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Marike Faught

3×3 · top 3.7% of 284,439 all-time · competing since November 2015 · 2015FAUG01

Marike Faught has been competing for 11 years. Her best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.49, set at Cubestuff Centurion Q2 2026, puts her in the top 3.7% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 34th in South Africa. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 47 competitions since November 2015, she has put 2,487 official solves on the record across 17 events. Solve to solve, her 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 54% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. Her 3×3 best has come down from 18.21 in November 2015 to 8.49, a 53% improvement. Marike has entered 47 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 3.7% of 284,439 all-time
8.49
signature single · Cubestuff Centurion Q2 2026
2,487
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 54% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingSouth Africa
3×38.4911.05
top 3.7%34 / 2,164
3×3 blindfolded30.7933.89
top 4.4%3 / 53
Megaminx48.7553.48
top 4.6%6 / 266
3×3 Multi-Blind20 of 21 cubes · 55:57—
top 5.3%2 / 27
4×434.9440.23
top 6.6%17 / 491
3×3 one-handed14.8921.67
top 7.9%21 / 467
5×51:06.271:12.23
top 9.2%12 / 221
2×22.543.96
top 9.3%89 / 1,510
Skewb3.966.92
top 10.6%35 / 438
Pyraminx5.108.23
top 13.8%108 / 946
4×4 blindfolded4:15.005:59.71
top 16.4%1 / 15
3×3 Fewest Moves32 moves41.33
top 20.4%10 / 53
5×5 blindfolded9:51.81—
top 21.3%1 / 7
6×62:24.822:36.01
top 23.0%15 / 84
7×73:52.794:14.51
top 28.1%13 / 69
Clock10.8412.16
top 29.3%37 / 148
Square-123.1040.45
top 34.9%35 / 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

Johannesburg Open 2015: 18.21Johannesburg 2016: 16.01Gauteng Winter 2017: 12.95Arnold Classic Africa 2018: 12.38Soweto Spring Open 2018: 13.09Gauteng Summer 2019: 11.83Arnold Classic Africa 2019: 11.19Gauteng Autumn 2022: 10.44Arnold Classic Africa 2022: 11.59CubeCo Durban Winter Warmup 2022: 9.82Inni-Horie-Fees Speedcubing 2022: 9.66Rubik's WCA African Championship 2022: 9.46Crazy Cubing Centurion 2023: 9.88CubingZA National Championship 2023: 10.95CubingZA Cape Cubes Spring 2023: 9.72Pretoria Spring Afternoon 2023: 9.93Cubestuff Challenge Q1 2024: 10.18Mid Summer Madness Cape Town 2024: 8.88Cubestuff Challenge Q2 2024: 10.08Cubestuff Challenge Centurion Q3 2024: 9.05Benoni Cubing Comeback 2024: 10.09Rubik's WCA African Championship 2024: 10.33Cubestuff Challenge Q4 Menlyn Park 2024: 8.54CuBeaulieu Craze 2024: 10.45Cubestuff Challenge Centurion Hotel Q1 2025: 9.87CuBeaulieu Craze Comeback 2025: 9.91CubingZA Nationals 2025: 11.19Beginner & Blind Johannesburg 2025: 11.35Cubestuff Challenge Centurion Q2 2025: 10.17Rubik's WCA World Championship 2025: 8.74Cubestuff Centurion Q3 2025: 11.36Menlo Cubing Open 2025: 9.16Cubestuff Q4 Zwartkop 2025: 10.39Merry Twistmas Lynnwood 2025: 10.47Cubestuff Centurion Q1 2026: 10.39Beginner & Blind Benoni 2026: 10.54Cubestuff Centurion Q2 2026: 8.49Benoni May Madness 2026: 10.45Cubestuff Grand Challenge - The Leonardo 2026: 10.16Cubestuff Challenge Centurion Q3 2026: 10.23Farrarmere Full Speed 2026: 10.268.4918.2129 Nov 201522 Aug 2026

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 her.

Next targets

  • A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.49 away.
  • A sub-30 3×3 blindfolded single — 501 people have one; it is 0.79 away.

Targets move as she improves.