People · South Africa
Raphael Crous
3×3 · top 48.0% of 288,433 all-time · competing since November 2025 · 2025CROU04
Raphael Crous has been competing for a year. 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 48.0% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 707th 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 48.0% | 707 / 2,187 | |
| 2×2 | 6.49 | 8.64 | top 55.9% | 643 / 1,525 |
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 — 115,495 people have one; it is 2.98 away.
- A sub-6 2×2 single — 96,384 people have one; it is 0.49 away.
Targets move as he improves.