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Gawie Beukman

3×3 · top 56.9% of 284,439 all-time · competing since November 2015 · 2015BEUK01

Gawie Beukman has been competing for 11 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 27.04, set at Menlo Cubing Open 2025, puts him in the top 56.9% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 922nd in South Africa. Across 30 competitions since November 2015, he has put 473 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one; 86% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 47.33 in November 2015 to 27.04, a 43% improvement. Gawie has entered 30 competitions, more competitions than 98% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 56.9% of 284,439 all-time
27.04
signature single · Menlo Cubing Open 2025
473
official solves on the record
15%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 86% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingSouth Africa
3×327.0434.56
top 56.9%922 / 2,164
Pyraminx11.9615.89
top 66.9%564 / 946
2×27.9312.98
top 67.4%801 / 1,510
3×3 one-handed49.552:03.90
top 76.3%263 / 467
4×42:03.932:37.15
top 83.4%351 / 491
5×54:24.55—
top 94.4%191 / 221

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

Johannesburg Open 2015: 47.33Johannesburg Open 2016: 53.16Johannesburg 2016: 39.94Speedcubes Johannesburg 2017: 33.92Arnold Classic Africa 2018: 44.25Soweto Spring Open 2018: 37.33Gauteng Summer 2019: 41.77Durban Summer Warm-up 2021: 40.27Arnold Classic Africa 2022: 31.03Just Cube Joburg 2022: 37.67Crazy Cubing Centurion 2023: 32.88CubingZA National Championship 2023: 37.55Pretoria Spring Afternoon 2023: 33.18Cubestuff Challenge Centurion Q3 2024: 32.87Benoni Cubing Comeback 2024: 31.78Inni-Horie-Fees 2024: 33.11Cubestuff Challenge Q4 Menlyn Park 2024: 32.60CuBeaulieu Craze 2024: 29.98Cubestuff Challenge Centurion Hotel Q1 2025: 28.90CuBeaulieu Craze Comeback 2025: 35.95CubingZA Nationals 2025: 31.00Cubestuff Challenge Centurion Q2 2025: 28.39Cubestuff Centurion Q3 2025: 32.32Menlo Cubing Open 2025: 27.04Cubestuff Q4 Zwartkop 2025: 31.16Merry Twistmas Lynnwood 2025: 34.45Cubestuff Centurion Q1 2026: 38.88Benoni May Madness 2026: 31.50Cubestuff Challenge Centurion Q3 2026: 36.26Farrarmere Full Speed 2026: 32.2527.0453.1629 Nov 201522 Aug 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-25 3×3 single — 149,621 people have one; it is 2.04 away.
  • A sub-10 Pyraminx single — 68,530 people have one; it is 1.96 away.

Targets move as he improves.