Deep South Solving Cape Town 2024

Date: Apr 6 - 7, 2024
City: Cape Town, South Africa
Venue: Noordhoek Community Center
Address: Avondrust Cir, Chapmans Peak, Cape Town, 7979
Details: A community center
Contact: Organization team
Organizers: Anthony Kalaya Rush, Catherine Rush, and Daniel Rush
WCA Delegates: Maverick Pearson and Timothy Lawrance

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

Information

INFORMATION
CubingZA is excited to announce Deep South Solving 2024! This competition is mainly focused on the less popular events, from bigger NxNs like 5x5, 6x6 and 7x7, to side events like megaminx and clock, and even blind events!
Don't forget that to participate you need to register for the competition in the "Register" tab, and make payment by buying a ticket. Please see Registration Requirements below.

MYSTERY PRIZES
We will include some fun prizes at this competition and there will be some interesting prizes to claim!

SPECTATORS
Competitors are welcome to bring 1 spectator with them. Please let us know if you need to accommodate more spectators.

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.
Note: this competition has a much smaller competitor limit, meaning most rounds will not need runners as the majority of the rounds will be done with fixed seating.

Events
Main event
Competitors: 14

Registration period: Online registration opened Friday, March 1, 2024 at 10:25 AM UTC and closed Friday, April 5, 2024 at 4:00 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 40 competitors.
The base registration fee for this competition is R150 (South African Rand).
If your registration is cancelled before Friday, April 5, 2024 at 4:00 PM UTC you will be refunded 100% of your registration fee.
Registrants on the waiting list may be accepted onto the competitor list until Saturday, April 6, 2024 at 10:00 AM UTC.
If you are a registered competitor you may change your registered events until Saturday, April 6, 2024 at 10:00 AM UTC on the Register tab.
On the spot registrations will be accepted with a base registration fee of R150 (South African Rand).

There is a competitor limit of 40 competitors.
The base registration fee for this competition is R150 (South African Rand).
If your registration is cancelled before April 05 2024 at 16:00 AM GMT+2 you will be refunded 100% of your registration fee.
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.
Spectators can attend for free.

REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS
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. The competitor must pay the entry fee by either

a) Bank Transfer of the appropriate amount of R150.00 to the following bank account. DO NOT PAY UNTIL YOU HAVE REGISTERED IN STEP 2 ABOVE PLEASE.
Name of Account: Cubing South Africa.
Bank: First National Bank.
Account number: 6308 5382 596.
Reference: Name and Surname of competitor, and "DSS". Eg. Joshua Marais DSS.
Branch code: 260 300.

b) Online Payments via Credit Card can be done here: CubingZA

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. NB. Please use the full name of the COMPETITOR as your reference when making EFT payments
Highlights: Click here to display the highlights of the competition.

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Daniel Rush won with an average of 52.19 seconds in the 5x5x5 Cube event. Samuel Collett finished second (1:06.84) and Maverick Pearson finished third (1:22.73).

African records: Daniel Rush‎ 6x6x6 Cube 1:20.45 (single), 6x6x6 Cube 1:30.96 (average), 7x7x7 Cube 2:16.23 (single), and 7x7x7 Cube 2:22.80 (average).

Event	Name	Best		Average		Representing	Solves
5x5x5 Cube	Daniel Rush	51.21		52.19		South Africa	1:01.38	51.79	52.23	51.21	52.54
6x6x6 Cube	Daniel Rush	1:30.36		1:31.89		South Africa	1:33.41	1:31.91	1:30.36
7x7x7 Cube	Daniel Rush	2:16.23	AfR	2:22.80	AfR	South Africa	2:26.50	2:25.67	2:16.23
3x3x3 Blindfolded	Tristan Ford	1:08.37		DNF		South Africa	DNF	1:08.37	DNF
Clock	Samuel Collett	5.56		5.70	NR	South Africa	5.76	5.56	5.60	DNF	5.75
Megaminx	Daniel Rush	46.25		51.28		South Africa	46.25	50.49	53.28	51.68	51.67
Skewb	Tristan Ford	3.13		3.74	NR	South Africa	3.53	3.13	4.20	3.49	5.17
Square-1	Samuel Collett	13.42		15.04		South Africa	13.42	16.48	14.75	19.29	13.90
4x4x4 Blindfolded	Timothy Lawrance	7:23.26		DNF		South Africa	DNF	DNF	7:23.26
5x5x5 Blindfolded	Timothy Lawrance	15:50.00		DNF		South Africa	DNF	DNF	15:50.00
3x3x3 Multi-Blind	Timothy Lawrance	12/15 56:29				South Africa	DNF	12/15 56:29

Event	Round	Format	Time limit	Cutoff	Proceed
5x5x5 Cube	First round	Bo2 / Ao5	10:00.00	2 attempts to get < 3:30.00	Top 75% advance to next round
5x5x5 Cube	Final	Ao5	10:00.00
6x6x6 Cube	First round	Bo1 / Mo3	10:00.00	1 attempt to get < 5:30.00	Top 75% advance to next round
6x6x6 Cube	Final	Mo3	10:00.00
7x7x7 Cube	First round	Bo1 / Mo3	10:00.00	1 attempt to get < 7:00.00	Top 75% advance to next round
7x7x7 Cube	Final	Mo3	10:00.00
3x3x3 Blindfolded	Final	Bo3	20:00.00 cumulative*
Clock	First round	Bo2 / Ao5	10:00.00	2 attempts to get < 1:15.00	Top 75% advance to next round
Clock	Final	Ao5	10:00.00
Megaminx	First round	Bo2 / Ao5	10:00.00	2 attempts to get < 4:00.00	Top 75% advance to next round
Megaminx	Final	Ao5	10:00.00
Skewb	First round	Bo2 / Ao5	10:00.00	2 attempts to get < 1:00.00	Top 75% advance to next round
Skewb	Final	Ao5	10:00.00
Square-1	First round	Bo2 / Ao5	10:00.00	2 attempts to get < 1:30.00	Top 75% advance to next round
Square-1	Final	Ao5	10:00.00
4x4x4 Blindfolded	Final	Bo3	1:30:00.00 total for 4x4x4 Blindfolded Final, 5x5x5 Blindfolded Final**
5x5x5 Blindfolded	Final	Bo3	1:30:00.00 total for 4x4x4 Blindfolded Final, 5x5x5 Blindfolded Final**
3x3x3 Multi-Blind	Final	Bo2	10:00.00 per cube, up to 60:00.00

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, April 6, 2024

Sunday, April 7, 2024

WHAT’S NEARBY?

* Noordhoek beach and The Common are close by so if you need to stretch your legs or take a break and get some fresh air, these are lovely places to go.
https://thefarmvillage.co.za/
* If you’re in the mood for food, the Farm Village has Café Roux and The Deli with tasty fresh food and drink.
https://thefarmvillage.co.za/eat-and-drink
* If you’re in need of a caffeine hit The Roost has all types of delicious coffees and freshly baked goods.
* Or you can visit the Juice bar opposite The Roost.
* Beach Road is also close by with a few restaurants such as Aegir and Limoncello, the restaurant Jake’s is right next door to the competition venue as well.
https://aegirprojectbrewery.com/

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. In 2024, we are anticipating being able to host one competition every season in each of the cities of Cape Town, Johannesburg, and Durban, as well as other regular events in Pretoria, Bloemfontein, Limpopo, and more!

If you'd be interested in helping out in CubingZA's mission to bring competitive speedcubing to the country, please get in touch or signup to stay up to date with competitions on the go or competitions coming up.
https://cubingza.org/

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).
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.