CubeCo Coastal Cubing KZN 2025
- Date
- Mar 21 - 22, 2025
- City
- Durban, South Africa
- Venue
Gelofte School
- Address
- 2 Caversham Rd, Ashley, Pinetown
- Details
School hall
- Contact
- Organization team
- Organizers
- Chase Lee Roodt and Raefe Roodt
- WCA Delegates
- Timothy Lawrance and Waseem Hoosain
- Download all the competition's details as PDF .
- Information
Durban’s First 2-Day Cubing Competition in Over Two Years!
Join us for an action-packed weekend of speedcubing on March 21st & 22nd!
Day 1 (Friday) falls on Human Rights Day, making it the perfect opportunity to challenge yourself with events you don't always see - like Clock, Megaminx, and even 3x3 Blindfolded! If you're looking to try something new, this is your chance.
Day 2 (Saturday) is all about the fan favorites: Pyraminx, 2x2, and a full three rounds of 3x3. Whether you're a seasoned competitor or brand new to WCA events, there's something for you.
New to competing? No problem! We'll have a newcomer tutorial to walk you through competing and judging (yes, even first-timers help with judging). Just remember to bring a form of ID for registration. While most beginner-friendly events happen on Saturday, you're absolutely welcome to compete on Friday too!
Don't miss out - come test your skills, meet fellow cubers, and be part of Durban's cubing community!
- Events
- Main event
- Competitors
- 33
- Registration period
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Online registration opened Monday, February 24, 2025 at 7:00 AM UTC and closed Thursday, March 20, 2025 at 3:00 PM UTC.
- Registration requirements
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This competition is over, click here to display the registration requirements it used.Create a WCA account here if you don't have one.
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 60 competitors.
The base registration fee for this competition is R270 (South African Rand).
If your registration is cancelled before Wednesday, March 19, 2025 at 3:00 PM UTC you will be refunded 90% of your registration fee.
Registrants on the waiting list may be accepted onto the competitor list until Thursday, March 20, 2025 at 4:00 PM UTC.
We encourage everyone to register for the events they want to compete in via your online registration, however you may add events to your registration up until the event has started.
On the spot registrations will be accepted with a base registration fee of R300 (South African Rand).
Any spectator can attend for free.
Please note that there are THREE steps you need to take to be entered into this competition:
- The competitor must create a WCA account if they do not already have one (or their parent/guardian must create one for them).
- The competitor must register for the competition using their WCA account, specifying which events they want to participate in.
- The competitor must pay the entry fee by buying a ticket from CubeCo.
If you haven't both registered for the competition (Step 2) and paid for a ticket (Step 3), you will not be able to compete.
After registering for the competition on the WCA website, your registration will be pending. Once the payment through the CubeCo website has been confirmed, your registration will be approved. (Allow up to 24 hours for the organizers to confirm the payment.)
- Highlights
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Click here to display the highlights of the competition.
Shivaan Harichander won with an average of 8.28 seconds in the 3x3x3 Cube event. Waseem Hoosain finished second (8.60) and Christian Swartz finished third (9.50).
| Event | Name | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3x3x3 Cube | Shivaan Harichander | 7.13 | 8.28 | South Africa | 8.57 | 8.33 | 7.13 | 9.82 | 7.93 | |||
| 2x2x2 Cube | Christian Swartz | 2.35 | 2.93 | South Africa | 2.35 | 3.42 | 2.82 | 3.20 | 2.76 | |||
| 4x4x4 Cube | Waseem Hoosain | 30.60 | 32.97 | South Africa | 34.32 | 30.79 | 30.60 | 33.80 | 38.82 | |||
| 5x5x5 Cube | Waseem Hoosain | 1:02.86 | 1:08.26 | South Africa | 1:07.41 | 1:34.64 | 1:08.47 | 1:08.91 | 1:02.86 | |||
| 3x3x3 Blindfolded | Timothy Lawrance | 1:15.85 | DNF | South Africa | DNF | 1:28.43 | 1:15.85 | |||||
| 3x3x3 One-Handed | Waseem Hoosain | 13.32 | 16.74 | South Africa | 18.13 | 18.40 | 13.68 | 13.32 | 18.99 | |||
| Clock | Grant Robert King | 7.70 | 9.96 | South Africa | 9.73 | 9.71 | 10.44 | 11.61 | 7.70 | |||
| Megaminx | Waseem Hoosain | 1:05.68 | 1:08.99 | South Africa | 1:08.77 | 1:05.68 | 1:07.24 | 1:14.34 | 1:10.97 | |||
| Pyraminx | Christian Swartz | 4.72 | 6.02 | South Africa | 5.01 | 5.99 | 8.15 | 4.72 | 7.07 | |||
| Skewb | Christian Swartz | 3.97 | 6.39 | South Africa | 3.97 | 7.80 | 4.89 | 7.99 | 6.48 | |||
| Event | Round | Format | Time limit | Cutoff | Proceed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3x3x3 Cube | First round | Ao5 | 10:00.00 | Top 75% advance to next round | |
| Second round | Ao5 | 10:00.00 | Top 12 advance to next round | ||
| Final | Ao5 | 10:00.00 | |||
| 2x2x2 Cube | First round | Ao5 | 10:00.00 | Top 12 advance to next round | |
| Final | Ao5 | 10:00.00 | |||
| 4x4x4 Cube | First round | Bo2 / Ao5 | 5:00.00 | 2 attempts to get < 2:00.00 | Top 12 advance to next round |
| Final | Ao5 | 5:00.00 | |||
| 5x5x5 Cube | Final | Bo2 / Ao5 | 10:00.00 | 2 attempts to get < 4:00.00 | |
| 3x3x3 Blindfolded | Final | Bo3 | 20:00.00 cumulative* | ||
| 3x3x3 One-Handed | Final | Bo2 / Ao5 | 4:00.00 | 2 attempts to get < 1:30.00 | |
| Clock | Final | Ao5 | 2:00.00 | ||
| Megaminx | Final | Bo2 / Ao5 | 10:00.00 | 2 attempts to get < 4:00.00 | |
| Pyraminx | First round | Ao5 | 10:00.00 | Top 12 advance to next round | |
| Final | Ao5 | 10:00.00 | |||
| Skewb | First round | Ao5 | 2:00.00 | Top 12 advance to next round | |
| Final | Ao5 | 2:00.00 |
If you're a first-time competitior, we would love to have you! It doesn't matter how quickly you can solve the cube - everyone is there to have fun, make new friends, and do their best.
Make sure to arrive at least 15 minutes before Registration ends. This helps us with entering everyone into the system and ensures that you're on time for the New competitor tutorial. As a first-time competitor, you don't want to miss this as we'll be going over all the details of how to participate in this competition.
If you're on the fence about going, take a look at this video giving a bit of insight into what a cube competition is like. If you would like some more information about what to expect, take a look at:
- this tutorial on how you'll complete your solves
- this video on what to expect at your first competition
If you have any questions, please feel free to reach out to the organisers - we would be happy to help!
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 (see Regulation 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.