People · South Africa
Amahle Nyembe
3×3 · top 1.1% of 284,439 all-time · competing since July 2024 · 2024NYEM01
Amahle Nyembe has been competing for 2 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 6.76, set at Cubestuff Centurion Q1 2026, puts him in the top 1.1% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 11th in South Africa. Until January 2011, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 20 competitions since July 2024, he has put 816 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 10% around a typical one, steadier than 95% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 11.37 in July 2024 to 6.76, a 41% improvement. Amahle has entered 20 competitions, more competitions than 97% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | South Africa | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 6.76 | 8.14 | top 1.1% | 11 / 2,164 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 15.06 | 18.85 | top 8.2% | 22 / 467 | |
| 2×2 | 2.47 | 3.13 | top 8.6% | 83 / 1,510 | |
| Pyraminx | 4.45 | 6.58 | top 10.0% | 81 / 946 | |
| 4×4 | 39.95 | 46.48 | top 12.1% | 36 / 491 | |
| 5×5 | 1:17.75 | 1:25.22 | top 17.4% | 22 / 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
Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 27 Sep 2025Five personal bests in one day at Menlo Cubing Open 2025.
- 7 Jun 2025Four personal bests in one day at Cubestuff Challenge Centurion Q2 2025.
- 26 Apr 2025Four personal bests in one day at CubingZA Nationals 2025.
- 8 Mar 2025Four personal bests in one day at Cubestuff Challenge Centurion Hotel Q1 2025.
- 7 Dec 2024Five personal bests in one day at CuBeaulieu Craze 2024.
- 23 Nov 2024Four personal bests in one day at Cubestuff Challenge Q4 Menlyn Park 2024.
Competitions
- Farrarmere Full Speed 2026 · 22 Aug 2026
- Secunda Smooth Solvin' 2026 · 1 Aug 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Cubestuff Grand Challenge - The Leonardo 2026 · 20 Jun 2026
- Benoni May Madness 2026 · 17 May 2026
- Cubestuff Centurion Q2 2026 · 11 Apr 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Beginner & Blind Benoni 2026 · 29 Mar 2026
- Cubestuff Centurion Q1 2026 · 31 Jan 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Cubestuff Q4 Zwartkop 2025 · 29 Nov 2025
- Menlo Cubing Open 2025 · 27 Sep 2025 — 5 personal bests set
- Cubestuff Challenge Centurion Q2 2025 · 7 Jun 2025 — 4 personal bests set
- Beginner & Blind Johannesburg 2025 · 17 May 2025 — 1 personal best set
- CubingZA Nationals 2025 · 26 Apr 2025 — 4 personal bests set
- CuBeaulieu Craze Comeback 2025 · 29 Mar 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Cubestuff Challenge Centurion Hotel Q1 2025 · 8 Mar 2025 — 4 personal bests set
- CuBeaulieu Craze 2024 · 7 Dec 2024 — 5 personal bests set
- Cubestuff Challenge Q4 Menlyn Park 2024 · 23 Nov 2024 — 4 personal bests set
- Inni-Horie-Fees 2024 · 5 Oct 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Rubik's WCA African Championship 2024 · 21 Sep 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Benoni Cubing Comeback 2024 · 31 Aug 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Cubestuff Challenge Centurion Q3 2024 · 20 Jul 2024
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.
- Marike Faught — met in 149 rounds, finished ahead 100 times
- Osman Badroodin — met in 142 rounds, finished ahead 32 times
- Juandré Jacobs — met in 139 rounds, finished ahead 65 times
Next targets
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 0.76 away.
- A sub-15 3×3 one-handed single — 5,987 people have one; it is 0.06 away.
Targets move as he improves.