People · South Africa
Rohan Rossouw
3×3 · top 3.3% of 288,433 all-time · competing since January 2023 · 2023ROSS02
Rohan Rossouw has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.27, set at Cape Cubes Challenge 2024, puts him in the top 3.3% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 32nd in South Africa. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 16 competitions since January 2023, he has put 717 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 55% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 17.36 in January 2023 to 8.27, a 52% improvement. Rohan has entered 16 competitions, more competitions than 96% 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 | 8.27 | 10.42 | top 3.3% | 32 / 2,187 | |
| 4×4 | 30.83 | 39.79 | top 3.4% | 12 / 495 | |
| Pyraminx | 3.32 | 6.61 | top 4.8% | 27 / 958 | |
| 2×2 | 2.42 | 3.68 | top 8.2% | 81 / 1,525 | |
| 5×5 | 1:22.23 | 1:37.13 | top 21.0% | 34 / 225 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 21.13 | 26.16 | top 23.7% | 66 / 473 | |
| Megaminx | 1:37.87 | 2:00.52 | top 33.4% | 55 / 268 |
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
- 8 Mar 2025Three personal bests in one day at Newcomers Cape Cube-Fest 2025.
- 14 Dec 2024Four personal bests in one day at Cape Cubes Challenge 2024.
- 24 Aug 2024Three personal bests in one day at Qualifying in Kirstenhof 2024.
- 17 Feb 2024First sub-10 3×3: 9.93 at Mid Summer Madness Cape Town 2024.
- 17 Feb 2024Four personal bests in one day at Mid Summer Madness Cape Town 2024.
- 30 Sep 2023Three personal bests in one day at CubingZA Cape Cubes Spring 2023.
Competitions
- GAN WCA African Championship 2026 · 24 Sep 2026
- Kirstenhof Early Spring 2026 · 6 Sep 2026
- Cubing in the Cape Q1 2026 · 8 Feb 2026
- Cubestuff Grand Challenge Cape Town 2025 · 6 Dec 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Cape Cubes Winter 2025 · 2 Aug 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Newcomers Cape Cube-Fest 2025 · 8 Mar 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Cape Cubes Challenge 2024 · 14 Dec 2024 — 4 personal bests set
- Rubik's WCA African Championship 2024 · 21 Sep 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Qualifying in Kirstenhof 2024 · 24 Aug 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Harvest Moon Cape Town 2024 · 27 Apr 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Deep South Solving Cape Town 2024 · 6 Apr 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Mid Summer Madness Cape Town 2024 · 17 Feb 2024 — 4 personal bests set
- CubingZA Cape Cubes Challenge 2023 · 9 Dec 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- CubingZA Cape Cubes Spring 2023 · 30 Sep 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- CubingZA Cape Cubes Autumn 2023 · 22 Apr 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- CubingZA Cape Cubes Summer 2023 · 28 Jan 2023 — 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.
- Daniel Rush — met in 146 rounds, finished ahead once
- Jesse Osburn — met in 139 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
- Maverick Pearson — met in 131 rounds, finished ahead 19 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 8,101 people have one; it is 0.27 away.
- A sub-30 4×4 single — 2,465 people have one; it is 0.83 away.
Targets move as he improves.