People · South Africa
Tiaan Siepker
2×2 · top 6.4% of 189,179 all-time · competing since May 2022 · 2022SIEP02
Tiaan Siepker has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.22, set at CubingZA Cape Cubes Challenge 2023, puts him in the top 6.4% of the 189,179 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 59th in South Africa. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 7 competitions since May 2022, he has put 132 official solves on the record across four events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 81% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. That figure sets aside his 3 DNFs. His 3×3 best has come down from 22.76 in May 2022 to 18.94, a 17% improvement. Tiaan has entered seven competitions, more competitions than 88% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | South Africa | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 2.22 | 5.65 | top 6.4% | 59 / 1,525 | |
| Pyraminx | 7.94 | 14.94 | top 35.7% | 275 / 958 | |
| 3×3 | 18.94 | 23.15 | top 37.0% | 511 / 2,187 | |
| Skewb | 14.19 | 17.34 | top 75.5% | 302 / 444 |
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
- 9 Dec 2023First sub-20 3×3: 18.94 at CubingZA Cape Cubes Challenge 2023.
- 9 Dec 2023Three personal bests in one day at CubingZA Cape Cubes Challenge 2023.
- 29 May 2022First competition: Speedcubes Cape Town 2022. A 22.76 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Mid Summer Madness Cape Town 2024 · 17 Feb 2024 — 1 personal best set
- CubingZA Cape Cubes Challenge 2023 · 9 Dec 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- CubingZA Cape Cubes Spring 2023 · 30 Sep 2023 — 1 personal best set
- CubingZA Cape Cubes Autumn 2023 · 22 Apr 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- CubingZA Cape Cubes Summer 2023 · 28 Jan 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Green School Paarl Open 2022 · 28 Aug 2022
- Speedcubes Cape Town 2022 · 29 May 2022
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 27 rounds, never finished ahead
- Daniel Rush — met in 26 rounds, finished ahead once
- Tristan Ford — met in 23 rounds, finished ahead twice
Next targets
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 9,039 people have one; it is 0.22 away.
- A sub-6 Pyraminx single — 26,233 people have one; it is 1.94 away.
Targets move as he improves.