People · South Africa
Jacques Botha
3×3 · top 15.7% of 284,439 all-time · competing since September 2025 · 2025BOTH03
Jacques Botha has been competing for 11 months. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 12.53, set at Cubestuff Q4 Zwartkop 2025, puts him in the top 15.7% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 182nd in South Africa. Across 3 competitions since September 2025, he has put 44 official solves on the record across two events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, an early reading from 6 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 17.63 in September 2025 to 12.53, a 29% improvement. Jacques has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% 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 | 12.53 | 14.60 | top 15.7% | 182 / 2,164 | |
| 2×2 | 4.69 | 5.80 | top 35.4% | 373 / 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
- 29 Nov 2025First sub-15 3×3: 12.53 at Cubestuff Q4 Zwartkop 2025.
- 29 Nov 2025Three personal bests in one day at Cubestuff Q4 Zwartkop 2025.
- 27 Sep 2025First competition: Menlo Cubing Open 2025. A 18.43 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Beginner & Blind Benoni 2026 · 29 Mar 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Cubestuff Q4 Zwartkop 2025 · 29 Nov 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Menlo Cubing Open 2025 · 27 Sep 2025 — 1 personal best set
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.
- Mateo Zarko Cvetkovic — met in 9 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
- Joshua Bennett — met in 9 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Michiel Bernard de Kock — met in 9 rounds, finished ahead once
Next targets
- A sub-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 0.53 away.
- A sub-4 2×2 single — 49,452 people have one; it is 0.69 away.
Targets move as he improves.