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Luke Basson

2×2 · top 19.4% of 186,767 all-time · competing since April 2024 · 2024BASS04

Luke Basson has been competing for 2 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 3.44, set at Inni-Horie-Fees 2024, puts him in the top 19.4% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 197th in South Africa. Across 6 competitions since April 2024, he has put 180 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 51% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 19.88 in April 2024 to 14.72, a 26% improvement. Luke has entered six competitions, more competitions than 86% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 19.4% of 186,767 all-time
3.44
signature single · Inni-Horie-Fees 2024
180
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 51% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingSouth Africa
2×23.446.27
top 19.4%197 / 1,510
3×314.7220.03
top 23.5%299 / 2,164
Pyraminx7.9613.10
top 35.9%273 / 946
3×3 one-handed44.0955.00
top 70.6%229 / 467
Skewb15.6722.16
top 80.4%320 / 438

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

Cubestuff Challenge Q2 2024: 19.88Cubestuff Challenge Centurion Q3 2024: 18.93Rubik's WCA African Championship 2024: 19.76Inni-Horie-Fees 2024: 14.72Cubestuff Challenge Centurion Hotel Q1 2025: 22.14CubingZA Nationals 2025: 16.7814.7222.1420 Apr 202426 Apr 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.

Next targets

  • A sub-3 2×2 single — 26,570 people have one; it is 0.44 away.
  • A sub-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 2.72 away.

Targets move as he improves.