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Phuti Mpai

3×3 · top 78.8% of 284,439 all-time · competing since June 2022 · 2022MPAI01

Phuti Mpai has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 41.69, set at Inni-Horie-Fees Speedcubing 2022, puts him in the top 78.8% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,487th in South Africa. Across 2 competitions since June 2022, he has put 19 official solves on the record across three events. His 3×3 best has come down from 1:21.06 in June 2022 to 41.69, a 49% improvement. Phuti has entered two competitions.

3×3
best event — top 78.8% of 284,439 all-time
41.69
signature single · Inni-Horie-Fees Speedcubing 2022
19
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingSouth Africa
3×341.6957.67
top 78.8%1,487 / 2,164
2×214.7722.33
top 90.2%1,275 / 1,510
Pyraminx19.1832.32
top 91.8%842 / 946

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

Arnold Classic Africa 2022: 1:21.06Inni-Horie-Fees Speedcubing 2022: 41.6941.691:21.063 Jun 202224 Sep 2022

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-40 3×3 single — 218,634 people have one; it is 1.69 away.
  • A sub-12 2×2 single — 157,609 people have one; it is 2.77 away.

Targets move as he improves.