People · South Africa
Duncan Hobbs
3×3 blindfolded · top 2.8% of 12,178 all-time · competing since October 2019 · 2019HOBB02
Duncan Hobbs has been competing for 7 years. His best event is the 3×3 blindfolded: a personal-best single of 24.55, set at Please Be Solved This Time Joburg 2023, puts him in the top 2.8% of the 12,178 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1st in South Africa. Until June 2013, no official 3×3 blindfolded solve in the world had been that fast. Across 12 competitions since October 2019, he has put 196 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 19% around a typical one; 98% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. That figure sets aside his 11 DNFs. His 3×3 best has come down from 22.30 in October 2019 to 15.81, a 29% improvement. Duncan 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 blindfolded | 24.55 | 36.94 | top 2.8% | 1 / 53 | |
| 3×3 Multi-Blind | 26 of 29 cubes · 55:59 | — | top 3.2% | 1 / 27 | |
| 3×3 | 15.81 | 18.97 | top 27.1% | 346 / 2,164 | |
| 2×2 | 5.13 | 10.29 | top 40.9% | 437 / 1,510 | |
| Megaminx | 2:18.87 | 2:43.06 | top 55.8% | 104 / 266 | |
| 4×4 | 1:20.52 | 1:30.30 | top 56.3% | 198 / 491 | |
| Pyraminx | 16.25 | 24.05 | top 85.8% | 775 / 946 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 1:05.65 | 2:13.90 | top 87.0% | 338 / 467 |
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
- 6 Mar 2022Four personal bests in one day at Cape Town Summer 2022.
- 14 Mar 2020First sub-20 3×3: 17.65 at Cape Town Summer 2020.
- 14 Mar 2020Three personal bests in one day at Cape Town Summer 2020.
- 20 Oct 2019First competition: Cape Town Spring 2019. A 23.30 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- CubingZA Cape Cubes Challenge 2023 · 9 Dec 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Please Be Solved This Time Joburg 2023 · 26 Nov 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Pretoria Spring Afternoon 2023 · 25 Nov 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- CubingZA Cape Cubes Spring 2023 · 30 Sep 2023 — 1 personal best set
- CubingZA National Championship 2023 · 16 Jun 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- CubingZA Cape Cubes Summer 2023 · 28 Jan 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Rubik's WCA African Championship 2022 · 7 Oct 2022 — 1 personal best set
- CubeCo Durban Winter Warmup 2022 · 30 Jul 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- Arnold Classic Africa 2022 · 3 Jun 2022 — 1 personal best set
- Cape Town Summer 2022 · 6 Mar 2022 — 4 personal bests set
- Cape Town Summer 2020 · 14 Mar 2020 — 3 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 his.
- Maverick Pearson — met in 45 rounds, finished ahead 12 times
- Daniel Rush — met in 45 rounds, finished ahead 6 times
- Timothy Lawrance — met in 42 rounds, finished ahead 12 times
Next targets
- A sub-20 3×3 blindfolded single — 166 people have one; it is 4.55 away.
- A sub-15 3×3 single — 69,493 people have one; it is 0.81 away.
Targets move as he improves.