People · South Africa
Pieterjan Joubert
3×3 · top 9.7% of 288,433 all-time · competing since January 2014 · 2014JOUB01
Pieterjan Joubert has been competing for 13 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 10.73, set at Gauteng Autumn 2018, puts him in the top 9.7% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 105th in South Africa. Until August 2006, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 11 competitions since January 2014, he has put 370 official solves on the record across eleven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 73% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 26.13 in January 2014 to 10.73, a 59% improvement. Pieterjan has entered eleven competitions, more competitions than 93% 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 | 10.73 | 13.68 | top 9.7% | 105 / 2,187 | |
| 2×2 | 2.77 | 4.30 | top 11.7% | 115 / 1,525 | |
| Megaminx | 1:05.66 | 1:17.89 | top 13.1% | 18 / 268 | |
| Pyraminx | 5.35 | 6.35 | top 15.4% | 117 / 958 | |
| 4×4 | 45.17 | 53.71 | top 18.6% | 54 / 495 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 22.56 | 28.00 | top 27.6% | 81 / 473 | |
| 5×5 | 1:34.41 | 1:43.22 | top 31.0% | 49 / 225 | |
| 6×6 | 2:43.40 | 3:01.77 | top 32.7% | 23 / 87 | |
| 7×7 | 4:10.04 | 4:25.74 | top 34.4% | 18 / 73 | |
| Skewb | 8.90 | 10.83 | top 47.8% | 183 / 444 | |
| Square-1 | 35.97 | 42.31 | top 59.9% | 74 / 121 |
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
- 30 Sep 2017Three personal bests in one day at Big 'n Weird Pretoria 2017.
- 29 Nov 2015Four personal bests in one day at Johannesburg Open 2015.
- 27 Jun 2015Four personal bests in one day at Tuks Winter 2015.
- 28 Mar 2015Four personal bests in one day at Tuks Open 2015.
- 21 Feb 2015First sub-15 3×3: 14.08 at Pops Toys Summer 2015.
- 23 Nov 2014First sub-20 3×3: 15.08 at Johannesburg 2014.
Competitions
- Gauteng Autumn 2018 · 24 Mar 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- Big 'n Weird Pretoria 2017 · 30 Sep 2017 — 3 personal bests set
- Gauteng Winter 2017 · 8 Jul 2017 — 1 personal best set
- Big 'n Weird Pretoria 2016 · 13 Feb 2016 — 1 personal best set
- Johannesburg Open 2015 · 29 Nov 2015 — 4 personal bests set
- Pretoria Science Week 2015 · 8 Aug 2015 — 2 personal bests set
- Tuks Winter 2015 · 27 Jun 2015 — 4 personal bests set
- Tuks Open 2015 · 28 Mar 2015 — 4 personal bests set
- Pops Toys Summer 2015 · 21 Feb 2015 — 2 personal bests set
- Johannesburg 2014 · 23 Nov 2014 — 4 personal bests set
- South Africa Open 2014 · 11 Jan 2014
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.
- Brendan James Gray — met in 65 rounds, finished ahead 55 times
- Sae-ouk Oh — met in 55 rounds, finished ahead 44 times · head to head
- Donovan Hale — met in 47 rounds, finished ahead 44 times · head to head
Next targets
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,606 people have one; it is 0.73 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 9,039 people have one; it is 0.77 away.
Targets move as he improves.