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Dylan Swarts

3×3 · top 3.5% of 284,439 all-time · competing since November 2017 · 2017SWAR03

Dylan Swarts has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.37, set at Qualifying in Kirstenhof 2024, puts him in the top 3.5% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 30th in South Africa. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 22 competitions since November 2017, he has put 1,293 official solves on the record across 17 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 63% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 18.77 in November 2017 to 8.37, a 55% improvement. Dylan has entered 22 competitions, more competitions than 97% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 3.5% of 284,439 all-time
8.37
signature single · Qualifying in Kirstenhof 2024
1,293
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 63% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingSouth Africa
3×38.379.92
top 3.5%30 / 2,164
3×3 blindfolded30.3839.32
top 4.2%2 / 53
4×432.4841.51
top 4.6%13 / 491
2×22.093.20
top 5.4%51 / 1,510
3×3 Multi-Blind18 of 18 cubes · 44:24—
top 5.7%3 / 27
Pyraminx3.835.09
top 6.9%48 / 946
Skewb4.005.96
top 10.9%36 / 438
5×51:10.611:16.40
top 12.0%15 / 221
Megaminx1:06.391:11.64
top 13.6%19 / 266
3×3 one-handed18.1321.42
top 15.4%43 / 467
Square-115.8720.87
top 18.4%20 / 118
6×62:17.492:31.65
top 19.2%13 / 84
4×4 blindfolded4:47.035:54.20
top 20.5%2 / 15
7×73:54.494:08.34
top 28.6%14 / 69
5×5 blindfolded13:47.00—
top 36.0%3 / 7
Clock14.1615.21
top 44.5%61 / 148
3×3 Fewest Moves41 moves—
early days — 3 solves28 / 53

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

Speedcubes Cape Town 2017: 18.77Speedcubes Cape Town 2018: 14.94Arnold Classic Africa 2018: 14.27Speedcubes Cape Town 2019: 11.59Arnold Classic Africa 2019: 11.47Cape Town Spring 2019: 10.06Cape Town Summer 2020: 10.24Cape Town Summer 2022: 10.33Gauteng Autumn 2022: 9.16Rubik's WCA African Championship 2022: 9.13CubingZA Cape Cubes Summer 2023: 9.79CubingZA Cape Cubes Autumn 2023: 10.04CubingZA National Championship 2023: 8.87CubingZA Cape Cubes Spring 2023: 9.18Mimosa Mall Master Cubers 2023: 9.88CubingZA Cape Cubes Challenge 2023: 9.38Qualifying in Kirstenhof 2024: 8.37Rubik's WCA African Championship 2024: 10.09Cubing in the Cape Q1 2026: 8.768.3718.775 Nov 20178 Feb 2026

Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.

The story so far

Competitions

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.

Next targets

  • A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.37 away.
  • A sub-30 3×3 blindfolded single — 501 people have one; it is 0.38 away.

Targets move as he improves.