People · South Africa
James Pretorius
3×3 · top 21.9% of 284,439 all-time · competing since November 2025 · 2025PRET07
James Pretorius has been competing for 9 months. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 14.26, set at Cubestuff Q4 Zwartkop 2025, puts him in the top 21.9% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 272nd in South Africa. Across 1 competition since November 2025, he has put 29 official solves on the record across three events.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | South Africa | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 14.26 | 17.09 | top 21.9% | 272 / 2,164 | |
| 2×2 | 5.27 | 6.97 | top 42.6% | 460 / 1,510 | |
| Pyraminx | 9.81 | 13.87 | top 51.5% | 414 / 946 |
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 story so far
- 29 Nov 2025First competition: Cubestuff Q4 Zwartkop 2025. A 15.75 3×3 single to start from.
- 29 Nov 2025First sub-15 3×3: 14.26 at Cubestuff Q4 Zwartkop 2025.
Competitions
- Cubestuff Q4 Zwartkop 2025 · 29 Nov 2025 — 2 personal bests 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.
- Ian James Mcleod — met in 6 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
- Ariella Ngari — met in 6 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
- Sivuno Ngcobo — met in 6 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
Next targets
- A sub-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 2.26 away.
- A sub-5 2×2 single — 73,413 people have one; it is 0.27 away.
Targets move as he improves.