People · Zimbabwe
Faith Smith
4×4 · top 6.0% of 83,917 all-time · competing since July 2025 · 2025SMIT35
Faith Smith has been competing for a year. Her best event is the 4×4: a personal-best single of 34.22, set at Zigzag Zambia Cubing 2026, puts her in the top 6.0% of the 83,917 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1st in Zimbabwe. Until November 2010, no official 4×4 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 3 competitions since July 2025, she has put 83 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, her 3×3 times vary about 10% around a typical one, an early reading from 5 counted rounds. Faith 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 | Zimbabwe | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4×4 | 34.22 | 42.42 | top 6.0% | 1 / 8 | |
| 3×3 | 11.00 | 12.81 | top 10.5% | 5 / 22 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 20.41 | 25.32 | top 21.6% | 2 / 9 | |
| 5×5 | 1:25.48 | 1:40.96 | top 23.7% | 2 / 5 | |
| 2×2 | 4.29 | 4.46 | top 30.2% | 6 / 13 | |
| Pyraminx | 8.41 | 9.29 | top 39.8% | 4 / 9 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 2:47.93 | — | early days — 3 solves | 1 / 1 |
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
- 3 Jan 2026Three personal bests in one day at Zigzag Zambia Cubing 2026.
- 5 Jul 2025First competition: Zambia Cubing Open 2025. A 12.80 3×3 single to start from.
- 5 Jul 2025Three personal bests in one day at Zambia Cubing Open 2025.
Competitions
- Eversdal Autumn Cape Town 2026 · 24 May 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Zigzag Zambia Cubing 2026 · 3 Jan 2026 — 3 personal bests set
- Zambia Cubing Open 2025 · 5 Jul 2025 — 3 personal bests 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 her.
- Janu van Jaarsveldt — met in 11 rounds, finished ahead 11 times
- Maverick Pearson — met in 11 rounds, finished ahead once
- Mwikisa Sikwibele — met in 8 rounds, finished ahead 8 times
Next targets
- A sub-30 4×4 single — 2,388 people have one; it is 4.22 away.
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 1.00 away.
Targets move as she improves.