People · South Africa
Luc de Cafmeyer
3×3 · top 4.3% of 284,439 all-time · competing since March 2022 · 2022CAFM01
Luc de Cafmeyer has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.75, set at Cape Cubes Winter 2025, puts him in the top 4.3% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 39th in South Africa. Until May 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 8 competitions since March 2022, he has put 246 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 56% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 13.24 in March 2022 to 8.75, a 34% improvement. Luc has entered eight competitions, more competitions than 90% 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 | 8.75 | 9.94 | top 4.3% | 39 / 2,164 | |
| 2×2 | 2.46 | 5.22 | top 8.5% | 80 / 1,510 | |
| 4×4 | 39.12 | 49.72 | top 11.1% | 33 / 491 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 19.22 | 21.68 | top 18.4% | 52 / 467 | |
| 5×5 | 1:29.96 | 1:43.73 | top 27.3% | 40 / 221 | |
| Clock | 11.48 | 15.01 | top 32.5% | 40 / 148 | |
| Pyraminx | 8.56 | 11.47 | top 41.0% | 315 / 946 |
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
- 2 Aug 2025Three personal bests in one day at Cape Cubes Winter 2025.
- 18 Jan 2025First sub-10 3×3: 9.73 at Puzzles in Pinehurst 2025.
- 18 Jan 2025Four personal bests in one day at Puzzles in Pinehurst 2025.
- 9 Nov 2024Four personal bests in one day at Beginner and Blind Cape Town 2024.
- 6 Mar 2022First competition: Cape Town Summer 2022. A 15.22 3×3 single to start from.
- 6 Mar 2022First sub-15 3×3: 13.24 at Cape Town Summer 2022.
Competitions
- Cubing in the Cape Q3 2026 · 18 Jul 2026
- Cape Cubes Winter 2025 · 2 Aug 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Mother City Cubing Cape Town 2025 · 24 May 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Mega Mania Cape Town 2025 · 6 Apr 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Puzzles in Pinehurst 2025 · 18 Jan 2025 — 4 personal bests set
- Cape Cubes Challenge 2024 · 14 Dec 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Beginner and Blind Cape Town 2024 · 9 Nov 2024 — 4 personal bests set
- Cape Town Summer 2022 · 6 Mar 2022 — 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 his.
- Jesse Osburn — met in 50 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
- Daniel Rush — met in 44 rounds, never finished ahead
- Maverick Pearson — met in 37 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.75 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.46 away.
Targets move as he improves.