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Francois Hoogendyk

Pyraminx · top 44.6% of 129,321 all-time · competing since August 2022 · 2022HOOG03

Francois Hoogendyk has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 8.97, set at CubingZA National Championship 2023, puts him in the top 44.6% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 350th in South Africa. Across 3 competitions since August 2022, he has put 43 official solves on the record across three events. Francois has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% of everyone who has ever competed.

Pyraminx
best event — top 44.6% of 129,321 all-time
8.97
signature single · CubingZA National Championship 2023
43
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingSouth Africa
Pyraminx8.9716.20
top 44.6%350 / 946
3×336.6155.21
top 72.7%1,302 / 2,164
2×213.6018.89
top 88.1%1,217 / 1,510

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

Limpopo 2022: 36.61CubingZA National Championship 2023: 56.67Puzzlin' Polokwane 2024: 44.8736.6156.676 Aug 202215 Mar 2024

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

The story so far

  • 6 Aug 2022First competition: Limpopo 2022. A 36.61 3×3 single to start from.

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 Pyraminx single — 46,752 people have one; it is 0.97 away.
  • A sub-30 3×3 single — 177,856 people have one; it is 6.61 away.

Targets move as he improves.