People · South Africa
Pieter Cornelius Horne
Pyraminx · top 31.3% of 130,891 all-time · competing since November 2022 · 2022HORN10
Pieter Cornelius Horne has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 7.41, set at Merry Twistmas Lynnwood 2025, puts him in the top 31.3% of the 130,891 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 243rd in South Africa. Across 20 competitions since November 2022, he has put 346 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 70% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 1:54.05 in November 2022 to 28.65, a 75% improvement. Pieter has entered 20 competitions, more competitions than 97% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | South Africa | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pyraminx | 7.41 | 16.70 | top 31.3% | 243 / 958 | |
| 2×2 | 5.71 | 13.73 | top 47.8% | 536 / 1,525 | |
| 3×3 | 28.65 | 34.19 | top 60.2% | 1,002 / 2,187 | |
| Square-1 | 41.40 | 1:10.47 | top 67.1% | 87 / 121 | |
| Skewb | 14.70 | 21.99 | top 77.3% | 312 / 444 | |
| 4×4 | 1:53.65 | 2:09.88 | top 78.7% | 325 / 495 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 1:07.28 | 1:30.30 | top 87.8% | 350 / 473 | |
| 5×5 | 4:03.57 | — | top 92.2% | 187 / 225 |
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
- 17 May 2025First sub-30 3×3: 28.65 at Beginner & Blind Johannesburg 2025.
- 17 May 2025Four personal bests in one day at Beginner & Blind Johannesburg 2025.
- 26 Apr 2025Four personal bests in one day at CubingZA Nationals 2025.
- 11 Feb 2023First sub-60 3×3: 54.81 at Crazy Cubing Centurion 2023.
- 12 Nov 2022First competition: Just Cube Joburg 2022. A 1:54.05 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- GAN WCA African Championship 2026 · 24 Sep 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Cubestuff Challenge Centurion Q3 2026 · 1 Aug 2026
- Beginner & Blind Benoni 2026 · 29 Mar 2026
- Cubestuff Centurion Q1 2026 · 31 Jan 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Merry Twistmas Lynnwood 2025 · 13 Dec 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Cubestuff Q4 Zwartkop 2025 · 29 Nov 2025
- Menlo Cubing Open 2025 · 27 Sep 2025
- Cubestuff Centurion Q3 2025 · 6 Sep 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Cubestuff Challenge Centurion Q2 2025 · 7 Jun 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Beginner & Blind Johannesburg 2025 · 17 May 2025 — 4 personal bests set
- CubingZA Nationals 2025 · 26 Apr 2025 — 4 personal bests set
- Cubestuff Challenge Centurion Hotel Q1 2025 · 8 Mar 2025 — 1 personal best set
- CuBeaulieu Craze 2024 · 7 Dec 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Cubestuff Challenge Q4 Menlyn Park 2024 · 23 Nov 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Inni-Horie-Fees 2024 · 5 Oct 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Rubik's WCA African Championship 2024 · 21 Sep 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Pretoria Spring Afternoon 2023 · 25 Nov 2023 — 1 personal best set
- CubingZA National Championship 2023 · 16 Jun 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Crazy Cubing Centurion 2023 · 11 Feb 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Just Cube Joburg 2022 · 12 Nov 2022
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.
- Jacques Andre Horne — met in 79 rounds, never finished ahead
- Marike Faught — met in 76 rounds, never finished ahead
- Osman Badroodin — met in 74 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-6 Pyraminx single — 26,233 people have one; it is 1.41 away.
- A sub-5 2×2 single — 74,472 people have one; it is 0.71 away.
Targets move as he improves.