.54 away.

Targets move as she improves.