People · South Africa
Yusri Shaik Pillay
3×3 · top 5.7% of 288,433 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 9.35, set at GAN WCA African Championship 2026, puts him in the top 5.7% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 58th in South Africa. Until February 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 9 competitions since August 2024, he has put 339 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one; 85% of the 36,406 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 9.35, a 61% improvement. Yusri has entered nine competitions, more competitions than 91% 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 | 9.35 | 12.52 | top 5.7% | 58 / 2,187 | |
| 2×2 | 2.60 | 4.30 | top 10.0% | 98 / 1,525 | |
| Pyraminx | 4.99 | 9.19 | top 13.1% | 104 / 958 | |
| Skewb | 5.62 | 7.04 | top 22.9% | 85 / 444 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 22.37 | 27.22 | top 27.1% | 78 / 473 | |
| 4×4 | 1:14.31 | 1:20.34 | top 51.0% | 182 / 495 | |
| Megaminx | 2:31.56 | 3:05.90 | top 62.0% | 130 / 268 | |
| Clock | 26.61 | 31.70 | top 79.5% | 120 / 153 |
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
- 24 Sep 2026Five personal bests in one day at GAN WCA African Championship 2026.
- 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.
Competitions
- GAN WCA African Championship 2026 · 24 Sep 2026 — 5 personal bests set
- 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 57 rounds, finished ahead 16 times
- Juandré Jacobs — met in 56 rounds, finished ahead 8 times
- Marike Faught — met in 55 rounds, finished ahead 15 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 8,101 people have one; it is 1.35 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 9,039 people have one; it is 0.60 away.
Targets move as he improves.