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Kaine Alex Wood

3×3 · top 31.1% of 284,439 all-time · competing since April 2023 · 2023WOOD13

Kaine Alex Wood has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 17.05, set at Rubik's WCA African Championship 2024, puts him in the top 31.1% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 398th in South Africa. Across 7 competitions since April 2023, he has put 195 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one; 82% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 44.13 in April 2023 to 17.05, a 61% improvement. Kaine has entered seven competitions, more competitions than 88% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 31.1% of 284,439 all-time
17.05
signature single · Rubik's WCA African Championship 2024
195
official solves on the record
15%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 82% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingSouth Africa
3×317.0521.44
top 31.1%398 / 2,164
Pyraminx8.2010.76
top 37.9%289 / 946
2×25.476.06
top 45.0%487 / 1,510
Skewb8.8510.94
top 47.4%175 / 438
3×3 one-handed35.7252.07
top 58.6%165 / 467
4×42:08.722:17.48
top 85.3%363 / 491
Megaminx4:17.355:09.55
top 92.4%217 / 266

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

CubingZA Cape Cubes Autumn 2023: 44.13CubingZA Cape Cubes Spring 2023: 29.02CubingZA Cape Cubes Challenge 2023: 23.63Mid Summer Madness Cape Town 2024: 20.60Harvest Moon Cape Town 2024: 17.24Qualifying in Kirstenhof 2024: 20.33Rubik's WCA African Championship 2024: 17.0517.0544.1322 Apr 202321 Sep 2024

Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.

The story so far

Competitions

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.

Next targets

  • A sub-15 3×3 single — 69,493 people have one; it is 2.05 away.
  • A sub-8 Pyraminx single — 46,752 people have one; it is 0.20 away.

Targets move as he improves.