CubingZA Cape Cubes Challenge 2023

Date: Dec 9 - 10, 2023
City: Cape Town, South Africa
Venue: Kirstenhof Primary School
Address: 18 Lente St, Kirstenhof, Cape Town, 7945, South Africa
Details: School hall
Contact: Organization team
Organizers: Anthony Kalaya Rush, Dylan Swarts, and Maverick Pearson
WCA Delegates: Duncan Hobbs, Joshua Christian Marais, and Maverick Pearson

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Information

CubingZA is excited to announce the final Cape Town competition for 2023. This competition will have a strong focus on 3x3, with four rounds! 2x2 also makes a return with two rounds, and we are holding a handful of other events that have not featured in Cape Town for some time, namely 5x5, 6x6, 7x7, Megaminx, 3x3 Blindfolded, and 3x3 Multiple Blindfolded!

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 Speedcubes who are sponsoring vouchers as a part of the prizes for this competition. They will have a stall set up at the venue for you to try out and buy the different speedcubes they have on offer.

LUCKY DRAW

During prize-giving after 3x3 Finals on Sunday, we will be having a Lucky Draw for two winners to receive R250 Speedcubes.co.za vouchers each with free shipping on their order! If you needed another reason to stick around and watch 3x3 Finals other than the amazing speed of some of Africa's top speedcubers, maybe you could be one of the lucky winners and walk away with some free cubes or apparel courtesy of our local speedcubing store.

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.

If you'd be interested in helping out, please get in touch. We are particularly looking for help with communications, and graphic design.

Events
Main event
Competitors: 83

Registration period

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Registration requirements

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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 120 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.
On the spot registrations will be accepted with a base registration fee of R250 (South African Rand).
Spectators are only permitted as companions of competitors.
Competitors may bring at most 2 guests.

REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS

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.
| Name of Account: Mr Duncan Hobbs. | Bank: Tymebank.
| Account number: 5300 1800 564.
| Reference: Name(s) of competitors.
| 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.

Highlights

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Daniel Rush won with an average of 7.11 seconds in the 3x3x3 Cube event. Isaac Scheepers finished second (8.62) and Raphael Fast finished third (9.48).

African records: Daniel Rush‎ 3x3x3 Cube 6.80 (average), 5x5x5 Cube 56.49 (average), 7x7x7 Cube 2:22.72 (single), and 7x7x7 Cube 2:26.98 (average); Duncan Hobbs‎ 3x3x3 Multi-Blind 26/29 55:59 (single).

3x3x3 Cube

#	Name	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
1	Daniel Rush	5.32	7.11	South Africa	8.03	5.32	7.32	5.97	8.77
2	Isaac Scheepers	8.09	8.62	South Africa	9.01	9.90	8.09	8.73	8.13
3	Raphael Fast	9.18	9.48	Canada	10.56	9.36	9.51	9.18	9.58

2x2x2 Cube

#	Name	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
1	Raphael Fast	2.16	2.57	Canada	2.86	8.66	2.16	2.26	2.59
2	Samuel Collett	2.49	3.20	South Africa	3.51	3.69	2.61	3.48	2.49
3	Dylan Swarts	2.55	3.52	South Africa	DNF	4.10	3.18	2.55	3.29

5x5x5 Cube

#	Name	Best	Average		Representing	Solves
1	Daniel Rush	51.59	56.49	AfR	South Africa	51.59	58.80	52.23	1:33.86	58.45
2	Samuel Collett	1:03.00	1:05.95		South Africa	1:09.67	1:03.23	1:06.19	1:08.43	1:03.00
3	Heinrich de Lange	1:09.76	1:15.34		South Africa	1:20.15	1:13.29	1:21.64	1:09.76	1:12.57

6x6x6 Cube

#	Name	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
1	Daniel Rush	1:38.14	1:38.75	South Africa	1:39.98	1:38.14	1:38.14
2	Samuel Collett	2:09.89	2:14.00	South Africa	2:21.87	2:10.25	2:09.89
3	Heinrich de Lange	2:17.07	2:20.05	South Africa	2:17.07	2:21.46	2:21.61

7x7x7 Cube

#	Name	Best		Average		Representing	Solves
1	Daniel Rush	2:22.72	AfR	2:26.98	AfR	South Africa	2:35.23	2:22.98	2:22.72
2	Heinrich de Lange	3:15.85		3:41.52		South Africa	4:08.24	3:15.85	3:40.48
3	Samuel Collett	3:33.62		3:47.43		South Africa	3:50.63	3:33.62	3:58.03

3x3x3 Blindfolded

#	Name	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
1	Duncan Hobbs	25.78	DNF	South Africa	25.78	DNF	26.49
2	Dylan Swarts	38.52	DNF	South Africa	40.98	38.52	DNF
3	Heinrich de Lange	1:24.60	DNF	South Africa	DNF	1:24.60	DNF

Megaminx

#	Name	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
1	Heinrich de Lange	41.44	43.90	South Africa	41.44	50.86	44.41	44.80	42.50
2	Daniel Rush	41.77	53.57	South Africa	50.34	57.07	55.20	41.77	55.16
3	Joshua Christian Marais	50.13	56.83	South Africa	54.01	54.89	1:01.59	1:14.25	50.13

3x3x3 Multi-Blind

#	Name	Best		Representing	Solves
1	Duncan Hobbs	26/29 55:59	AfR	South Africa	26/29 55:59
2	Dylan Swarts	22/26 58:02		South Africa	22/26 58:02
3	Joshua Christian Marais	2/2 18:11		South Africa	2/2 18:11