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Gybson Pretorius
2×2 · top 8.7% of 189,179 all-time · competing since March 2023 · 2023PRET02
Gybson Pretorius has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.47, set at Dutch Open 2023, puts him in the top 8.7% of the 189,179 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 185th in the Netherlands. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 5 competitions since March 2023, he has put 144 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, an early reading from 9 counted rounds. That figure sets aside his 3 DNFs. His 3×3 best has come down from 24.11 in March 2023 to 13.90, a 42% improvement. Gybson has entered five competitions, more competitions than 83% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Netherlands | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 2.47 | 4.17 | top 8.7% | 185 / 1,680 | |
| Pyraminx | 5.80 | 8.04 | top 18.6% | 323 / 1,296 | |
| 3×3 | 13.90 | 16.86 | top 20.7% | 613 / 2,318 | |
| 4×4 | 1:06.87 | 1:13.01 | top 43.9% | 426 / 1,009 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 28.89 | 33.82 | top 44.2% | 301 / 737 | |
| Skewb | 10.72 | 14.40 | top 59.3% | 608 / 968 | |
| Megaminx | 2:36.18 | — | top 64.3% | 282 / 417 |
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
- 24 Mar 2024Three personal bests in one day at Arnhem Open B 2024.
- 23 Sep 2023First sub-15 3×3: 14.82 at Dutch Autumn 2023.
- 23 Sep 2023Four personal bests in one day at Dutch Autumn 2023.
- 3 Jun 2023Five personal bests in one day at Dutch Open 2023.
- 14 May 2023First sub-20 3×3: 17.47 at Capelle Cubing 2023.
- 14 May 2023Three personal bests in one day at Capelle Cubing 2023.
Competitions
- Arnhem Open B 2024 · 24 Mar 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Dutch Autumn 2023 · 23 Sep 2023 — 4 personal bests set
- Dutch Open 2023 · 3 Jun 2023 — 5 personal bests set
- Capelle Cubing 2023 · 14 May 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Kampen Open 2023 · 11 Mar 2023
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.
- Jonathan Plug — met in 33 rounds, never finished ahead
- Jonas van Lier — met in 31 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
- Juup Heijnen — met in 30 rounds, finished ahead 11 times
Next targets
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 9,039 people have one; it is 0.47 away.
- A sub-5 Pyraminx single — 17,242 people have one; it is 0.80 away.
Targets move as he improves.