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Xavier Govender

3×3 · top 47.2% of 284,439 all-time · competing since October 2022 · 2022GOVE03

Xavier Govender has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 22.70, set at CubingZA Cape Cubes Summer 2023, puts him in the top 47.2% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 678th in South Africa. Across 2 competitions since October 2022, he has put 34 official solves on the record across four events. His 3×3 best has come down from 35.69 in October 2022 to 22.70, a 36% improvement. Xavier has entered two competitions.

3×3
best event — top 47.2% of 284,439 all-time
22.70
signature single · CubingZA Cape Cubes Summer 2023
34
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingSouth Africa
3×322.7025.99
top 47.2%678 / 2,164
2×26.699.38
top 57.8%661 / 1,510
Pyraminx11.9820.29
top 67.1%567 / 946
Skewb14.1218.74
top 75.2%295 / 438

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

Rubik's WCA African Championship 2022: 35.69CubingZA Cape Cubes Summer 2023: 22.7022.7035.697 Oct 202228 Jan 2023

Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.

The story so far

Competitions

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.

Next targets

  • A sub-20 3×3 single — 113,584 people have one; it is 2.70 away.
  • A sub-6 2×2 single — 95,042 people have one; it is 0.69 away.

Targets move as he improves.