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Andre van Staden

2×2 · top 22.3% of 186,767 all-time · competing since May 2018 · 2018STAD01

Andre van Staden has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 3.67, set at Cubestuff Challenge Centurion Q3 2024, puts him in the top 22.3% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 232nd in South Africa. Across 3 competitions since May 2018, he has put 53 official solves on the record across two events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, an early reading from 6 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 29.42 in May 2018 to 17.47, a 41% improvement. Andre has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 22.3% of 186,767 all-time
3.67
signature single · Cubestuff Challenge Centurion Q3 2024
53
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingSouth Africa
2×23.677.76
top 22.3%232 / 1,510
3×317.4718.56
top 32.5%423 / 2,164

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

Arnold Classic Africa 2018: 29.42Arnold Classic Africa 2019: 17.47Cubestuff Challenge Centurion Q3 2024: 18.3217.4729.4218 May 201820 Jul 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 his.

Next targets

  • A sub-3 2×2 single — 26,570 people have one; it is 0.67 away.
  • A sub-15 3×3 single — 69,493 people have one; it is 2.47 away.

Targets move as he improves.