People · South Africa
Blake Roodt
2×2 · top 30.8% of 189,179 all-time · competing since March 2020 · 2020ROOD01
Blake Roodt has been competing for 7 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 4.33, set at Rubik's WCA African Championship 2022, puts him in the top 30.8% of the 189,179 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 324th in South Africa. Across 6 competitions since March 2020, he has put 91 official solves on the record across four events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one, an early reading from 6 counted rounds. His 2×2 best has come down from 5.55 in March 2020 to 4.33, a 22% improvement. Blake 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 | 4.33 | 5.78 | top 30.8% | 324 / 1,525 | |
| 3×3 | 27.91 | 33.88 | top 58.8% | 967 / 2,187 | |
| Pyraminx | 10.91 | 16.78 | top 59.9% | 495 / 958 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 2:23.19 | 4:23.28 | top 99.0% | 458 / 473 |
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
- 30 Jul 2022First sub-30 3×3: 27.91 at CubeCo Durban Winter Warmup 2022.
- 14 Mar 2020First competition: Cape Town Summer 2020. A 58.11 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- CubeCo Durban Summer 2024 · 7 Dec 2024
- CubeCo Durban Summer 2022 · 3 Dec 2022
- Rubik's WCA African Championship 2022 · 7 Oct 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- CubeCo Durban Winter Warmup 2022 · 30 Jul 2022 — 1 personal best set
- Durban Summer Warm-up 2021 · 4 Dec 2021 — 2 personal bests set
- Cape Town Summer 2020 · 14 Mar 2020
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.
- Timothy Lawrance — met in 19 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Raefe Roodt — met in 18 rounds, finished ahead once
- Daniel Rush — met in 18 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-4 2×2 single — 50,215 people have one; it is 0.33 away.
- A sub-25 3×3 single — 151,957 people have one; it is 2.91 away.
Targets move as he improves.