People · South Africa
Wikus Schutte
2×2 · top 6.5% of 186,767 all-time · competing since November 2022 · 2022SCHU20
Wikus Schutte has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.24, set at Mimosa Mall Master Cubers 2023, puts him in the top 6.5% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 57th in South Africa. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 8 competitions since November 2022, he has put 266 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 63% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 2×2 best has come down from 10.40 in November 2022 to 2.24, a 78% improvement. Wikus has entered eight competitions, more competitions than 90% 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 | 2.24 | 4.11 | top 6.5% | 57 / 1,510 | |
| Pyraminx | 4.62 | 8.99 | top 10.9% | 88 / 946 | |
| Skewb | 6.93 | 10.78 | top 33.1% | 122 / 438 | |
| 3×3 | 17.71 | 20.42 | top 33.2% | 431 / 2,164 | |
| Clock | 17.45 | 20.12 | top 56.9% | 86 / 148 | |
| 4×4 | 1:30.00 | 1:37.13 | top 63.5% | 233 / 491 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 45.50 | 51.99 | top 72.1% | 233 / 467 |
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, 2×2. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 26 Apr 2025First sub-20 3×3: 19.75 at CubingZA Nationals 2025.
- 26 Apr 2025Four personal bests in one day at CubingZA Nationals 2025.
- 23 Nov 2024Four personal bests in one day at Speedcubes Bloemfontein 2024.
- 25 Nov 2023First sub-30 3×3: 29.69 at Mimosa Mall Master Cubers 2023.
- 25 Nov 2023Three personal bests in one day at Mimosa Mall Master Cubers 2023.
- 19 Nov 2022First competition: Mimosa Mall Master Cubers 2022. A 39.06 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Bold Solvin' Bloemfontein 2025 · 12 Jul 2025 — 1 personal best set
- CubingZA Nationals 2025 · 26 Apr 2025 — 4 personal bests set
- Puzzles in Pinehurst 2025 · 18 Jan 2025
- CuBeaulieu Craze 2024 · 7 Dec 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Speedcubes Bloemfontein 2024 · 23 Nov 2024 — 4 personal bests set
- Cubestuff Challenge Q1 2024 · 27 Jan 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Mimosa Mall Master Cubers 2023 · 25 Nov 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Mimosa Mall Master Cubers 2022 · 19 Nov 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.
- Albert Kruger — met in 38 rounds, finished ahead 16 times
- Stephanus Blignaut — met in 34 rounds, finished ahead 12 times
- Daniel Rush — met in 31 rounds, finished ahead once
Next targets
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.24 away.
- A sub-4 Pyraminx single — 9,892 people have one; it is 0.62 away.
Targets move as he improves.