People · South Africa
Sasha Katz
3×3 · top 46.6% of 284,439 all-time · competing since November 2014 · 2014KATZ04
Sasha Katz has been competing for 12 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 22.46, set at Cape Town 2016, puts him in the top 46.6% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 666th in South Africa. Across 8 competitions since November 2014, he has put 150 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 70% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 30.36 in November 2014 to 22.46, a 26% improvement. Sasha has entered eight competitions, more competitions than 90% 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 | 22.46 | 25.27 | top 46.6% | 666 / 2,164 | |
| 2×2 | 6.00 | 12.32 | top 50.9% | 565 / 1,510 | |
| Pyraminx | 12.88 | 21.70 | top 72.3% | 632 / 946 | |
| 4×4 | 2:39.40 | 2:58.96 | top 93.6% | 441 / 491 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 1:29.15 | 1:34.33 | top 94.7% | 403 / 467 |
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
- 4 Dec 2016Four personal bests in one day at Cape Town 2016.
- 19 Apr 2015Three personal bests in one day at Cape Town 2015.
- 30 Nov 2014First sub-30 3×3: 28.63 at Cape Town 2014.
- 23 Nov 2014First competition: Johannesburg 2014. A 30.36 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Cape Town Summer 2022 · 6 Mar 2022
- Speedcubes Cape Town 2019 · 20 Jan 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Speedcubes Cape Town 2018 · 9 Apr 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- Cape Town 2016 · 4 Dec 2016 — 4 personal bests set
- Cape Town Open 2015 · 6 Dec 2015
- Cape Town 2015 · 19 Apr 2015 — 3 personal bests set
- Cape Town 2014 · 30 Nov 2014 — 1 personal best set
- Johannesburg 2014 · 23 Nov 2014
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.
- Maverick Pearson — met in 29 rounds, never finished ahead
- Lindsay Hans — met in 24 rounds, never finished ahead
- Stephen Cotterrell — met in 21 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-20 3×3 single — 113,584 people have one; it is 2.46 away.
- A sub-5 2×2 single — 73,413 people have one; it is 1.00 away.
Targets move as he improves.