In the past year (2023), Ruben van Niekerk competed in 2 competitions and 21 rounds across 9 events, from Feb 11th to Jun 18th.
Solves/Attempts
He attempted 96 solves and completed 85.
| Event | Solves | Attempts |
| 3x3x3 Cube | 23 | 25 |
| Skewb | 15 | 15 |
| 2x2x2 Cube | 14 | 15 |
| 4x4x4 Cube | 10 | 10 |
| Pyraminx | 10 | 10 |
| 3x3x3 One-Handed | 8 | 10 |
| Square-1 | 4 | 7 |
| Megaminx | 1 | 2 |
| 5x5x5 Cube | 0 | 2 |
Personal Bests
He broke his personal best 25 times across 8 events, including 13 singles and 12 averages.
| Event | Times | Single | Average |
| 2x2x2 Cube | 5 | 2 | 3 |
| 3x3x3 Cube | 4 | 2 | 2 |
| 4x4x4 Cube | 4 | 2 | 2 |
| 3x3x3 One-Handed | 4 | 2 | 2 |
| Pyraminx | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| Skewb | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Square-1 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Megaminx | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Improvements of Single
| Event | ≤2022 | 2023 | Improvement |
| Pyraminx | 11.17 | 7.69 | 3.48 (45.25%) |
| 4x4x4 Cube | 1:42.40 | 1:11.61 | 30.79 (43.00%) |
| 2x2x2 Cube | 5.64 | 4.09 | 1.55 (37.90%) |
| 3x3x3 Cube | 21.26 | 18.14 | 3.12 (17.20%) |
| 3x3x3 One-Handed | - | 37.44 | - |
| Skewb | - | 9.10 | - |
| Square-1 | - | 49.78 | - |
| Megaminx | - | 3:34.64 | - |
Improvements of Average
| Event | ≤2022 | 2023 | Improvement |
| 4x4x4 Cube | 2:06.44 | 1:18.68 | 47.76 (60.70%) |
| Pyraminx | 13.69 | 9.52 | 4.17 (43.80%) |
| 2x2x2 Cube | 8.61 | 6.10 | 2.51 (41.15%) |
| 3x3x3 Cube | 25.06 | 20.27 | 4.79 (23.63%) |
| 3x3x3 One-Handed | - | 45.18 | - |
| Skewb | - | 11.52 | - |
| Square-1 | - | 1:04.98 | - |
Cubers
He met 144 cubers from 4 countries/regions, 44 of whom competed with him more than once.
| Shared Competitions | Competitors |
| 1 | 100 |
| 2 | 44 |
| All | 144 |
Regions
He competed in 1 country/region.
| Region | Times |
| South Africa | 2 |
