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Jacques Andre Horne

Skewb · top 4.2% of 74,164 all-time · competing since June 2022 · 2022HORN03

Jacques Andre Horne has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the Skewb: a personal-best single of 2.83, set at GAN WCA African Championship 2026, puts him in the top 4.2% of the 74,164 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 21st in South Africa. Until February 2014, no official Skewb solve in the world had been that fast. Across 23 competitions since June 2022, he has put 992 official solves on the record across 13 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 65% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 24.42 in June 2022 to 12.14, a 50% improvement. Jacques has entered 23 competitions, more competitions than 97% of everyone who has ever competed.

Skewb
best event — top 4.2% of 74,164 all-time
2.83
signature single · GAN WCA African Championship 2026
992
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 65% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingSouth Africa
Skewb2.839.02
top 4.2%21 / 444
Pyraminx4.558.53
top 10.5%85 / 958
3×312.1414.99
top 14.4%164 / 2,187
2×23.424.07
top 19.3%196 / 1,525
3×3 one-handed23.5230.85
top 30.2%87 / 473
4×456.041:05.94
top 32.1%104 / 495
Square-126.4334.90
top 42.4%47 / 121
Clock13.7316.91
top 42.7%60 / 153
Megaminx1:54.242:09.10
top 42.9%75 / 268
5×52:02.482:14.55
top 50.9%87 / 225
6×63:57.784:21.57
top 64.8%50 / 87
3×3 blindfolded5:15.36—
early days — 2 solves44 / 54
3×3 Multi-Blind2 of 3 cubes · 30:00—
early days — 1 solve25 / 28

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 2022: 24.42Rubik's WCA African Championship 2022: 18.49Just Cube Joburg 2022: 17.38Crazy Cubing Centurion 2023: 17.56CubingZA National Championship 2023: 16.34Pretoria Spring Afternoon 2023: 18.98Rubik's WCA African Championship 2024: 18.75Inni-Horie-Fees 2024: 15.86Cubestuff Challenge Q4 Menlyn Park 2024: 15.46CuBeaulieu Craze 2024: 16.39Cubestuff Challenge Centurion Hotel Q1 2025: 13.93CubingZA Nationals 2025: 13.01Beginner & Blind Johannesburg 2025: 14.56Cubestuff Challenge Centurion Q2 2025: 15.14Cubestuff Centurion Q3 2025: 12.63Cubestuff Q4 Zwartkop 2025: 13.58Merry Twistmas Lynnwood 2025: 13.32Cubestuff Centurion Q1 2026: 13.05Beginner & Blind Benoni 2026: 13.09Cubestuff Grand Challenge - The Leonardo 2026: 12.14Cubestuff Challenge Centurion Q3 2026: 13.64GAN WCA African Championship 2026: 15.0512.1424.423 Jun 202224 Sep 2026

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-2 Skewb single — 1,031 people have one; it is 0.83 away.
  • A sub-4 Pyraminx single — 10,050 people have one; it is 0.55 away.

Targets move as he improves.