People · South Africa
Kaylie Pretorius
3×3 · top 8.0% of 284,439 all-time · competing since May 2018 · 2018PRET01
Kaylie Pretorius has been competing for 8 years. Her best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 10.19, set at Cubestuff Q4 Zwartkop 2025, puts her in the top 8.0% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 80th in South Africa. Until May 2007, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 11 competitions since May 2018, she has put 428 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, her 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 72% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. Her 3×3 best has come down from 46.19 in May 2018 to 10.19, a 78% improvement. Kaylie has entered eleven competitions, more competitions than 93% 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 | 10.19 | 13.07 | top 8.0% | 80 / 2,164 | |
| Pyraminx | 4.23 | 7.24 | top 8.8% | 65 / 946 | |
| 2×2 | 2.50 | 3.88 | top 8.9% | 86 / 1,510 | |
| Skewb | 4.88 | 8.04 | top 17.2% | 60 / 438 | |
| 4×4 | 46.59 | 57.09 | top 20.3% | 62 / 491 | |
| Megaminx | 1:19.82 | 1:28.62 | top 21.7% | 36 / 266 | |
| 5×5 | 1:44.30 | 1:53.75 | top 38.6% | 58 / 221 | |
| Clock | 18.62 | 25.79 | top 60.6% | 92 / 148 |
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
- 20 Jun 2026Four personal bests in one day at Cubestuff Grand Challenge - The Leonardo 2026.
- 29 Nov 2025Three personal bests in one day at Cubestuff Q4 Zwartkop 2025.
- 20 Jul 2024Three personal bests in one day at Cubestuff Challenge Centurion Q3 2024.
- 20 Apr 2024Three personal bests in one day at Cubestuff Challenge Q2 2024.
- 15 May 2022First sub-30 3×3: 14.03 at Gauteng Autumn 2022.
- 15 May 2022First sub-20 3×3: 14.03 at Gauteng Autumn 2022.
Competitions
- Cubestuff Grand Challenge - The Leonardo 2026 · 20 Jun 2026 — 4 personal bests set
- Cubestuff Q4 Zwartkop 2025 · 29 Nov 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Bold Solvin' Bloemfontein 2025 · 12 Jul 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- CuBeaulieu Craze 2024 · 7 Dec 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Cubestuff Challenge Q4 Menlyn Park 2024 · 23 Nov 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Cubestuff Challenge Centurion Q3 2024 · 20 Jul 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Cubestuff Challenge Q2 2024 · 20 Apr 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Cubestuff Challenge Q1 2024 · 27 Jan 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Arnold Classic Africa 2022 · 3 Jun 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- Gauteng Autumn 2022 · 15 May 2022 — 3 personal bests set
- Arnold Classic Africa 2018 · 18 May 2018
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 her.
- Marike Faught — met in 77 rounds, finished ahead 22 times
- Osman Badroodin — met in 71 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
- Ian Luies — met in 67 rounds, finished ahead 17 times
Next targets
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 0.19 away.
- A sub-4 Pyraminx single — 9,892 people have one; it is 0.23 away.
Targets move as she improves.