People · Australia
Zander Botha
2×2 · top 2.9% of 186,767 all-time · competing since January 2023 · 2023BOTH01
Zander Botha has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.67, set at Melbourne Summer 2026, puts him in the top 2.9% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 238th in Australia. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 8 competitions since January 2023, he has put 209 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 16% around a typical one; 93% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 22.30 in January 2023 to 10.15, a 54% improvement. Zander 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 | Australia | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 1.67 | 3.16 | top 2.9% | 238 / 8,567 | |
| 3×3 | 10.15 | 12.23 | top 7.9% | 719 / 11,709 | |
| Pyraminx | 5.83 | 7.99 | top 18.7% | 928 / 5,993 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 20.26 | 34.50 | top 21.2% | 480 / 2,659 | |
| Skewb | 5.48 | 10.44 | top 21.8% | 568 / 3,534 | |
| 4×4 | 48.66 | 56.33 | top 23.0% | 576 / 3,051 | |
| Square-1 | 43.94 | — | early days — 1 solve | 666 / 899 |
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 Jan 2026Four personal bests in one day at Melbourne Summer 2026.
- 23 Mar 2024First sub-15 3×3: 13.80 at Cubing at The Game Expo 2024.
- 23 Mar 2024Three personal bests in one day at Cubing at The Game Expo 2024.
- 19 Jan 2024First sub-20 3×3: 17.78 at Melbourne Summer 2024.
- 20 Jan 2023First competition: Melbourne Summer 2023. A 23.88 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Melbourne Summer 2026 · 24 Jan 2026 — 4 personal bests set
- VIC State Championship 2025 · 31 May 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Melbourne Summer 2025 · 24 Jan 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Spark Melbourne Spring Saturday 2024 · 5 Oct 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- The Big Cube Melbourne 2024 · 20 Jul 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Cubing at The Game Expo 2024 · 23 Mar 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Melbourne Summer 2024 · 19 Jan 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Melbourne Summer 2023 · 20 Jan 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.
- Oliver Drew — met in 44 rounds, never finished ahead
- Jacob Joshi — met in 44 rounds, never finished ahead
- Roman Rudakov — met in 44 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.67 away.
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 0.15 away.
Targets move as he improves.