People · South Africa
Malan Jansen van Vuuren
Skewb · top 25.6% of 73,281 all-time · competing since November 2025 · 2025VUUR01
Malan Jansen van Vuuren has been competing for 9 months. His best event is the Skewb: a personal-best single of 5.99, set at Cubestuff Challenge Centurion Q3 2026, puts him in the top 25.6% of the 73,281 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 90th in South Africa. Across 4 competitions since November 2025, he has put 98 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, an early reading from 8 counted rounds. Malan has entered four competitions, more competitions than 78% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | South Africa | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Skewb | 5.99 | 19.04 | top 25.6% | 90 / 438 | |
| 2×2 | 5.58 | 7.75 | top 46.3% | 507 / 1,510 | |
| 3×3 | 22.93 | 25.47 | top 47.8% | 689 / 2,164 | |
| Pyraminx | 11.70 | 13.25 | top 65.3% | 548 / 946 | |
| 4×4 | 1:32.95 | 1:40.68 | top 65.8% | 250 / 491 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 1:02.42 | 1:30.98 | top 85.3% | 324 / 467 |
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
- 29 Nov 2025First competition: Cubestuff Q4 Zwartkop 2025. A 26.63 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Farrarmere Full Speed 2026 · 22 Aug 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Cubestuff Challenge Centurion Q3 2026 · 1 Aug 2026
- Cubestuff Centurion Q1 2026 · 31 Jan 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Cubestuff Q4 Zwartkop 2025 · 29 Nov 2025 — 2 personal bests 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.
- Marike Faught — met in 20 rounds, finished ahead once
- Michiel Bernard de Kock — met in 20 rounds, never finished ahead
- Joshua Bennett — met in 20 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-5 Skewb single — 13,285 people have one; it is 0.99 away.
- A sub-5 2×2 single — 73,413 people have one; it is 0.58 away.
Targets move as he improves.