People · South Africa
Raphael Crous
3×3 · top 47.9% of 284,439 all-time · competing since November 2025 · 2025CROU04
Raphael Crous has been competing for 10 months. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 22.98, set at Solving in Sedgefield 2025, puts him in the top 47.9% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 695th in South Africa. Across 1 competition since November 2025, he has put 20 official solves on the record across two events.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | South Africa | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 22.98 | 27.00 | top 47.9% | 695 / 2,164 | |
| 2×2 | 6.49 | 8.64 | top 55.9% | 636 / 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
- 1 Nov 2025First competition: Solving in Sedgefield 2025. A 25.31 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Solving in Sedgefield 2025 · 1 Nov 2025 — 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.
- Ethan Bauer — met in 4 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
- Kellan John Broderick — met in 4 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
- Michael Slade Joubert — met in 4 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
Next targets
- A sub-20 3×3 single — 113,584 people have one; it is 2.98 away.
- A sub-6 2×2 single — 95,042 people have one; it is 0.49 away.
Targets move as he improves.