People · South Africa
Phillip Pretorius
3×3 · top 71.8% of 284,439 all-time · competing since September 2025 · 2025PRET05
Phillip Pretorius has been competing for a year. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 35.96, set at Cubestuff Centurion Q3 2025, puts him in the top 71.8% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,273rd in South Africa. Across 1 competition since September 2025, he has put 16 official solves on the record across three events.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | South Africa | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 35.96 | 40.81 | top 71.8% | 1,273 / 2,164 | |
| Pyraminx | 12.89 | 19.60 | top 72.3% | 634 / 946 | |
| 2×2 | 9.43 | — | early days — 2 solves | 916 / 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 story so far
- 6 Sep 2025First competition: Cubestuff Centurion Q3 2025. A 35.96 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Cubestuff Centurion Q3 2025 · 6 Sep 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.
- Cameron Lochrie Mcleod — met in 4 rounds, finished ahead once
- Marike Faught — met in 4 rounds, never finished ahead
- Ruben Grobler — met in 4 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-30 3×3 single — 177,856 people have one; it is 5.96 away.
- A sub-12 Pyraminx single — 86,891 people have one; it is 0.89 away.
Targets move as he improves.