People · South Africa
Juandré Jacobs
3×3 · top 0.18% of 284,439 all-time · competing since January 2024 · 2024JACO02
Juandré Jacobs has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 5.28, set at Cubestuff Centurion Q1 2026, puts him in the top 0.18% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 3rd in South Africa. Until April 2015, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 25 competitions since January 2024, he has put 1,111 official solves on the record across ten events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 54% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 31.22 in January 2024 to 5.28, an 83% improvement. He has entered 25 competitions, more competitions than 98% 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 | 5.28 | 7.34 | top 0.18% | 3 / 2,164 | |
| 2×2 | 1.42 | 2.56 | top 1.8% | 14 / 1,510 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 15.54 | 19.77 | top 9.2% | 24 / 467 | |
| Pyraminx | 4.71 | 8.09 | top 11.5% | 92 / 946 | |
| Skewb | 4.33 | 8.66 | top 13.2% | 48 / 438 | |
| Clock | 9.29 | 13.10 | top 21.5% | 25 / 148 | |
| 4×4 | 52.35 | 59.11 | top 27.6% | 87 / 491 | |
| Square-1 | 39.72 | 44.70 | top 65.0% | 79 / 118 | |
| Megaminx | 3:15.97 | 3:41.73 | top 79.6% | 173 / 266 | |
| 5×5 | 3:42.35 | — | top 88.8% | 173 / 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
- 26 Apr 2025Six personal bests in one day at CubingZA Nationals 2025.
- 5 Oct 2024First sub-10 3×3: 8.96 at Inni-Horie-Fees 2024.
- 21 Sep 2024Six personal bests in one day at Rubik's WCA African Championship 2024.
- 31 Aug 2024Four personal bests in one day at Benoni Cubing Comeback 2024.
- 20 Jul 2024First sub-15 3×3: 11.83 at Cubestuff Challenge Centurion Q3 2024.
- 20 Jul 2024Six personal bests in one day at Cubestuff Challenge Centurion Q3 2024.
Competitions
- Farrarmere Full Speed 2026 · 22 Aug 2026
- Cubestuff Challenge Centurion Q3 2026 · 1 Aug 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Cubestuff Grand Challenge - The Leonardo 2026 · 20 Jun 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Benoni May Madness 2026 · 17 May 2026
- Cubestuff Centurion Q2 2026 · 11 Apr 2026
- Beginner & Blind Benoni 2026 · 29 Mar 2026
- Cubestuff Centurion Q1 2026 · 31 Jan 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Merry Twistmas Lynnwood 2025 · 13 Dec 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Cubestuff Q4 Zwartkop 2025 · 29 Nov 2025
- Menlo Cubing Open 2025 · 27 Sep 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Cubestuff Centurion Q3 2025 · 6 Sep 2025
- Rubik's WCA World Championship 2025 · 3 Jul 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Cubestuff Challenge Centurion Q2 2025 · 7 Jun 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Beginner & Blind Johannesburg 2025 · 17 May 2025
- CubingZA Nationals 2025 · 26 Apr 2025 — 6 personal bests set
- CuBeaulieu Craze Comeback 2025 · 29 Mar 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Cubestuff Challenge Centurion Hotel Q1 2025 · 8 Mar 2025 — 1 personal best set
- CuBeaulieu Craze 2024 · 7 Dec 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Cubestuff Challenge Q4 Menlyn Park 2024 · 23 Nov 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Inni-Horie-Fees 2024 · 5 Oct 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Rubik's WCA African Championship 2024 · 21 Sep 2024 — 6 personal bests set
- Benoni Cubing Comeback 2024 · 31 Aug 2024 — 4 personal bests set
- Cubestuff Challenge Centurion Q3 2024 · 20 Jul 2024 — 6 personal bests set
- Cubestuff Challenge Q2 2024 · 20 Apr 2024 — 4 personal bests set
- Cubestuff Challenge Q1 2024 · 27 Jan 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.
- Marike Faught — met in 221 rounds, finished ahead 135 times
- Osman Badroodin — met in 208 rounds, finished ahead 67 times
- Ruben Grobler — met in 188 rounds, finished ahead 28 times
Next targets
- A sub-5 3×3 single — 344 people have one; it is 0.28 away.
- A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.42 away.
Targets move as he improves.