People · South Africa
Herco Steyn
3×3 · top 93.2% of 284,439 all-time · competing since September 2025 · 2025STEY01
Herco Steyn has been competing for a year. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 1:04.40, set at Menlo Cubing Open 2025, puts him in the top 93.2% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,970th in South Africa. Across 5 competitions since September 2025, he has put 29 official solves on the record across two events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one, an early reading from 5 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 1:24.76 in September 2025 to 1:04.40, a 24% improvement. Herco 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 | South Africa | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 1:04.40 | 1:19.26 | top 93.2% | 1,970 / 2,164 | |
| 2×2 | 45.32 | 53.00 | top 99.7% | 1,501 / 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
Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 6 Sep 2025First competition: Cubestuff Centurion Q3 2025. A 1:24.76 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Cubestuff Challenge Centurion Q3 2026 · 1 Aug 2026
- Merry Twistmas Lynnwood 2025 · 13 Dec 2025
- Howick Spring 2025 · 4 Oct 2025
- Menlo Cubing Open 2025 · 27 Sep 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Cubestuff Centurion Q3 2025 · 6 Sep 2025
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.
- Albert Kruger — met in 5 rounds, finished ahead once
- Cathy Senekal — met in 5 rounds, finished ahead once
- Gawie Beukman — met in 5 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-1:00 3×3 single — 260,367 people have one; it is 4.40 away.
- A sub-40 2×2 single — 185,970 people have one; it is 5.32 away.
Targets move as he improves.