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Nkosinathi Radebe

2×2 · top 16.1% of 186,767 all-time · competing since November 2014 · 2014RADE02

Nkosinathi Radebe has been competing for 12 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 3.16, set at Tuks Winter 2015, puts him in the top 16.1% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 162nd in South Africa. Across 10 competitions since November 2014, he has put 307 official solves on the record across nine events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 18% around a typical one; 98% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 30.03 in November 2014 to 12.73, a 58% improvement. Nkosinathi has entered ten competitions, more competitions than 92% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 16.1% of 186,767 all-time
3.16
signature single · Tuks Winter 2015
307
official solves on the record
18%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 98% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingSouth Africa
2×23.165.93
top 16.1%162 / 1,510
3×312.7316.05
top 16.5%192 / 2,164
Pyraminx7.5210.02
top 32.2%246 / 946
4×41:03.841:17.76
top 40.5%138 / 491
5×52:05.472:34.03
top 52.7%95 / 221
Skewb10.1911.74
top 56.1%219 / 438
Megaminx2:29.922:35.24
top 61.0%125 / 266
3×3 one-handed39.2843.56
top 64.3%195 / 467
3×3 blindfolded7:19.41
early days — 1 solve52 / 53

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 2014: 30.03Pops Toys Summer 2015: 35.11Tuks Open 2015: 28.16Tuks Winter 2015: 21.31Pretoria Science Week 2015: 20.86Pops Winter 2015: 17.52Johannesburg Open 2016: 16.84Johannesburg 2016: 12.73Soweto Spring Open 2018: 12.9312.7335.1123 Nov 20148 Sep 2018

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 0.16 away.
  • A sub-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 0.73 away.

Targets move as he improves.