People · South Africa
Antheo Naidoo
3×3 · top 4.5% of 284,439 all-time · competing since April 2025 · 2025NAID05
Antheo Naidoo has been competing for a year. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.86, set at Cubestuff Centurion Q3 2025, puts him in the top 4.5% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 43rd in South Africa. Until May 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 2 competitions since April 2025, he has put 75 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one, an early reading from 5 counted rounds. That figure sets aside his 2 DNFs. Antheo has entered two competitions.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | South Africa | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 8.86 | 11.28 | top 4.5% | 43 / 2,164 | |
| 4×4 | 36.00 | 43.53 | top 7.7% | 22 / 491 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 21.19 | 25.63 | top 23.8% | 66 / 467 | |
| 2×2 | 4.54 | 7.39 | top 33.4% | 351 / 1,510 | |
| 5×5 | 2:09.59 | 2:20.43 | top 55.2% | 98 / 221 | |
| Megaminx | 3:01.81 | — | early days — 2 solves | 154 / 266 |
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
- 6 Sep 2025Four personal bests in one day at Cubestuff Centurion Q3 2025.
- 26 Apr 2025First competition: CubingZA Nationals 2025. A 10.17 3×3 single to start from.
- 26 Apr 2025First sub-10 3×3: 9.31 at CubingZA Nationals 2025.
Competitions
- Cubestuff Centurion Q3 2025 · 6 Sep 2025 — 4 personal bests set
- CubingZA Nationals 2025 · 26 Apr 2025 — 1 personal best set
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.
- Vincent Hazelton-Lagarrigue — met in 16 rounds, finished ahead 9 times
- Nathan Swanepoel — met in 16 rounds, finished ahead 9 times
- Marike Faught — met in 16 rounds, finished ahead 8 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.86 away.
- A sub-30 4×4 single — 2,388 people have one; it is 6.00 away.
Targets move as he improves.