People · South Africa
Johan Kotze
3×3 · top 8.7% of 284,439 all-time · competing since September 2025 · 2025KOTZ02
Johan Kotze has been competing for a year. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 10.42, set at Cubestuff Centurion Q3 2025, puts him in the top 8.7% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 86th in South Africa. Until February 2007, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 3 competitions since September 2025, he has put 109 official solves on the record across nine events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, an early reading from 8 counted rounds. 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 | 10.42 | 13.55 | top 8.7% | 86 / 2,164 | |
| Square-1 | 14.31 | 27.50 | top 14.8% | 16 / 118 | |
| 4×4 | 52.66 | 1:01.70 | top 28.0% | 89 / 491 | |
| 2×2 | 6.01 | 6.83 | top 51.0% | 567 / 1,510 | |
| Megaminx | 2:19.38 | 2:40.43 | top 56.0% | 106 / 266 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 40.75 | 56.71 | top 66.3% | 206 / 467 | |
| Pyraminx | 13.80 | 24.52 | top 76.9% | 679 / 946 | |
| 7×7 | 6:52.06 | — | early days — 2 solves | 47 / 69 | |
| 6×6 | 5:14.72 | — | early days — 1 solve | 73 / 84 |
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 2025Four personal bests in one day at Cubestuff Q4 Zwartkop 2025.
- 6 Sep 2025First competition: Cubestuff Centurion Q3 2025. A 14.41 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Cubestuff Q4 Zwartkop 2025 · 29 Nov 2025 — 4 personal bests set
- Menlo Cubing Open 2025 · 27 Sep 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Cubestuff Centurion Q3 2025 · 6 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.
- Osman Badroodin — met in 24 rounds, never finished ahead
- Marike Faught — met in 23 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Vincent Hazelton-Lagarrigue — met in 22 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
Next targets
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 0.42 away.
- A sub-12 Square-1 single — 2,502 people have one; it is 2.31 away.
Targets move as he improves.