Cubestuff Challenge Centurion Hotel Q1 2025

Date: Mar 8 - 9, 2025
City: Centurion, South Africa
Venue: Legacy Centurion Hotel
Address: 1001 Lenchen Ave N, Centurion Central, Centurion, 0046
Details: On the second floor at the Old Trafford.
Contact: Organization team
Organizers: Andries Kruger and Osman Badroodin
WCA Delegates: Marike Faught and Yusuf Talha Sayed Karim

: Download all the competition's details as PDF here.

Information

VOLUNTEERING

Please note that all competitors are required to assist with volunteering during the competition - either in the role of "runner", "judge" or "scrambler". These roles will be explained as part of the "New Competitor Tutorial", but you can take a look at this video.

If any parents are willing to help judge or run, please watch the above video if you have not been a judge/runner at previous competitions. We greatly appreciate all assistance during the competition and more volunteers helping out during the competition helps to stay on schedule and not run behind.

Sponsorship

A big thanks to Cubestuff who will co host this competition. They will have a stall set up at the venue for you to buy the different speedcubes they have on offer.
You can also go to Cubestuff.co.za to order a variety of cubes and equipment online.

The Legacy Centurion Hotel will have discounted rates for accommodation for those wanting to overnight at the hotel during the weekend of the competition. Be sure to keep a lookout for more information in this regard.
Their restaurant will also be open for meals and refreshments during the competition. Please see the Legacy Centurion Hotel tab for more information.

NOTICE FOR COMPETITORS

Be sure to be ready to compete in any of your scheduled events at least 30 minutes before the scheduled starting time.

NOTICE OF FILMING

Please note that there will be filming and photography at this event. You therefore consent to your image being used by CubingZA and its partners in their marketing and social media platforms by attending.

About CubingZA

CubingZA is a volunteer organisation made up of delegates and community members who have come together to try and ensure that we can sustainably run regular competitions all across the country.
If you'd be interested in helping out in CubingZA's mission to improve competitive speedcubing in the country, please get in touch.

Events
Main event
Competitors: 62

Registration period: Online registration opened Monday, February 10, 2025 at 12:00 PM UTC and closed Friday, March 7, 2025 at 12:00 PM UTC.
Registration requirements: This competition is over, click here to display the registration requirements it used.

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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 80 competitors.
The base registration fee for this competition is R200 (South African Rand).
If your registration is cancelled before Friday, March 7, 2025 at 12:00 PM UTC you will be refunded 90% of your registration fee.
Registrants on the waiting list may be accepted onto the competitor list until Friday, March 7, 2025 at 12:00 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 R200 (South African Rand).
Any spectator can attend for free.

Payment

Payment methods:

Please note that there are THREE steps you need to take to be entered into this competition:
1. First-timer competitors must create a WCA account if they do not already have one (or their parent/guardian must create one for them).
2. The competitor must register for the competition using their WCA account, specifying which events they want to participate in.
3. Credit and Debit Card payments for the competition entry fee of R200.00 can be made at the following link (
https://reg.cubingza.org/product/cubestuff-challenge-legacy-centurion-hotel-q1-2025/ )”

DO NOT PAY UNTIL YOU HAVE REGISTERED IN STEP 2 ABOVE PLEASE.

Please note:
* If you haven't both registered for the competition (Step 2) and paid for a ticket (Step 3) before registration closes, you will not be able to compete.
Highlights: Click here to display the highlights of the competition.

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Shivaan Harichander won with an average of 7.88 seconds in the 3x3x3 Cube event. Osman Badroodin finished second (8.72) and Isaac Scheepers finished third (9.37).

Event	Name	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
3x3x3 Cube	Shivaan Harichander	7.53	7.88	South Africa	7.57	7.89	7.53	8.17	8.28
2x2x2 Cube	Ruben Grobler	1.42	2.76	South Africa	4.27	1.96	4.20	1.42	2.11
4x4x4 Cube	Osman Badroodin	33.79	35.36	South Africa	34.83	37.34	33.79	33.92	37.47
3x3x3 Blindfolded	Ruben Grobler	1:10.12	DNF	South Africa	1:23.40	1:10.12	DNF
3x3x3 One-Handed	Osman Badroodin	12.61	13.15	South Africa	12.75	12.61	17.05	13.34	13.35
Megaminx	Heinrich de Lange	38.35	41.52	South Africa	43.59	39.31	41.67	38.35	46.80
Pyraminx	Ruben Grobler	2.56	4.75	South Africa	3.94	5.48	5.11	2.56	5.19
Skewb	Ruben Grobler	4.31	5.22	South Africa	4.31	5.65	4.52	6.05	5.50
Square-1	Osman Badroodin	10.04	13.59	South Africa	12.94	13.64	10.04	15.21	14.19

