People · South Africa
Jaco de Waal
3×3 · top 31.8% of 284,439 all-time · competing since November 2014 · 2014WAAL01
Jaco de Waal has been competing for 12 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 17.26, set at Gauteng Summer 2019, puts him in the top 31.8% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 409th in South Africa. Across 2 competitions since November 2014, he has put 18 official solves on the record across three events. His 3×3 best has come down from 49.96 in November 2014 to 17.26, a 65% improvement. Jaco has entered two competitions.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | South Africa | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 17.26 | 30.22 | top 31.8% | 409 / 2,164 | |
| 2×2 | 7.06 | 7.87 | top 60.9% | 701 / 1,510 | |
| 4×4 | 1:44.34 | 1:57.82 | top 73.4% | 289 / 491 |
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
- 5 Jan 2019First sub-30 3×3: 17.26 at Gauteng Summer 2019.
- 5 Jan 2019First sub-20 3×3: 17.26 at Gauteng Summer 2019.
- 23 Nov 2014First competition: Johannesburg 2014. A 49.96 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Gauteng Summer 2019 · 5 Jan 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Johannesburg 2014 · 23 Nov 2014
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.
- Brendan James Gray — met in 4 rounds, never finished ahead
- Quinton Scholtz — met in 4 rounds, never finished ahead
- Yusuf Akoojee — met in 3 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
Next targets
- A sub-15 3×3 single — 69,493 people have one; it is 2.26 away.
- A sub-6 2×2 single — 95,042 people have one; it is 1.06 away.
Targets move as he improves.