People · South Africa
Caro Strydom
Clock · top 72.4% of 32,048 all-time · competing since February 2025 · 2025STRY01
Caro Strydom has been competing for a year. Her best event is the Clock: a personal-best single of 22.95, set at Start in Veenendaal 2025, puts her in the top 72.4% of the 32,048 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 109th in South Africa. Across 3 competitions since February 2025, she has put 46 official solves on the record across five events. Her 3×3 best has come down from 1:12.64 in February 2025 to 58.42, a 20% improvement. Caro has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | South Africa | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clock | 22.95 | 26.01 | top 72.4% | 109 / 148 | |
| Pyraminx | 15.64 | 19.99 | top 84.0% | 756 / 946 | |
| 3×3 | 58.42 | 1:08.89 | top 90.8% | 1,896 / 2,164 | |
| Skewb | 22.83 | 39.79 | top 93.1% | 389 / 438 | |
| 2×2 | 20.98 | 22.69 | top 96.2% | 1,427 / 1,510 |
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
- 22 Mar 2025First sub-60 3×3: 59.88 at Start in Veenendaal 2025.
- 8 Feb 2025First competition: Leersum Squared 2025. A 1:12.64 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Lente in Lent 2025 · 12 Apr 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Start in Veenendaal 2025 · 22 Mar 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Leersum Squared 2025 · 8 Feb 2025
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.
- Hugo Garstman — met in 10 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Robin Verstraten — met in 10 rounds, finished ahead once
- Pablito Poye — met in 10 rounds, finished ahead once
Next targets
- A sub-20 Clock single — 20,707 people have one; it is 2.95 away.
- A sub-15 Pyraminx single — 105,805 people have one; it is 0.64 away.
Targets move as she improves.