People · South Africa
Kéan Botha
2×2 · top 9.8% of 186,767 all-time · competing since March 2025 · 2025BOTH01
Kéan Botha has been competing for a year. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.59, set at Cubestuff Challenge Centurion Hotel Q1 2025, puts him in the top 9.8% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 93rd in South Africa. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 5 competitions since March 2025, he has put 212 official solves on the record across twelve events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one; 85% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 16.27 in March 2025 to 13.26, a 19% improvement. He has entered five competitions, more competitions than 83% 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 | 2.59 | 5.13 | top 9.8% | 93 / 1,510 | |
| Pyraminx | 4.82 | 8.74 | top 12.1% | 96 / 946 | |
| 3×3 | 13.26 | 15.60 | top 18.3% | 222 / 2,164 | |
| 4×4 | 50.13 | 54.29 | top 24.9% | 78 / 491 | |
| 5×5 | 1:34.80 | 1:40.16 | top 31.3% | 49 / 221 | |
| 6×6 | 3:01.61 | 3:06.73 | top 41.8% | 26 / 84 | |
| Megaminx | 2:11.11 | 2:24.83 | top 51.8% | 94 / 266 | |
| Skewb | 10.89 | 15.21 | top 60.2% | 234 / 438 | |
| Clock | 22.71 | 50.10 | top 71.8% | 107 / 148 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 53.03 | 1:07.64 | top 79.4% | 283 / 467 | |
| Square-1 | 1:04.20 | 1:35.96 | top 86.1% | 102 / 118 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 6:53.28 | — | early days — 1 solve | 51 / 53 |
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 2026Five personal bests in one day at Cubestuff Grand Challenge - The Leonardo 2026.
- 27 Sep 2025First sub-15 3×3: 13.26 at Menlo Cubing Open 2025.
- 27 Sep 2025Three personal bests in one day at Menlo Cubing Open 2025.
- 8 Mar 2025First competition: Cubestuff Challenge Centurion Hotel Q1 2025. A 17.04 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Cubestuff Grand Challenge - The Leonardo 2026 · 20 Jun 2026 — 5 personal bests set
- Cubestuff Centurion Q1 2026 · 31 Jan 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Menlo Cubing Open 2025 · 27 Sep 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Beginner & Blind Johannesburg 2025 · 17 May 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Cubestuff Challenge Centurion Hotel Q1 2025 · 8 Mar 2025 — 2 personal bests 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.
- Marike Faught — met in 49 rounds, finished ahead 7 times
- Albert Kruger — met in 42 rounds, finished ahead 13 times
- Ruben Grobler — met in 42 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.59 away.
- A sub-4 Pyraminx single — 9,892 people have one; it is 0.82 away.
Targets move as he improves.