People · South Africa
Martin du Plooy
2×2 · top 53.0% of 189,179 all-time · competing since March 2025 · 2025PLOO02
Martin du Plooy has been competing for a year. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 6.20, set at Beginner & Blind Johannesburg 2025, puts him in the top 53.0% of the 189,179 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 609th in South Africa. Across 5 competitions since March 2025, he has put 74 official solves on the record across four events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 17% around a typical one, an early reading from 6 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 44.30 in March 2025 to 29.23, a 34% improvement. Martin 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 6.20 | 9.24 | top 53.0% | 609 / 1,525 | |
| 3×3 | 29.23 | 35.38 | top 61.2% | 1,029 / 2,187 | |
| Pyraminx | 11.79 | 22.38 | top 65.9% | 558 / 958 | |
| Skewb | 12.19 | 21.04 | top 67.0% | 270 / 444 |
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
- 17 May 2025First sub-30 3×3: 29.23 at Beginner & Blind Johannesburg 2025.
- 17 May 2025Three personal bests in one day at Beginner & Blind Johannesburg 2025.
- 29 Mar 2025First competition: CuBeaulieu Craze Comeback 2025. A 44.30 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Cubestuff Grand Challenge - The Leonardo 2026 · 20 Jun 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Cubestuff Centurion Q2 2026 · 11 Apr 2026
- Beginner & Blind Johannesburg 2025 · 17 May 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- CubingZA Nationals 2025 · 26 Apr 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- CuBeaulieu Craze Comeback 2025 · 29 Mar 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.
- Jack du Plooy — met in 15 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Marike Faught — met in 15 rounds, never finished ahead
- Ian Luies — met in 15 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-6 2×2 single — 96,384 people have one; it is 0.20 away.
- A sub-25 3×3 single — 151,957 people have one; it is 4.23 away.
Targets move as he improves.