People · South Africa
Armandt Botha
2×2 · top 23.9% of 186,767 all-time · competing since June 2022 · 2022BOTH02
Armandt Botha has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 3.80, set at CubingZA Nationals 2025, puts him in the top 23.9% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 255th in South Africa. Across 6 competitions since June 2022, he has put 64 official solves on the record across three events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 37% around a typical one, an early reading from 6 counted rounds. His 2×2 best has come down from 13.28 in June 2022 to 3.80, a 71% improvement. Armandt has entered six competitions, more competitions than 86% 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 | 3.80 | 8.00 | top 23.9% | 255 / 1,510 | |
| 3×3 | 40.77 | 46.92 | top 77.7% | 1,454 / 2,164 | |
| Skewb | 21.64 | 31.28 | top 91.9% | 380 / 438 |
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, 2×2. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 3 Jun 2022First competition: Arnold Classic Africa 2022. A 50.82 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Beginner & Blind Johannesburg 2025 · 17 May 2025
- CubingZA Nationals 2025 · 26 Apr 2025 — 1 personal best set
- CuBeaulieu Craze Comeback 2025 · 29 Mar 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Cubestuff Challenge Centurion Hotel Q1 2025 · 8 Mar 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Inni-Horie-Fees Speedcubing 2022 · 24 Sep 2022
- Arnold Classic Africa 2022 · 3 Jun 2022
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 13 rounds, never finished ahead
- Christiaan Botha — met in 13 rounds, never finished ahead
- Yusuf Talha Sayed Karim — met in 13 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-3 2×2 single — 26,570 people have one; it is 0.80 away.
- A sub-40 3×3 single — 218,634 people have one; it is 0.77 away.
Targets move as he improves.