People · South Africa
Sam du Plessis
3×3 · top 39.8% of 284,439 all-time · competing since December 2022 · 2022PLES05
Sam du Plessis has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 19.95, set at CubeCo Coastal Cubing KZN 2025, puts him in the top 39.8% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 555th in South Africa. Across 3 competitions since December 2022, he has put 64 official solves on the record across five events. His Skewb best has come down from 11.26 in December 2022 to 9.31, a 17% improvement. Sam has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% 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 | 19.95 | 24.10 | top 39.8% | 555 / 2,164 | |
| 2×2 | 5.38 | 9.14 | top 44.0% | 472 / 1,510 | |
| Skewb | 9.31 | 14.03 | top 50.6% | 190 / 438 | |
| Pyraminx | 11.18 | 12.59 | top 61.8% | 513 / 946 | |
| 4×4 | 2:04.08 | — | early days — 2 solves | 352 / 491 |
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, Skewb. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 21 Mar 2025First sub-30 3×3: 19.95 at CubeCo Coastal Cubing KZN 2025.
- 21 Mar 2025First sub-20 3×3: 19.95 at CubeCo Coastal Cubing KZN 2025.
- 21 Mar 2025Four personal bests in one day at CubeCo Coastal Cubing KZN 2025.
- 3 Dec 2022First competition: CubeCo Durban Summer 2022. A 42.82 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- CubeCo Coastal Cubing KZN 2025 · 21 Mar 2025 — 4 personal bests set
- Dolphin Coast Autumn 2023 · 1 May 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- CubeCo Durban Summer 2022 · 3 Dec 2022
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 15 rounds, never finished ahead
- Bayden Boesak — met in 14 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Christian Swartz — met in 14 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-15 3×3 single — 69,493 people have one; it is 4.95 away.
- A sub-5 2×2 single — 73,413 people have one; it is 0.38 away.
Targets move as he improves.