People · Zimbabwe
Norman Msaka
3×3 · top 16.0% of 284,439 all-time · competing since September 2024 · 2024MSAK02
Norman Msaka has been competing for 2 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 12.59, set at Cubing in the Bay Port Elizabeth 2024, puts him in the top 16.0% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 6th in Zimbabwe. Across 2 competitions since September 2024, he has put 71 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 17% around a typical one, an early reading from 5 counted rounds. Norman has entered two competitions.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Zimbabwe | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 12.59 | 14.39 | top 16.0% | 6 / 22 | |
| 2×2 | 3.83 | 5.34 | top 24.3% | 5 / 13 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 36.06 | 50.54 | top 59.2% | 7 / 9 | |
| Skewb | 14.51 | 26.65 | top 76.6% | 4 / 6 | |
| Clock | 27.68 | — | early days — 3 solves | 3 / 4 | |
| Pyraminx | 18.10 | 30.92 | top 90.0% | 7 / 9 | |
| 4×4 | 3:12.54 | — | early days — 2 solves | 8 / 8 | |
| 5×5 | 5:30.76 | — | early days — 2 solves | 5 / 5 |
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
- 21 Sep 2024First competition: Rubik's WCA African Championship 2024. A 16.36 3×3 single to start from.
- 21 Sep 2024First sub-15 3×3: 12.64 at Rubik's WCA African Championship 2024.
Competitions
- Cubing in the Bay Port Elizabeth 2024 · 8 Dec 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Rubik's WCA African Championship 2024 · 21 Sep 2024 — 1 personal best 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.
- Daniel Rush — met in 16 rounds, never finished ahead
- Samuel Collett — met in 16 rounds, never finished ahead
- Catherine Rush — met in 15 rounds, finished ahead 6 times
Next targets
- A sub-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 0.59 away.
- A sub-3 2×2 single — 26,570 people have one; it is 0.83 away.
Targets move as he improves.