People · South Africa
Lwaluhle Akhisu Mwelase
3×3 · top 34.9% of 288,433 all-time · competing since September 2025 · 2025MWEL01
Lwaluhle Akhisu Mwelase has been competing for a year. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 18.22, set at Cubestuff Challenge Centurion Q3 2026, puts him in the top 34.9% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 466th in South Africa. Across 5 competitions since September 2025, he has put 101 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one, an early reading from 8 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 35.83 in September 2025 to 18.22, a 49% improvement. Lwaluhle has entered five competitions, more competitions than 83% 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 | 18.22 | 22.15 | top 34.9% | 466 / 2,187 | |
| 2×2 | 5.57 | 7.83 | top 46.2% | 513 / 1,525 | |
| Skewb | 9.48 | 11.49 | top 51.7% | 206 / 444 | |
| Pyraminx | 11.43 | 13.47 | top 63.5% | 534 / 958 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 49.47 | 1:02.89 | top 76.3% | 263 / 473 | |
| Megaminx | 3:15.16 | — | early days — 3 solves | 173 / 268 |
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
- 1 Aug 2026Four personal bests in one day at Cubestuff Challenge Centurion Q3 2026.
- 29 Mar 2026First sub-20 3×3: 19.87 at Beginner & Blind Benoni 2026.
- 29 Nov 2025First sub-30 3×3: 22.45 at Cubestuff Q4 Zwartkop 2025.
- 27 Sep 2025First competition: Menlo Cubing Open 2025. A 35.83 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Cubestuff Challenge Centurion Q3 2026 · 1 Aug 2026 — 4 personal bests set
- Beginner & Blind Benoni 2026 · 29 Mar 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Cubestuff Centurion Q1 2026 · 31 Jan 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Cubestuff Q4 Zwartkop 2025 · 29 Nov 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Menlo Cubing Open 2025 · 27 Sep 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 24 rounds, finished ahead once
- Vincent Hazelton-Lagarrigue — met in 24 rounds, never finished ahead
- Michiel Bernard de Kock — met in 24 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-15 3×3 single — 70,740 people have one; it is 3.22 away.
- A sub-5 2×2 single — 74,472 people have one; it is 0.57 away.
Targets move as he improves.