People · South Africa
Corné Strydom
Pyraminx · top 33.7% of 129,321 all-time · competing since June 2024 · 2024STRY01
Corné Strydom has been competing for 2 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 7.70, set at Beginner Utrecht 2025, puts him in the top 33.7% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 259th in South Africa. Across 20 competitions since June 2024, he has put 289 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 17% around a typical one; 95% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. That figure sets aside his 7 DNFs. His Pyraminx best has come down from 22.30 in June 2024 to 7.70, a 65% improvement. He has entered 20 competitions, more competitions than 97% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | South Africa | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pyraminx | 7.70 | 11.81 | top 33.7% | 259 / 946 | |
| Clock | 16.90 | 19.53 | top 55.1% | 81 / 148 | |
| Skewb | 10.06 | 19.33 | top 55.3% | 215 / 438 | |
| 2×2 | 8.58 | 12.64 | top 71.3% | 852 / 1,510 | |
| 3×3 | 38.54 | 45.28 | top 75.1% | 1,377 / 2,164 |
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, Pyraminx. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 19 Jan 2025Three personal bests in one day at Alphen Cubing 2025.
- 22 Dec 2024First sub-60 3×3: 45.14 at Christmas Cubing Breda 2024.
- 22 Dec 2024Three personal bests in one day at Christmas Cubing Breda 2024.
- 9 Jun 2024First competition: Capelle Cubing 2024.
Competitions
- Warm Up Lent 2026 · 10 Jul 2026
- West-Fries Open 2026 · 2 May 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Breda Open 2026 · 18 Apr 2026
- Leersum Open 2026 · 10 Jan 2026
- Cubing in Oud IJsselmuiden 2025 · 20 Dec 2025
- Pakje Open in Lent 2025 · 6 Dec 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Take Your Time Ermelo 2025 · 18 Oct 2025
- Rubik's Dutch Nationals 2025 · 5 Sep 2025
- Breda Open 2025 · 23 Aug 2025
- Beginner Utrecht 2025 · 3 Aug 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Eat Sleep Cube Repeat Leersum 2025 · 19 Jul 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Arnhem Open 2025 · 28 Jun 2025
- Quick 'n Slick Meppel 2025 · 17 May 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Lente in Lent 2025 · 12 Apr 2025
- Start in Veenendaal 2025 · 22 Mar 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Leersum Squared 2025 · 8 Feb 2025
- Alphen Cubing 2025 · 19 Jan 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Christmas Cubing Breda 2024 · 22 Dec 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Dutch Nationals 2024 · 15 Nov 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Capelle Cubing 2024 · 9 Jun 2024
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.
- Anja Strydom — met in 65 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
- Ron van Bruchem — met in 58 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
- Veerle Melis — met in 57 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-6 Pyraminx single — 25,870 people have one; it is 1.70 away.
- A sub-15 Clock single — 15,373 people have one; it is 1.90 away.
Targets move as he improves.