People · South Africa
Lewis Janse van Rensburg
Pyraminx · top 8.4% of 129,321 all-time · competing since May 2025 · 2025RENS03
Lewis Janse van Rensburg has been competing for a year. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 4.15, set at Cubestuff Challenge Centurion Q3 2026, puts him in the top 8.4% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 64th in South Africa. Until February 2008, no official Pyraminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 11 competitions since May 2025, he has put 343 official solves on the record across eleven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 86% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 2×2 best has come down from 8.65 in May 2025 to 3.01, a 65% improvement. Lewis 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pyraminx | 4.15 | 7.93 | top 8.4% | 64 / 946 | |
| 2×2 | 3.01 | 4.43 | top 14.3% | 139 / 1,510 | |
| 3×3 | 16.29 | 21.10 | top 28.7% | 365 / 2,164 | |
| Skewb | 9.27 | 10.86 | top 50.3% | 187 / 438 | |
| Megaminx | 2:18.89 | 2:42.78 | top 55.8% | 105 / 266 | |
| 4×4 | 1:20.86 | 1:36.46 | top 56.6% | 199 / 491 | |
| 5×5 | 2:17.02 | 2:35.19 | top 59.4% | 107 / 221 | |
| Clock | 19.02 | 21.04 | top 61.8% | 94 / 148 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 55.00 | 1:10.87 | top 80.8% | 294 / 467 | |
| 7×7 | 7:29.04 | 7:52.43 | early days — 3 solves | 57 / 69 | |
| Square-1 | 1:07.43 | 1:13.18 | top 87.9% | 104 / 118 |
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, 2×2. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 1 Aug 2026Four personal bests in one day at Cubestuff Challenge Centurion Q3 2026.
- 11 Apr 2026Five personal bests in one day at Cubestuff Centurion Q2 2026.
- 31 Jan 2026First sub-20 3×3: 18.25 at Cubestuff Centurion Q1 2026.
- 6 Sep 2025First sub-30 3×3: 28.36 at Cubestuff Centurion Q3 2025.
- 6 Sep 2025Four personal bests in one day at Cubestuff Centurion Q3 2025.
- 7 Jun 2025First sub-60 3×3: 48.20 at Cubestuff Challenge Centurion Q2 2025.
Competitions
- Cubestuff Challenge Centurion Q3 2026 · 1 Aug 2026 — 4 personal bests set
- Benoni May Madness 2026 · 17 May 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Cubestuff Centurion Q2 2026 · 11 Apr 2026 — 5 personal bests set
- Beginner & Blind Benoni 2026 · 29 Mar 2026
- Cubestuff Centurion Q1 2026 · 31 Jan 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Cubestuff Grand Challenge Cape Town 2025 · 6 Dec 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Cubestuff Q4 Zwartkop 2025 · 29 Nov 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Menlo Cubing Open 2025 · 27 Sep 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Cubestuff Centurion Q3 2025 · 6 Sep 2025 — 4 personal bests set
- Cubestuff Challenge Centurion Q2 2025 · 7 Jun 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Beginner & Blind Johannesburg 2025 · 17 May 2025
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 64 rounds, finished ahead 20 times
- Mateo Zarko Cvetkovic — met in 59 rounds, finished ahead 23 times
- Joshua Bennett — met in 59 rounds, finished ahead 10 times
Next targets
- A sub-4 Pyraminx single — 9,892 people have one; it is 0.15 away.
- A sub-3 2×2 single — 26,570 people have one; it is 0.01 away.
Targets move as he improves.