People · South Africa
Tlhaole Matlapeng
3×3 · top 34.0% of 284,439 all-time · competing since June 2023 · 2023MATL01
Tlhaole Matlapeng has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 17.95, set at CubingZA Nationals 2025, puts him in the top 34.0% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 441st in South Africa. Across 2 competitions since June 2023, he has put 50 official solves on the record across three events. His 3×3 best has come down from 26.71 in June 2023 to 17.95, a 33% improvement. Tlhaole has entered two competitions.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | South Africa | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 17.95 | 21.97 | top 34.0% | 441 / 2,164 | |
| 2×2 | 5.54 | 7.50 | top 45.8% | 498 / 1,510 | |
| Pyraminx | 12.48 | 17.35 | top 70.1% | 603 / 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
- 26 Apr 2025First sub-20 3×3: 17.95 at CubingZA Nationals 2025.
- 26 Apr 2025Three personal bests in one day at CubingZA Nationals 2025.
- 16 Jun 2023First competition: CubingZA National Championship 2023. A 26.71 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- CubingZA Nationals 2025 · 26 Apr 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- CubingZA National Championship 2023 · 16 Jun 2023 — 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.
- Yash Naidu — met in 10 rounds, finished ahead 6 times
- Marike Faught — met in 10 rounds, never finished ahead
- Ruben Grobler — met in 10 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-15 3×3 single — 69,493 people have one; it is 2.95 away.
- A sub-5 2×2 single — 73,413 people have one; it is 0.54 away.
Targets move as he improves.