Cubestuff Challenge Q1 2024
- Date
- Jan 27 - 28, 2024
- City
- Pretoria, South Africa
- Venue
Curro Academy Pretoria
- Address
- 146 Baviaanspoort Rd, East Lynne, Pretoria, 0186
- Details
School Hall
- Contact
- Organization team
- Organizers
- Andries Kruger, Brendan James Gray, Marike Faught, and Taariq Hassim
- WCA Delegates
- Brendan James Gray and Marike Faught
- Download all the competition's details as PDF .
- Information
SPECTATORS
Competitors are welcome to bring up to two spectators with them.
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.
SPONSORSHIP
A big thanks to Cubestuff who are sponsoring the prizes for this competition. They will have a stall set up at the venue for you to buy the different speedcubes they have on offer.
VENUE HEAT
This is an indoor venue with fans, but no aircon. It might get quite warm if we have a hot weekend. Please be aware of this, bring enough water, and make any preparations needed.
About CubingZA
Competitions in South Africa have exploded since the end of COVID, and interest is only getting stronger. 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.
- Events
- Main event
- Competitors
- 91
- Registration period
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Online registration opened and closed .
- 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 100 competitors.
The base registration fee for this competition is R250 (South African Rand).
If your registration is cancelled before you will be refunded 100% of your registration fee.
Registrants on the waiting list may be accepted onto the competitor list until .
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.
No on the spot registrations will be accepted.
Any spectator can attend for free.
Payment
Please note that there are THREE steps you need to take to be entered into this competition:
- First-timer competitors 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 sending the appropriate amount of R250.00 to the following bank account. DO NOT PAY UNTIL YOU HAVE REGISTERED IN STEP 2 ABOVE PLEASE.
Bank Details:
- Account Name: Mr Duncan Hobbs
- Bank: Tymebank
- Account number: 5300 1800 564
- Reference: {Competitor Name} Pretoria
- Amount: R 250.00
- for example, "Marike Faught Pretoria"
- Branch code: 678910
- Account type: Current Account
Please note: We will be handling the EFT payments manually, so it might take a few days for us to confirm your registration. If you have not recieved a notification from us saying that your registration has been approved within 3 DAYS (72HRS) of making payment, please do not hesitate to contact us.
Please note the following:
* 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. - Highlights
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Click here to display the highlights of the competition.
Daniel Rush won with an average of 7.26 seconds in the 3x3x3 Cube event. Shivaan Harichander finished second (7.69) and Osman Badroodin finished third (9.04).
African records: Daniel Rush 5x5x5 Cube 47.73 (single), 7x7x7 Cube 2:18.86 (single), and 7x7x7 Cube 2:24.46 (average).