People · South Africa
Grant Robert King
3×3 · top 3.3% of 284,439 all-time · competing since June 2024 · 2024KING12
Grant Robert King has been competing for 2 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.26, set at Howick Spring 2025, puts him in the top 3.3% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 28th in South Africa. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 10 competitions since June 2024, he has put 543 official solves on the record across 13 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 63% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 19.59 in June 2024 to 8.26, a 58% improvement. Grant has entered ten competitions, more competitions than 92% 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 | 8.26 | 10.65 | top 3.3% | 28 / 2,164 | |
| Pyraminx | 3.54 | 5.05 | top 5.6% | 35 / 946 | |
| Clock | 5.90 | 8.35 | top 6.9% | 7 / 148 | |
| 4×4 | 35.62 | 43.48 | top 7.3% | 21 / 491 | |
| 2×2 | 2.38 | 3.76 | top 7.8% | 72 / 1,510 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 17.93 | 20.07 | top 14.9% | 41 / 467 | |
| Skewb | 5.06 | 8.32 | top 18.6% | 67 / 438 | |
| Megaminx | 1:53.44 | 2:31.73 | top 42.3% | 72 / 266 | |
| 5×5 | 1:53.80 | 2:05.50 | top 45.2% | 72 / 221 | |
| Square-1 | 28.04 | 41.76 | top 45.7% | 52 / 118 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 43 moves | 46.00 | top 59.0% | 29 / 53 | |
| 6×6 | 3:55.96 | 4:19.34 | top 64.0% | 46 / 84 | |
| 7×7 | 6:35.12 | — | early days — 2 solves | 43 / 69 |
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
- 27 Sep 2025Four personal bests in one day at CubeCo Durban Spring 2025.
- 26 Apr 2025Eight personal bests in one day at CubingZA Nationals 2025.
- 21 Mar 2025First sub-10 3×3: 9.43 at CubeCo Coastal Cubing KZN 2025.
- 21 Mar 2025Seven personal bests in one day at CubeCo Coastal Cubing KZN 2025.
- 7 Dec 2024Five personal bests in one day at CubeCo Durban Summer 2024.
- 23 Nov 2024Six personal bests in one day at Cubestuff Challenge Q4 Menlyn Park 2024.
Competitions
- CubingZA FMC Championship 2025 · 4 Oct 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Howick Spring 2025 · 4 Oct 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- CubeCo Durban Spring 2025 · 27 Sep 2025 — 4 personal bests set
- CubingZA Nationals 2025 · 26 Apr 2025 — 8 personal bests set
- CubeCo Coastal Cubing KZN 2025 · 21 Mar 2025 — 7 personal bests set
- CubeCo Durban Summer 2024 · 7 Dec 2024 — 5 personal bests set
- Cubestuff Challenge Q4 Menlyn Park 2024 · 23 Nov 2024 — 6 personal bests set
- Rubik's WCA African Championship 2024 · 21 Sep 2024 — 8 personal bests set
- Qualifying in Kirstenhof 2024 · 24 Aug 2024 — 5 personal bests set
- Durban Winter 2024 · 8 Jun 2024 — 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 his.
- Timothy Lawrance — met in 90 rounds, finished ahead 58 times
- Waseem Hoosain — met in 82 rounds, finished ahead 16 times
- Christian Swartz — met in 75 rounds, finished ahead 6 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.26 away.
- A sub-3 Pyraminx single — 4,700 people have one; it is 0.54 away.
Targets move as he improves.