People · South Africa
Ariella Ngari
2×2 · top 3.6% of 186,767 all-time · competing since May 2025 · 2025NGAR01
Ariella Ngari has been competing for a year. Her best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.81, set at Farrarmere Full Speed 2026, puts her in the top 3.6% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 33rd in South Africa. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 8 competitions since May 2025, she has put 246 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, her 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 52% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. Her 3×3 best has come down from 43.15 in May 2025 to 12.14, a 72% improvement. Ariella has entered eight competitions, more competitions than 90% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | South Africa | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 1.81 | 4.57 | top 3.6% | 33 / 1,510 | |
| Pyraminx | 4.51 | 6.80 | top 10.3% | 84 / 946 | |
| 3×3 | 12.14 | 14.40 | top 14.4% | 162 / 2,164 | |
| Skewb | 7.74 | 10.71 | top 39.3% | 141 / 438 | |
| Clock | 14.57 | 16.06 | top 46.2% | 64 / 148 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 31.48 | 33.20 | top 50.0% | 143 / 467 | |
| Megaminx | 2:10.00 | 2:52.20 | top 51.2% | 93 / 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
- 1 Aug 2026Five personal bests in one day at Cubestuff Challenge Centurion Q3 2026.
- 31 Jan 2026First sub-15 3×3: 14.45 at Cubestuff Centurion Q1 2026.
- 27 Sep 2025First sub-20 3×3: 18.95 at Menlo Cubing Open 2025.
- 27 Sep 2025Five personal bests in one day at Menlo Cubing Open 2025.
- 6 Sep 2025First sub-30 3×3: 26.03 at Cubestuff Centurion Q3 2025.
- 6 Sep 2025Four personal bests in one day at Cubestuff Centurion Q3 2025.
Competitions
- Farrarmere Full Speed 2026 · 22 Aug 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Cubestuff Challenge Centurion Q3 2026 · 1 Aug 2026 — 5 personal bests set
- Cubestuff Centurion Q1 2026 · 31 Jan 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Merry Twistmas Lynnwood 2025 · 13 Dec 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Cubestuff Q4 Zwartkop 2025 · 29 Nov 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Menlo Cubing Open 2025 · 27 Sep 2025 — 5 personal bests set
- Cubestuff Centurion Q3 2025 · 6 Sep 2025 — 4 personal bests set
- Beginner & Blind Johannesburg 2025 · 17 May 2025
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.
- Joshua Bennett — met in 49 rounds, finished ahead 9 times
- Mateo Zarko Cvetkovic — met in 47 rounds, finished ahead 16 times
- Marike Faught — met in 47 rounds, finished ahead 14 times
Next targets
- A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.81 away.
- A sub-4 Pyraminx single — 9,892 people have one; it is 0.51 away.
Targets move as she improves.