People · South Africa
Kai Faasen
2×2 · top 6.3% of 186,767 all-time · competing since October 2022 · 2022FAAS02
Kai Faasen has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.21, set at Puzzles in Pinehurst 2025, puts him in the top 6.3% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 55th in South Africa. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 8 competitions since October 2022, he has put 135 official solves on the record across four events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 70% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. That figure sets aside his 3 DNFs. His 3×3 best has come down from 46.42 in October 2022 to 25.85, a 44% improvement. Kai has entered eight competitions, more competitions than 90% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | South Africa | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 2.21 | 7.81 | top 6.3% | 55 / 1,510 | |
| Pyraminx | 6.43 | 12.13 | top 23.3% | 178 / 946 | |
| Skewb | 7.39 | 15.28 | top 36.7% | 128 / 438 | |
| 3×3 | 25.85 | 33.28 | top 54.4% | 852 / 2,164 |
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
- 24 May 2025Three personal bests in one day at Mother City Cubing Cape Town 2025.
- 18 Jan 2025First sub-30 3×3: 27.29 at Puzzles in Pinehurst 2025.
- 18 Jan 2025Three personal bests in one day at Puzzles in Pinehurst 2025.
- 7 Oct 2022First competition: Rubik's WCA African Championship 2022. A 46.42 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Mother City Cubing Cape Town 2025 · 24 May 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Puzzles in Pinehurst 2025 · 18 Jan 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Cape Cubes Challenge 2024 · 14 Dec 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Beginner and Blind Cape Town 2024 · 9 Nov 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Rubik's WCA African Championship 2024 · 21 Sep 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- CubingZA Cape Cubes Spring 2023 · 30 Sep 2023
- CubingZA Cape Cubes Summer 2023 · 28 Jan 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Rubik's WCA African Championship 2022 · 7 Oct 2022
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.
- Daniel Rush — met in 28 rounds, never finished ahead
- Jesse Osburn — met in 26 rounds, never finished ahead
- Micah Willenburgh — met in 26 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.21 away.
- A sub-6 Pyraminx single — 25,870 people have one; it is 0.43 away.
Targets move as he improves.