People · South Africa
Kieran Weitz
3×3 · top 6.1% of 284,439 all-time · competing since March 2022 · 2022WEIT01
Kieran Weitz has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.48, set at Puzzles in Pinehurst 2025, puts him in the top 6.1% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 58th in South Africa. Until February 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 10 competitions since March 2022, he has put 502 official solves on the record across 13 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one; 84% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 25.14 in March 2022 to 9.48, a 62% improvement. Kieran has entered ten competitions, more competitions than 92% 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 | 9.48 | 11.44 | top 6.1% | 58 / 2,164 | |
| Skewb | 3.39 | 7.27 | top 7.1% | 25 / 438 | |
| 2×2 | 2.91 | 3.86 | top 13.2% | 130 / 1,510 | |
| Pyraminx | 5.76 | 8.16 | top 18.2% | 135 / 946 | |
| Square-1 | 17.44 | 20.58 | top 21.9% | 24 / 118 | |
| 4×4 | 49.50 | 54.65 | top 24.1% | 72 / 491 | |
| 5×5 | 1:28.69 | 1:40.98 | top 26.2% | 38 / 221 | |
| Megaminx | 1:37.48 | 2:02.51 | top 33.0% | 51 / 266 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 24.84 | 27.61 | top 33.8% | 98 / 467 | |
| Clock | 12.61 | 15.75 | top 37.9% | 50 / 148 | |
| 6×6 | 3:13.89 | 3:23.14 | top 47.7% | 30 / 84 | |
| 7×7 | 5:45.97 | 6:43.26 | top 64.2% | 31 / 69 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 3:46.36 | — | early days — 1 solve | 29 / 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
- 18 Jan 2025First sub-10 3×3: 9.48 at Puzzles in Pinehurst 2025.
- 18 Jan 2025Ten personal bests in one day at Puzzles in Pinehurst 2025.
- 21 Sep 2024Seven personal bests in one day at Rubik's WCA African Championship 2024.
- 24 Aug 2024Six personal bests in one day at Qualifying in Kirstenhof 2024.
- 17 Feb 2024Eight personal bests in one day at Mid Summer Madness Cape Town 2024.
- 7 Oct 2022Four personal bests in one day at Rubik's WCA African Championship 2022.
Competitions
- Puzzles in Pinehurst 2025 · 18 Jan 2025 — 10 personal bests set
- Rubik's WCA African Championship 2024 · 21 Sep 2024 — 7 personal bests set
- Qualifying in Kirstenhof 2024 · 24 Aug 2024 — 6 personal bests set
- Mid Summer Madness Cape Town 2024 · 17 Feb 2024 — 8 personal bests set
- CubingZA Cape Cubes Challenge 2023 · 9 Dec 2023 — 1 personal best set
- CubingZA Cape Cubes Autumn 2023 · 22 Apr 2023
- Rubik's WCA African Championship 2022 · 7 Oct 2022 — 4 personal bests set
- Green School Paarl Open 2022 · 28 Aug 2022 — 5 personal bests set
- Speedcubes Cape Town 2022 · 29 May 2022
- Cape Town Summer 2022 · 6 Mar 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 108 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
- Jesse Osburn — met in 101 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Micah Willenburgh — met in 98 rounds, finished ahead 37 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.48 away.
- A sub-3 Skewb single — 3,646 people have one; it is 0.39 away.
Targets move as he improves.