People · South Africa
Raefe Roodt
3×3 · top 9.2% of 284,439 all-time · competing since March 2020 · 2020ROOD03
Raefe Roodt has been competing for 6 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 10.57, set at Rubik's WCA African Championship 2022, puts him in the top 9.2% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 96th in South Africa. Until August 2006, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 10 competitions since March 2020, he has put 393 official solves on the record across ten events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 61% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 14.91 in March 2020 to 10.57, a 29% improvement. Raefe has entered ten competitions, more competitions than 92% 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 | 10.57 | 13.82 | top 9.2% | 96 / 2,164 | |
| 2×2 | 2.72 | 4.31 | top 11.1% | 109 / 1,510 | |
| 4×4 | 57.82 | 1:06.87 | top 34.1% | 110 / 491 | |
| Pyraminx | 8.98 | 12.52 | top 44.7% | 353 / 946 | |
| Skewb | 8.68 | 14.86 | top 46.3% | 170 / 438 | |
| Square-1 | 35.37 | 40.48 | top 59.0% | 69 / 118 | |
| 5×5 | 2:27.86 | 2:38.53 | top 64.8% | 120 / 221 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 41.54 | 46.93 | top 67.5% | 210 / 467 | |
| Megaminx | 2:48.30 | 2:56.16 | top 69.5% | 140 / 266 | |
| Clock | 30.34 | — | early days — 2 solves | 126 / 148 |
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
- 3 Dec 2022Four personal bests in one day at CubeCo Durban Summer 2022.
- 7 Oct 2022Three personal bests in one day at Rubik's WCA African Championship 2022.
- 4 Dec 2021Four personal bests in one day at Durban Summer Warm-up 2021.
- 14 Mar 2020First competition: Cape Town Summer 2020. A 14.91 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- CubingZA Nationals 2025 · 26 Apr 2025
- CubeCo Coastal Cubing KZN 2025 · 21 Mar 2025
- CubeCo Durban Summer 2024 · 7 Dec 2024
- CubeCo Durban Summer 2022 · 3 Dec 2022 — 4 personal bests set
- Just Cube Joburg 2022 · 12 Nov 2022 — 1 personal best set
- Rubik's WCA African Championship 2022 · 7 Oct 2022 — 3 personal bests set
- CubeCo Durban Winter Warmup 2022 · 30 Jul 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- Arnold Classic Africa 2022 · 3 Jun 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- Durban Summer Warm-up 2021 · 4 Dec 2021 — 4 personal bests set
- Cape Town Summer 2020 · 14 Mar 2020 — 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.
- Timothy Lawrance — met in 77 rounds, finished ahead 40 times
- Daniel Rush — met in 68 rounds, finished ahead once
- Waseem Hoosain — met in 59 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
Next targets
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 0.57 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.72 away.
Targets move as he improves.