People · South Africa
Caitlin Courie
3×3 · top 4.4% of 288,433 all-time · competing since October 2019 · 2019COUR02
Caitlin Courie has been competing for 7 years. Her best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.80, set at Cubestuff Grand Challenge Cape Town 2025, puts her in the top 4.4% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 44th in South Africa. Until May 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 12 competitions since October 2019, she has put 353 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, her 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 75% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. Her 3×3 best has come down from 22.15 in October 2019 to 8.80, a 60% improvement. Caitlin has entered twelve competitions, more competitions than 94% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | South Africa | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 8.80 | 11.87 | top 4.4% | 44 / 2,187 | |
| Megaminx | 1:17.57 | 1:40.01 | top 20.3% | 32 / 268 | |
| 2×2 | 4.39 | 6.62 | top 31.6% | 335 / 1,525 | |
| Pyraminx | 8.40 | 15.07 | top 39.7% | 308 / 958 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 27.81 | 35.34 | top 41.5% | 121 / 473 | |
| 4×4 | 1:08.49 | 1:22.39 | top 45.4% | 158 / 495 |
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
- 14 Dec 2024First sub-10 3×3: 9.95 at Cape Cubes Challenge 2024.
- 14 Dec 2024Three personal bests in one day at Cape Cubes Challenge 2024.
- 17 Feb 2024Three personal bests in one day at Mid Summer Madness Cape Town 2024.
- 7 Oct 2022First sub-15 3×3: 11.80 at Rubik's WCA African Championship 2022.
- 7 Oct 2022Three personal bests in one day at Rubik's WCA African Championship 2022.
- 14 Mar 2020First sub-20 3×3: 19.72 at Cape Town Summer 2020.
Competitions
- GAN WCA African Championship 2026 · 24 Sep 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Cubing in the Cape Q3 2026 · 18 Jul 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Cubestuff Grand Challenge Cape Town 2025 · 6 Dec 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Cape Cubes Spring 2025 · 18 Oct 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Cape Cubes Winter 2025 · 2 Aug 2025
- Newcomers Cape Cube-Fest 2025 · 8 Mar 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Cape Cubes Challenge 2024 · 14 Dec 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Mid Summer Madness Cape Town 2024 · 17 Feb 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Rubik's WCA African Championship 2022 · 7 Oct 2022 — 3 personal bests set
- Speedcubes Cape Town 2022 · 29 May 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- Cape Town Summer 2020 · 14 Mar 2020 — 5 personal bests set
- Cape Town Spring 2019 · 20 Oct 2019 — 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 her.
- Daniel Rush — met in 63 rounds, never finished ahead
- Jesse Osburn — met in 62 rounds, never finished ahead
- Maverick Pearson — met in 60 rounds, finished ahead once
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 8,101 people have one; it is 0.80 away.
- A sub-1:00 Megaminx single — 3,558 people have one; it is 17.57 away.
Targets move as she improves.