People · South Africa
Johan David Michael Bester
3×3 · top 40.8% of 284,439 all-time · competing since November 2024 · 2024BEST06
Johan David Michael Bester has been competing for a year. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 20.31, set at Lakewood Newcomers 2025, puts him in the top 40.8% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 578th in South Africa. Across 3 competitions since November 2024, he has put 30 official solves on the record across four events. His 3×3 best has come down from 32.69 in November 2024 to 20.31, a 38% improvement. Johan 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 | 20.31 | 24.49 | top 40.8% | 578 / 2,164 | |
| 2×2 | 7.54 | 8.90 | top 64.6% | 759 / 1,510 | |
| Pyraminx | 15.68 | 17.88 | top 84.1% | 759 / 946 | |
| 5×5 | 4:50.90 | — | early days — 1 solve | 200 / 221 |
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
- 18 Jan 2025First sub-30 3×3: 25.92 at Tacoma Winter 2025.
- 16 Nov 2024First competition: Lakewood Fall 2024. A 32.69 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Lakewood Newcomers 2025 · 22 Mar 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Tacoma Winter 2025 · 18 Jan 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Lakewood Fall 2024 · 16 Nov 2024
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.
- Rohin Gilman — met in 7 rounds, never finished ahead
- Eli Kirk — met in 7 rounds, never finished ahead
- Jairo Santiago Callejas — met in 7 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-20 3×3 single — 113,584 people have one; it is 0.31 away.
- A sub-6 2×2 single — 95,042 people have one; it is 1.54 away.
Targets move as he improves.