People · South Africa
Takudzwa Marandure
3×3 · top 40.4% of 284,439 all-time · competing since July 2024 · 2024MARA05
Takudzwa Marandure has been competing for 2 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 20.16, set at CubingZA Nationals 2025, puts him in the top 40.4% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 565th in South Africa. Across 3 competitions since July 2024, he has put 35 official solves on the record across four events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 18% around a typical one, an early reading from 5 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 31.57 in July 2024 to 20.16, a 36% improvement. Takudzwa 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 | 20.16 | 23.08 | top 40.4% | 565 / 2,164 | |
| 2×2 | 8.26 | 11.47 | top 69.5% | 828 / 1,510 | |
| Megaminx | 3:52.88 | — | early days — 1 solve | 201 / 266 | |
| Pyraminx | 26.97 | 32.51 | top 97.5% | 912 / 946 |
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
- 31 Aug 2024First sub-30 3×3: 24.04 at Benoni Cubing Comeback 2024.
- 20 Jul 2024First competition: Cubestuff Challenge Centurion Q3 2024. A 31.57 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- CubingZA Nationals 2025 · 26 Apr 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Benoni Cubing Comeback 2024 · 31 Aug 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Cubestuff Challenge Centurion Q3 2024 · 20 Jul 2024
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 8 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
- Marike Faught — met in 8 rounds, never finished ahead
- Ruben Grobler — met in 8 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-20 3×3 single — 113,584 people have one; it is 0.16 away.
- A sub-8 2×2 single — 126,624 people have one; it is 0.26 away.
Targets move as he improves.