People · South Africa
Cameron Blumenow
3×3 · top 1.3% of 284,439 all-time · competing since June 2016 · 2016BLUM01
Cameron Blumenow has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 6.96, set at Arnold Classic Africa 2019, puts him in the top 1.3% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 13th in South Africa. Until November 2010, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 7 competitions since June 2016, he has put 276 official solves on the record across eleven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one; 84% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 12.63 in June 2016 to 6.96, a 45% improvement. Cameron has entered seven competitions, more competitions than 88% 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 | 6.96 | 9.41 | top 1.3% | 13 / 2,164 | |
| Pyraminx | 3.22 | 4.88 | top 4.4% | 24 / 946 | |
| 2×2 | 2.03 | 2.65 | top 4.9% | 46 / 1,510 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 13.74 | 15.04 | top 5.6% | 16 / 467 | |
| 4×4 | 36.98 | 39.60 | top 8.7% | 25 / 491 | |
| Skewb | 4.30 | 7.33 | top 13.0% | 47 / 438 | |
| Square-1 | 15.59 | 21.22 | top 17.8% | 18 / 118 | |
| 5×5 | 1:19.93 | 1:26.95 | top 19.0% | 27 / 221 | |
| Megaminx | 1:50.01 | 1:55.81 | top 40.3% | 69 / 266 | |
| 6×6 | 3:31.35 | 4:24.08 | early days — 3 solves | 35 / 84 | |
| 7×7 | 7:27.98 | 7:48.87 | early days — 3 solves | 56 / 69 |
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
- 17 May 2019Five personal bests in one day at Arnold Classic Africa 2019.
- 10 Sep 2017First sub-10 3×3: 9.45 at Speedcubes Johannesburg 2017.
- 10 Sep 2017Five personal bests in one day at Speedcubes Johannesburg 2017.
- 27 Nov 2016Four personal bests in one day at Johannesburg 2016.
- 19 Jun 2016First competition: Johannesburg Open 2016. A 13.55 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Gauteng Autumn 2022 · 15 May 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- Arnold Classic Africa 2019 · 17 May 2019 — 5 personal bests set
- Soweto Spring Open 2018 · 8 Sep 2018
- Gauteng Autumn 2018 · 24 Mar 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- Speedcubes Johannesburg 2017 · 10 Sep 2017 — 5 personal bests set
- Johannesburg 2016 · 27 Nov 2016 — 4 personal bests set
- Johannesburg Open 2016 · 19 Jun 2016 — 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 his.
- Ruben Grobler — met in 56 rounds, finished ahead 29 times
- Brendan James Gray — met in 47 rounds, finished ahead 41 times
- Shivaan Harichander — met in 40 rounds, finished ahead 31 times
Next targets
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 0.96 away.
- A sub-3 Pyraminx single — 4,700 people have one; it is 0.22 away.
Targets move as he improves.