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 16 advance to next round
	Final	Ao5	10:00.00
2x2x2 Cube	First round	Ao5	4:00.00		Top 20 advance to next round
2x2x2 Cube	Final	Ao5	4:00.00
4x4x4 Cube	First round	Bo2 / Ao5	10:00.00	2 attempts to get < 2:30.00	Top 16 advance to next round
4x4x4 Cube	Final	Ao5	10:00.00
3x3x3 Blindfolded	Final	Bo3	20:00.00 cumulative*
3x3x3 One-Handed	First round	Bo2 / Ao5	10:00.00	2 attempts to get < 1:30.00	Top 50% advance to next round
3x3x3 One-Handed	Final	Ao5	10:00.00
Megaminx	First round	Bo2 / Ao5	6:00.00	2 attempts to get < 3:00.00	Top 16 advance to next round
Megaminx	Final	Ao5	6:00.00
Pyraminx	First round	Bo2 / Ao5	2:00.00	2 attempts to get < 1:00.00	Top 20 advance to next round
Pyraminx	Final	Ao5	2:00.00
Skewb	First round	Bo2 / Ao5	2:00.00	2 attempts to get < 1:00.00	Top 50% advance to next round
Skewb	Final	Ao5	2:00.00
Square-1	First round	Bo2 / Ao5	3:00.00	2 attempts to get < 2:00.00	Top 50% advance to next round
Square-1	Final	Ao5	3:00.00

Schedules are subject to adjustments, especially once registration totals are known. Registered competitors will be notified by email of any major changes.

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The time zone for this venue is Africa/Johannesburg.

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Saturday, March 8, 2025

Sunday, March 9, 2025

We are pleased to host the first Cubestuff Challenge of the year at the Legacy Centurion Hotel.

Accommodation:
The hotel have offered discounted accommodation rates to our cubers (and guests) for the weekend of the competition. Use the code "Rubiks 2025" when making your booking. Reach out to the competition organizers or delegates if you have more questions.

Bookings can be made at the following link

Restaurant:
The hotel's restaurant will be open during the competition.
Please note that no food from outside will be allowed in the venue.
The restaurant menu can be viewed below. Please note, halaal options must be ordered before the competiton, additional information to be provided soon.

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. 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.

This competition runs over two days but you don't need to attend both days. Have a look on the schedule to see when the different events are happening so you can decide what days you should attend. For example, if you're only competing in skewb, you only need to come on Sunday. Make sure to arrive at least 15 minutes before Registration ends on the first day you'll be competing. This helps us with entering everyone into the system and ensures that you're on time for the "Tutorial for new competitors". 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.

You can also watch this tutorial video beforehand on how you'll complete your solves.

We will also be sending out a pre-competition email before the competition with some more information so keep an eye out for that.

If you have any questions, please feel free to reach out to the delegates and organiser - we would be happy to help!

Do I need to be at both days if I am only competing on one day?

No, you only have to be there on the day that you are competing. Make sure to check out the schedule tab to see when you compete. We suggest arriving at the competition at least 30 minutes prior to your event in case we run ahead of schedule.

Where can I view my results?

On the competition days all results will be uploaded to WCA Live. Just search for the competition name under the "upcoming" tab. After the competition has ended, it will take a few days for the official results to be uploaded to the WCA main site.

How can I stay up to date on future competitions?

Below are a few options for getting notified of future competitions:

Register an account on CubingZA. Once you are logged in, you will be able to set notifications for competitions in your preferred provinces. You should receive email notifications for new competitions in these regions.
Join the CubingZA Whatsapp community by clicking on this link. By joining the Whatsapp community you will automatically be added the announcement group, and will have the option to join the following groups: a. ZA Speedcubing Advice & PBs - this group is strictly for posting personal bests and asking for speedcubing advice. b. African Cubers - this group is for catching up and chatting with fellow cubers.
The WCA Official website competitions page will show all announced competitions coming up.

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.