People · South Africa
Stephanus Blignaut
Skewb · top 0.53% of 74,164 all-time · competing since November 2022 · 2022BLIG01
Stephanus Blignaut has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the Skewb: a personal-best single of 1.57, set at Bold Solvin' Bloemfontein 2025, puts him in the top 0.53% of the 74,164 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2nd in South Africa. Until October 2015, no official Skewb solve in the world had been that fast. Across 11 competitions since November 2022, he has put 541 official solves on the record across 13 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 16% around a typical one; 90% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 26.35 in November 2022 to 10.88, a 59% improvement. Stephanus has entered eleven competitions, more competitions than 93% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | South Africa | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Skewb | 1.57 | 2.91 | top 0.53% | 2 / 444 | |
| 3×3 | 10.88 | 12.81 | top 10.2% | 114 / 2,187 | |
| 2×2 | 3.02 | 4.86 | top 14.5% | 142 / 1,525 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 18.46 | 20.83 | top 16.4% | 46 / 473 | |
| Pyraminx | 6.28 | 11.35 | top 22.1% | 169 / 958 | |
| Megaminx | 1:46.66 | 1:57.54 | top 38.6% | 65 / 268 | |
| 4×4 | 1:02.70 | 1:13.08 | top 39.4% | 134 / 495 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 50 moves | — | early days — 2 solves | 38 / 54 | |
| 5×5 | 4:12.77 | — | early days — 3 solves | 190 / 225 | |
| Square-1 | 1:54.03 | — | early days — 1 solve | 119 / 121 | |
| Clock | 59.05 | — | early days — 2 solves | 148 / 153 | |
| 7×7 | 17:47.00 | — | early days — 1 solve | 74 / 73 | |
| 6×6 | 11:05.00 | — | early days — 1 solve | 85 / 87 |
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
- 2 Aug 2025Three personal bests in one day at Cape Cubes Winter 2025.
- 23 Nov 2024Three personal bests in one day at Speedcubes Bloemfontein 2024.
- 21 Sep 2024Six personal bests in one day at Rubik's WCA African Championship 2024.
- 25 Nov 2023Four personal bests in one day at Mimosa Mall Master Cubers 2023.
- 16 Jun 2023First sub-20 3×3: 15.74 at CubingZA National Championship 2023.
- 16 Jun 2023First sub-15 3×3: 14.78 at CubingZA National Championship 2023.
Competitions
- GAN WCA African Championship 2026 · 24 Sep 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Cubing Bash Bloemfontein 2026 · 11 Apr 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Cape Cubes Winter 2025 · 2 Aug 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Bold Solvin' Bloemfontein 2025 · 12 Jul 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- CubingZA Nationals 2025 · 26 Apr 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Cubing in the Bay Port Elizabeth 2024 · 8 Dec 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Speedcubes Bloemfontein 2024 · 23 Nov 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Rubik's WCA African Championship 2024 · 21 Sep 2024 — 6 personal bests set
- Mimosa Mall Master Cubers 2023 · 25 Nov 2023 — 4 personal bests set
- CubingZA National Championship 2023 · 16 Jun 2023 — 4 personal bests set
- Mimosa Mall Master Cubers 2022 · 19 Nov 2022 — 2 personal bests 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.
- Maverick Pearson — met in 82 rounds, finished ahead 14 times
- Daniel Rush — met in 80 rounds, finished ahead 12 times
- Daniel David Mizen — met in 73 rounds, finished ahead 31 times
Next targets
- A sub-1 Skewb single — 35 people have one; it is 0.57 away.
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,606 people have one; it is 0.88 away.
Targets move as he improves.