Arnold Classic Africa 2022

Date: Jun 3 - 5, 2022
City: Johannesburg, South Africa
Venue: Ruimsig Stadium
Address: Ruimsig Stadium, Roodepoort, South Africa
Details: in the Speed Cubing tent
Contact: Organization team
Organizers: Brendan James Gray, Marike Faught, and Ruben Grobler
WCA Delegates: Brendan James Gray, Maverick Pearson, and Timothy Lawrance

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Information

General Information

This competition will take place as part of the Arnold Classic Sport Festival. Please note that due to the nature of the festival the venue will be extremely noisy, and this is outside of our control. The competition will be taking place in a large tent, and it is June, so dress warmly.

Competitor Tickets

Please register for the competition and select your events here, and then pay for your registration at:
https://www.quicket.co.za/events/175059-speed-cubing-arnold-classic-africa/#/
Tickets for competitors cost R200, which includes access to the rest of the expo and sport festival.

Guests

Spectators are welcome, but will need to pay for entrance to the expo. Tickets can be bought online through WebTickets or paid for at the door. Various pricing options are available depending on whether you wish to attend for the whole weekend or just one day.
Tickets for guests

Volunteering

We will require volunteers to support with running and judging on the day. If you would like to volunteer to help staff at the competition, please contact the organisers. Groups will be assigned so that volunteer duties don't clash with your competing.

Events
Main event
Competitors: 95

Registration period: Online registration opened and closed .
Registration requirements: This competition is over, click here to display the registration requirements it used.

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If this is not your first competition, associate your WCA ID to your WCA account here.
Register for this competition here.
There is a competitor limit of 100 competitors.
The base registration fee for this competition is R200 (South African Rand).
Registration fees won't be refunded under any circumstance.
Registrants on the waiting list may be accepted onto the competitor list until .
If you are a registered competitor you may change your registered events until on the Register tab.
On the spot registrations will be accepted with a base registration fee of R200 (South African Rand).
Spectators can attend paying an entry fee of R150 (South African Rand).

Payment

Competitors must register on the WCA website AND purchase a Speed Cubing ticket through Quicket for the registration to be completed.

Those who register will first be placed on a waiting list. Once the payment has been confirmed through Quicket, the registration will be approved.

Competitors who wish to register on the spot on the day of the competition may do so provided the competitor limit has not been reached. If you purchase a ticket before midnight Thursday 26 May, then you will be sent a free ticket for entrance to the Arnolds Classic festival. On the spot registrations and registration after 26 May are allowed, but you will then be required pay separately to enter the sport festival in addition to purchasing the ticket through Quicket.

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Highlights: Click here to display the highlights of the competition.

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Shivaan Harichander won with an average of 8.30 seconds in the 3x3x3 Cube event. Daniel Rush finished second (8.82) and Ruben Grobler finished third (10.14).

African records: Daniel Rush‎ 4x4x4 Cube 28.01 (single), 4x4x4 Cube 30.23 (average), 5x5x5 Cube 54.17 (single), 5x5x5 Cube 1:03.85 (average), 6x6x6 Cube 1:57.50 (single), 6x6x6 Cube 2:09.86 (average), 7x7x7 Cube 3:03.64 (single), and 7x7x7 Cube 3:08.86 (average); Heinrich de Lange‎ Megaminx 40.69 (single) and Megaminx 45.56 (average); Joshua Christian Marais‎ 3x3x3 One-Handed 12.64 (average); Osman Badroodin‎ Square-1 11.97 (average); Shivaan Harichander‎ 3x3x3 Cube 6.54 (single).

Event	Name	Best		Average		Representing	Solves
3x3x3 Cube	Shivaan Harichander	6.54	AfR	8.30		South Africa	6.54	7.12	8.41	9.37	9.44
2x2x2 Cube	Ruben Grobler	1.90		2.73		South Africa	1.90	2.64	5.00	2.23	3.31
4x4x4 Cube	Daniel Rush	28.01	AfR	30.23	AfR	South Africa	32.11	28.01	40.70	30.57	28.02
5x5x5 Cube	Daniel Rush	54.17	AfR	1:03.85	AfR	South Africa	1:08.69	54.17	1:03.87	1:10.11	59.00
6x6x6 Cube	Daniel Rush	1:57.50	AfR	2:09.86	AfR	South Africa	2:16.04	2:16.05	1:57.50
7x7x7 Cube	Daniel Rush	3:03.64	AfR	3:08.86	AfR	South Africa	3:15.32	3:03.64	3:07.62
3x3x3 Blindfolded	Duncan Hobbs	1:07.98		DNF		South Africa	1:21.47	DNF	1:07.98
3x3x3 Fewest Moves	Ruben Grobler	27		29.33		South Africa	27	33	28
3x3x3 One-Handed	Joshua Christian Marais	12.22		13.53		South Africa	15.24	13.75	13.34	13.50	12.22
Clock	Ruben Grobler	7.33		12.61		South Africa	11.46	14.98	11.38	7.33	15.30
Megaminx	Heinrich de Lange	40.69	AfR	45.56	AfR	South Africa	50.17	42.70	43.81	55.89	40.69
Pyraminx	Chase Lee Roodt	3.57		4.50		South Africa	4.95	4.62	4.21	3.57	4.66
Skewb	Ruben Grobler	4.79		5.89		South Africa	6.41	4.79	5.52	5.75	7.08
Square-1	Osman Badroodin	10.07	NR	11.97	AfR	South Africa	17.96	10.72	10.27	14.92	10.07
4x4x4 Blindfolded	Timothy Lawrance	8:23.64		DNF		South Africa	DNF	8:23.64	DNS
3x3x3 Multi-Blind	Duncan Hobbs	15/21 57:59				South Africa	13/21 1:00:02	15/21 57:59

The entrance fee is R 200 and needs to be paid through Quickets before the event:

Competitor Tickets

If you purchase a ticket before midnight Thursday 26 May, then you will be sent a free ticket for entrance to the Arnolds Classic festival. On the spot registrations and registration after 26 May are allowed, but you will then be required pay separately to enter the sport festival in addition to purchasing the ticket through Quicket.

Guests will also need to buy tickets to enter the expo. Guest tickets can be purchased through WebTickets or at the door.

Time limit

If you reach the time limit during your solve, the judge will stop you and your result will be DNF (see Regulation A1a4).
A cumulative time limit may be enforced across rounds (see Guideline A1a2++).

Cutoff

The result to beat to proceed to the second phase of a cutoff round (see Regulation 9g).

Format

The format describes how to determine the ranking of competitors based on their results. The list of allowed formats per event is described in Regulation 9b. See Regulation 9f for a description of each format.