People · South Africa
Ntokozo Kunene
3×3 · top 9.5% of 284,439 all-time · competing since September 2022 · 2022KUNE01
Ntokozo Kunene has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 10.68, set at Rubik's WCA African Championship 2024, puts him in the top 9.5% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 101st in South Africa. Until August 2006, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 6 competitions since September 2022, he has put 106 official solves on the record across two events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 17% around a typical one; 95% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 15.33 in September 2022 to 10.68, a 30% improvement. Ntokozo has entered six competitions, more competitions than 86% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | South Africa | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 10.68 | 12.15 | top 9.5% | 101 / 2,164 | |
| 2×2 | 3.38 | 4.23 | top 18.7% | 188 / 1,510 |
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 2024Three personal bests in one day at Rubik's WCA African Championship 2024.
- 16 Jun 2023Three personal bests in one day at CubingZA National Championship 2023.
- 12 Nov 2022First sub-15 3×3: 14.75 at Just Cube Joburg 2022.
- 24 Sep 2022First competition: Inni-Horie-Fees Speedcubing 2022. A 16.55 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Rubik's WCA African Championship 2024 · 21 Sep 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Mid Summer Madness Cape Town 2024 · 17 Feb 2024
- CubingZA National Championship 2023 · 16 Jun 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Crazy Cubing Centurion 2023 · 11 Feb 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Just Cube Joburg 2022 · 12 Nov 2022 — 1 personal best set
- Inni-Horie-Fees Speedcubing 2022 · 24 Sep 2022 — 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.
- Marike Faught — met in 20 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
- Daniel Rush — met in 20 rounds, never finished ahead
- Ian Luies — met in 18 rounds, finished ahead 8 times
Next targets
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 0.68 away.
- A sub-3 2×2 single — 26,570 people have one; it is 0.38 away.
Targets move as he improves.