People · South Africa
Yusri Shaik Pillay
3×3 · top 7.0% of 284,439 all-time · competing since August 2024 · 2024PILL07
Yusri Shaik Pillay has been competing for 2 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.84, set at Cubestuff Centurion Q3 2025, puts him in the top 7.0% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 72nd in South Africa. Until October 2007, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 8 competitions since August 2024, he has put 273 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 60% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 24.12 in August 2024 to 9.84, a 59% improvement. Yusri 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 9.84 | 13.45 | top 7.0% | 72 / 2,164 | |
| 2×2 | 2.60 | 4.30 | top 9.9% | 96 / 1,510 | |
| Pyraminx | 4.99 | 9.84 | top 13.1% | 104 / 946 | |
| Skewb | 6.39 | 8.29 | top 28.8% | 102 / 438 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 26.67 | 33.87 | top 38.5% | 109 / 467 | |
| 4×4 | 1:14.42 | 1:23.56 | top 51.1% | 180 / 491 | |
| Megaminx | 2:40.01 | 3:05.90 | top 66.0% | 137 / 266 | |
| Clock | 26.61 | 32.31 | top 79.5% | 117 / 148 |
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
- 6 Sep 2025First sub-10 3×3: 9.84 at Cubestuff Centurion Q3 2025.
- 6 Sep 2025Six personal bests in one day at Cubestuff Centurion Q3 2025.
- 23 Nov 2024Four personal bests in one day at Cubestuff Challenge Q4 Menlyn Park 2024.
- 21 Sep 2024First sub-20 3×3: 14.58 at Rubik's WCA African Championship 2024.
- 21 Sep 2024First sub-15 3×3: 14.58 at Rubik's WCA African Championship 2024.
- 31 Aug 2024First competition: Benoni Cubing Comeback 2024. A 24.12 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Secunda Smooth Solvin' 2026 · 1 Aug 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Cubestuff Grand Challenge - The Leonardo 2026 · 20 Jun 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- CubeCo Durban Spring 2025 · 27 Sep 2025
- Cubestuff Centurion Q3 2025 · 6 Sep 2025 — 6 personal bests set
- Cubestuff Challenge Q4 Menlyn Park 2024 · 23 Nov 2024 — 4 personal bests set
- Inni-Horie-Fees 2024 · 5 Oct 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Rubik's WCA African Championship 2024 · 21 Sep 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Benoni Cubing Comeback 2024 · 31 Aug 2024 — 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.
- Albert Kruger — met in 46 rounds, finished ahead 10 times
- Ruben Grobler — met in 46 rounds, never finished ahead
- Juandré Jacobs — met in 44 rounds, finished ahead 6 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.84 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.60 away.
Targets move as he improves.