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Armandt Malan

2×2 · top 11.6% of 186,767 all-time · competing since September 2017 · 2017MALA03

Armandt Malan has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.76, set at Speedcubes Johannesburg 2017, puts him in the top 11.6% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 113th in South Africa. Across 3 competitions since September 2017, he has put 63 official solves on the record across three events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 17% around a typical one, an early reading from 6 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 24.94 in September 2017 to 13.19, a 47% improvement. Armandt has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 11.6% of 186,767 all-time
2.76
signature single · Speedcubes Johannesburg 2017
63
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingSouth Africa
2×22.765.87
top 11.6%113 / 1,510
3×313.1917.38
top 18.1%218 / 2,164
Pyraminx10.1340.18
top 54.0%432 / 946

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

Speedcubes Johannesburg 2017: 24.94Arnold Classic Africa 2018: 22.13Arnold Classic Africa 2019: 13.1913.1924.9410 Sep 201717 May 2019

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-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.76 away.
  • A sub-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 1.19 away.

Targets move as he improves.