People · South Africa
Christo du Venage
Skewb · top 17.4% of 73,281 all-time · competing since January 2014 · 2014VENA01
Christo du Venage has been competing for 13 years. His best event is the Skewb: a personal-best single of 4.90, set at Pops Toys Summer 2015, puts him in the top 17.4% of the 73,281 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 61st in South Africa. Across 6 competitions since January 2014, he has put 211 official solves on the record across eleven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 52% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 19.75 in January 2014 to 15.38, a 22% improvement. Christo 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Skewb | 4.90 | 7.78 | top 17.4% | 61 / 438 | |
| 2×2 | 3.69 | 7.24 | top 22.6% | 239 / 1,510 | |
| 3×3 | 15.38 | 20.18 | top 25.7% | 322 / 2,164 | |
| Pyraminx | 8.80 | 16.52 | top 43.1% | 341 / 946 | |
| 4×4 | 1:07.16 | 1:15.22 | top 44.1% | 151 / 491 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 30.55 | 35.16 | top 47.9% | 136 / 467 | |
| Megaminx | 3:02.88 | 3:10.60 | top 75.4% | 157 / 266 | |
| 6×6 | 4:41.09 | 4:50.96 | top 77.5% | 66 / 84 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 50 moves | 54.00 | early days — 3 solves | 37 / 53 | |
| 5×5 | 3:04.72 | 3:18.41 | top 79.6% | 147 / 221 | |
| 7×7 | 7:32.38 | 8:01.02 | early days — 3 solves | 58 / 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
- 23 Nov 2014Six personal bests in one day at Johannesburg 2014.
- 11 Jan 2014First competition: South Africa Open 2014. A 21.21 3×3 single to start from.
- 11 Jan 2014First sub-20 3×3: 19.75 at South Africa Open 2014.
Competitions
- Big 'n Weird Pretoria 2016 · 13 Feb 2016 — 1 personal best set
- Pretoria Science Week 2015 · 8 Aug 2015 — 2 personal bests set
- Tuks Open 2015 · 28 Mar 2015 — 1 personal best set
- Pops Toys Summer 2015 · 21 Feb 2015 — 2 personal bests set
- Johannesburg 2014 · 23 Nov 2014 — 6 personal bests set
- South Africa Open 2014 · 11 Jan 2014 — 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.
- Pieterjan Joubert — met in 36 rounds, finished ahead 7 times
- Brendan James Gray — met in 29 rounds, finished ahead 20 times
- Jabari Nuruddin — met in 28 rounds, finished ahead twice
Next targets
- A sub-4 Skewb single — 7,977 people have one; it is 0.90 away.
- A sub-3 2×2 single — 26,570 people have one; it is 0.69 away.
Targets move as he improves.