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Levente Swanepoel

Pyraminx · top 8.5% of 129,321 all-time · competing since February 2020 · 2020SWAN03

Levente Swanepoel has been competing for 7 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 4.16, set at Palmerston North 2023, puts him in the top 8.5% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 134th in New Zealand. Until February 2008, no official Pyraminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 22 competitions since February 2020, he has put 692 official solves on the record across 14 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 53% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 24.99 in February 2020 to 10.87, a 57% improvement. Levente has entered 22 competitions, more competitions than 97% of everyone who has ever competed.

Pyraminx
best event — top 8.5% of 129,321 all-time
4.16
signature single · Palmerston North 2023
692
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 53% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingNew Zealand
Pyraminx4.165.68
top 8.5%134 / 1,141
3×310.8714.02
top 10.1%218 / 2,095
2×22.694.39
top 10.8%216 / 1,615
3×3 Fewest Moves30 moves36.33
top 14.8%26 / 111
Skewb5.0610.38
top 18.6%151 / 666
Square-117.5925.31
top 22.4%65 / 251
Clock10.1311.68
top 25.7%100 / 303
4×452.0159.37
top 27.2%181 / 722
Megaminx1:31.081:37.52
top 28.9%105 / 283
3×3 blindfolded2:17.85—
top 39.2%55 / 86
5×51:45.591:57.41
top 39.6%134 / 355
3×3 one-handed30.1835.44
top 47.1%263 / 600
6×63:56.614:12.04
top 64.2%107 / 149
7×75:54.016:40.06
top 66.3%96 / 126

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

Wellington Mind Games 2020: 24.99Welcome Back Wellington 2020: 14.82New Zealand Nationals 2020: 17.23A New Year in Auckland 2021: 18.44Wellington Mind Games 2021: 15.30Twisty Taranaki 2021: 20.18NZ South Island Championship 2021: 16.77Palmerston North 2021: 16.21NZ North Island Championship 2021: 17.24Palmerston North 2022: 15.59Twisty Taranaki 2022: 12.15NZ North Island Championship 2022: 12.99Wellington Summer 2023: 13.11Palmerston North 2023: 11.35Farewellington 2025: 10.8710.8724.991 Feb 202031 Dec 2025

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.

  • Aneurin Hunt — met in 165 rounds, finished ahead 16 times
  • Jack Maddigan — met in 141 rounds, finished ahead 20 times
  • Liam Wadek — met in 128 rounds, finished ahead 10 times

Next targets

  • A sub-4 Pyraminx single — 9,892 people have one; it is 0.16 away.
  • A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 0.87 away.

Targets move as he improves.