Sunday 6 September 2026 Rebuilt nightly from the WCA's official results · export of 6 September 2026 · About
The Middle Three
People → South Africa → Jaco Nel

People · South Africa

Jaco Nel

3×3 · top 76.3% of 284,439 all-time · competing since May 2018 · 2018NELJ01

Jaco Nel has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 39.53, set at Gauteng Summer 2019, puts him in the top 76.3% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,413th in South Africa. Across 2 competitions since May 2018, he has put 14 official solves on the record across two events. His 3×3 best has come down from 56.09 in May 2018 to 39.53, a 30% improvement. Jaco has entered two competitions.

3×3
best event — top 76.3% of 284,439 all-time
39.53
signature single · Gauteng Summer 2019
14
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingSouth Africa
3×339.5344.91
top 76.3%1,413 / 2,164
2×211.0916.36
top 81.8%1,057 / 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

Arnold Classic Africa 2018: 56.09Gauteng Summer 2019: 39.5339.5356.0918 May 20185 Jan 2019

Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.

The story so far

Competitions

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.

Next targets

  • A sub-30 3×3 single — 177,856 people have one; it is 9.53 away.
  • A sub-10 2×2 single — 145,545 people have one; it is 1.09 away.

Targets move as he improves.