People · South Africa
Jack du Plooy
3×3 · top 38.0% of 288,433 all-time · competing since March 2025 · 2025PLOO01
Jack du Plooy has been competing for a year. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 19.30, set at Cubestuff Centurion Q2 2026, puts him in the top 38.0% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 527th in South Africa. Across 5 competitions since March 2025, he has put 111 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 17% around a typical one, an early reading from 9 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 33.51 in March 2025 to 19.30, a 42% improvement. Jack 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 | 19.30 | 26.02 | top 38.0% | 527 / 2,187 | |
| Pyraminx | 9.12 | 15.80 | top 45.9% | 370 / 958 | |
| 2×2 | 5.57 | 8.74 | top 46.2% | 513 / 1,525 | |
| Skewb | 11.30 | 19.32 | top 62.5% | 251 / 444 | |
| 4×4 | 1:54.31 | 2:10.97 | top 79.1% | 329 / 495 | |
| Clock | 27.79 | 34.33 | top 81.5% | 124 / 153 |
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
- 11 Apr 2026First sub-20 3×3: 19.30 at Cubestuff Centurion Q2 2026.
- 11 Apr 2026Four personal bests in one day at Cubestuff Centurion Q2 2026.
- 26 Apr 2025First sub-30 3×3: 22.40 at CubingZA Nationals 2025.
- 26 Apr 2025Three personal bests in one day at CubingZA Nationals 2025.
- 29 Mar 2025First competition: CuBeaulieu Craze Comeback 2025. A 33.51 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Cubestuff Grand Challenge - The Leonardo 2026 · 20 Jun 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Cubestuff Centurion Q2 2026 · 11 Apr 2026 — 4 personal bests set
- Beginner & Blind Johannesburg 2025 · 17 May 2025 — 1 personal best set
- CubingZA Nationals 2025 · 26 Apr 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- CuBeaulieu Craze Comeback 2025 · 29 Mar 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.
- Marike Faught — met in 24 rounds, never finished ahead
- Ian Luies — met in 24 rounds, never finished ahead
- Juandré Jacobs — met in 24 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-15 3×3 single — 70,740 people have one; it is 4.30 away.
- A sub-8 Pyraminx single — 47,369 people have one; it is 1.12 away.
Targets move as he improves.