People · South Africa
Lara Rabe
Pyraminx · top 12.2% of 129,321 all-time · competing since October 2025 · 2025RABE04
Lara Rabe has been competing for 11 months. Her best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 4.84, set at Cubestuff Grand Challenge Cape Town 2025, puts her in the top 12.2% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 97th in South Africa. Across 4 competitions since October 2025, she has put 131 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, her 3×3 times vary about 10% around a typical one, an early reading from 8 counted rounds. Her 3×3 best has come down from 25.61 in October 2025 to 21.64, a 16% improvement. Lara has entered four competitions, more competitions than 78% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | South Africa | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pyraminx | 4.84 | 10.04 | top 12.2% | 97 / 946 | |
| 2×2 | 3.37 | 6.73 | top 18.6% | 187 / 1,510 | |
| Skewb | 7.49 | 10.77 | top 37.4% | 134 / 438 | |
| 3×3 | 21.64 | 23.83 | top 44.5% | 635 / 2,164 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 42.35 | 50.98 | top 68.5% | 216 / 467 | |
| 4×4 | 1:41.42 | 2:01.60 | top 71.5% | 280 / 491 | |
| Megaminx | 3:10.06 | 3:20.39 | top 77.6% | 166 / 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
Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 8 Feb 2026Five personal bests in one day at Cubing in the Cape Q1 2026.
- 6 Dec 2025Four personal bests in one day at Cubestuff Grand Challenge Cape Town 2025.
- 18 Oct 2025First competition: Cape Cubes Spring 2025. A 25.61 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Eversdal Autumn Cape Town 2026 · 24 May 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Cubing in the Cape Q1 2026 · 8 Feb 2026 — 5 personal bests set
- Cubestuff Grand Challenge Cape Town 2025 · 6 Dec 2025 — 4 personal bests set
- Cape Cubes Spring 2025 · 18 Oct 2025 — 1 personal best 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 her.
- Jesse Osburn — met in 28 rounds, never finished ahead
- Jahziel Dominic Alonzo — met in 28 rounds, never finished ahead
- Luca Sitas — met in 27 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
Next targets
- A sub-4 Pyraminx single — 9,892 people have one; it is 0.84 away.
- A sub-3 2×2 single — 26,570 people have one; it is 0.37 away.
Targets move as she improves.