People · South Africa
Sibusiso Mbele
2×2 · top 10.6% of 189,179 all-time · competing since September 2025 · 2025MBEL01
Sibusiso Mbele has been competing for a year. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.66, set at Menlo Cubing Open 2025, puts him in the top 10.6% of the 189,179 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 107th in South Africa. Across 1 competition since September 2025, he has put 29 official solves on the record across four events.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | South Africa | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 2.66 | 6.06 | top 10.6% | 107 / 1,525 | |
| 3×3 | 12.43 | 13.29 | top 15.5% | 175 / 2,187 | |
| Skewb | 8.16 | 12.28 | top 42.6% | 161 / 444 | |
| 4×4 | 1:50.93 | 1:53.82 | top 77.3% | 315 / 495 |
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
- 27 Sep 2025First competition: Menlo Cubing Open 2025. A 12.43 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Menlo Cubing Open 2025 · 27 Sep 2025
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.
- Henry Darwin Hollmann — met in 6 rounds, finished ahead 6 times
- Daanyaal Mohamed — met in 6 rounds, finished ahead 6 times
- Ian James Mcleod — met in 6 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
Next targets
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 9,039 people have one; it is 0.66 away.
- A sub-12 3×3 single — 40,277 people have one; it is 0.43 away.
Targets move as he improves.