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Zander Hanekom

3×3 · top 36.6% of 284,439 all-time · competing since February 2015 · 2015HANE01

Zander Hanekom has been competing for 12 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 18.84, set at Tuks Winter 2015, puts him in the top 36.6% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 499th in South Africa. Across 3 competitions since February 2015, he has put 94 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 16% around a typical one, an early reading from 6 counted rounds. Zander has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 36.6% of 284,439 all-time
18.84
signature single · Tuks Winter 2015
94
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingSouth Africa
3×318.8423.02
top 36.6%499 / 2,164
2×24.837.86
top 37.2%395 / 1,510
Skewb8.4722.09
top 44.8%165 / 438
Pyraminx11.3115.30
top 62.7%519 / 946
3×3 one-handed51.841:03.61
top 78.4%276 / 467
4×41:56.442:07.68
top 80.0%327 / 491
Megaminx6:51.687:26.22
top 99.2%262 / 266

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

Pops Toys Summer 2015: 20.81Tuks Open 2015: 22.90Tuks Winter 2015: 18.8418.8422.9021 Feb 201527 Jun 2015

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-15 3×3 single — 69,493 people have one; it is 3.84 away.
  • A sub-4 2×2 single — 49,452 people have one; it is 0.83 away.

Targets move as he improves.