People · South Africa
Tiaan Pretorius
3×3 · top 21.4% of 284,439 all-time · competing since August 2022 · 2022PRET03
Tiaan Pretorius has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 14.12, set at Puzzlin' Polokwane 2024, puts him in the top 21.4% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 266th in South Africa. Across 3 competitions since August 2022, he has put 54 official solves on the record across three events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 7% around a typical one, an early reading from 7 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 18.90 in August 2022 to 14.12, a 25% improvement. Tiaan 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 | 14.12 | 15.29 | top 21.4% | 266 / 2,164 | |
| 2×2 | 5.20 | 6.75 | top 41.8% | 452 / 1,510 | |
| Pyraminx | 10.28 | 15.25 | top 55.2% | 452 / 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
- 25 Nov 2023First sub-15 3×3: 14.91 at Pretoria Spring Afternoon 2023.
- 6 Aug 2022First competition: Limpopo 2022. A 19.69 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Puzzlin' Polokwane 2024 · 15 Mar 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Pretoria Spring Afternoon 2023 · 25 Nov 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Limpopo 2022 · 6 Aug 2022 — 1 personal best 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.
- Jan-Hendrik Hoogendyk — met in 11 rounds, never finished ahead
- Jonathan Marais — met in 9 rounds, finished ahead 6 times
- Chrisjan Dirk Genis — met in 9 rounds, finished ahead twice
Next targets
- A sub-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 2.12 away.
- A sub-5 2×2 single — 73,413 people have one; it is 0.20 away.
Targets move as he improves.