Mimosa Mall Master Cubers 2023

Date: Nov 25, 2023
City: Bloemfontein, South Africa
Venue: Mimosa Mall
Address: 131 Kellner St., Brandwag, Bloemfontein, 9301
Details: Open floor area set up in a shopping mall
Contact: Organization team
Organizer: Ilse Botha
WCA Delegates: Joshua Christian Marais and Maverick Pearson

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

Information

CubingZA is excited to announce the Mimosa Mall Master Cubers 2023 speedcubing competition! This competition will focus on a variety of shorter, popular events, several of which have never been held in Bloemfontein before. Don't forget that to participate you need to register for the competition in the "Register" tab, and make an EFT payment to confirm your entry. Please see Registration Requirements below for the banking details and when registration opens.

Masters and Challengers

This competition will recognise the performance of both established cubers and relatively new competitors - if you have never been to a competition before, or come from the Free State and your only other competition you have attended was Mimosa Mall Master Cubers 2022 (last year's competition), then you qualify as a Challenger. All Challengers will be able to qualify for their own prizes and podium places. Otherwise, if you have attended at least 2 competitions before, you are a Master Cuber and will be competing against some of the best in the country for the top prizes!

All New Competitors

If this is your first time competing, or the first time your child or ward is competing, please ensure to bring with ID (card, book, passport, birth certificate) so that we can verify that the name is spelled correctly, the Date of Birth is correct, and the Nationality is correct.
Please also ensure you have all the puzzles you need to compete - we do not supply puzzles for competitors. You are welcome to ask other competitors if you can borrow their puzzle for a certain event, but there is no guarantee. If you need a puzzle before the competition, check out www.speedcubes.co.za, www.cubeco.co.za, or https://cubestuff.co.za/ to order your puzzles before the comp.

Spectators

As this is a public venue in a shopping mall, any spectators can attend for free. Please be aware that there will be arranged seating specifically for parents and guardians of competitors, but this will be limited.

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

Massive thanks to Mimosa Mall for sponsoring this competition. As part of the sponsorship, they are providing the venue free of charge, as well as all of the competition sound/video equipment we will need and assisting with setup, advertising, and of course, providing a very generous amount of prize money for the winners!

Lucky Draw

During prize-giving after 3x3 Finals on Saturday, 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: 42

Registration period

Online registration opened and closed .

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 60 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 .
If you are a registered competitor you may change your registered events until on the Register tab.
On the spot registrations will be accepted with a base registration fee of R250 (South African Rand).
Any spectator can attend for free.

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.
| Account Name: Mr Duncan Hobbs.
| Bank: Tymebank.
| Account number: 5300 1800 564.
| 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. NB. Please use the full name of the COMPETITOR as your reference when making EFT payments.

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.
* Please note that on the spot registrations will be accepted, but it is still recommended to enter online since there is a competitor limit. Entering online is the best way to secure your place.

Refunds and terms:
If your registration is cancelled before 24 November at midnight (00:00) you will be refunded 100% of your registration fee.
No refunds will be offered after the cut off date has been reached, unless you were already on the competition waiting list and organised to be refunded with the WCA delegate (Maverick).

Highlights

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Daniel Rush won with an average of 7.65 seconds in the 3x3x3 Cube event. Ruben Grobler finished second (8.60) and Joshua Christian Marais finished third (10.25).

African records: Daniel Rush‎ 3x3x3 Cube 6.81 (average); Heinrich de Lange‎ Megaminx 41.90 (average); Joshua Christian Marais‎ 3x3x3 One-Handed 10.34 (single).

3x3x3 Cube

#	Name	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
1	Daniel Rush	7.16	7.65	South Africa	7.35	7.42	8.57	8.17	7.16
2	Ruben Grobler	8.00	8.60	South Africa	8.66	8.80	10.41	8.34	8.00
3	Joshua Christian Marais	8.94	10.25	South Africa	10.72	10.84	10.78	8.94	9.26

2x2x2 Cube

#	Name	Best		Average	Representing	Solves
1	Ruben Grobler	1.19		2.76	South Africa	2.00	4.16	2.12	1.19	6.96
2	Daniel Rush	1.08	NR	2.80	South Africa	2.58	2.36	3.95	1.08	3.47
3	Dylan Swarts	2.53		3.47	South Africa	2.53	2.94	3.10	4.94	4.36

3x3x3 One-Handed

#	Name	Best		Average	Representing	Solves
1	Joshua Christian Marais	10.34	AfR	12.05	South Africa	11.17	11.55	10.34	15.34	13.42
2	Ruben Grobler	13.78		15.37	South Africa	13.78	21.35	16.27	15.92	13.93
3	Daniel Rush	13.76		17.70	South Africa	24.98	18.00	16.41	13.76	18.68

Megaminx

#	Name	Best	Average		Representing	Solves
1	Heinrich de Lange	41.04	41.90	AfR	South Africa	DNF	41.11	41.04	41.68	42.92
2	Daniel Rush	50.41	55.57		South Africa	57.75	1:06.87	55.68	53.29	50.41
3	Joshua Christian Marais	52.86	56.55		South Africa	56.88	1:07.78	55.76	57.01	52.86

Pyraminx

#	Name	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
1	Ruben Grobler	3.98	5.58	South Africa	5.33	6.17	3.98	12.99	5.25
2	Maverick Pearson	3.88	5.63	South Africa	5.73	3.88	5.81	5.34	6.70
3	Dylan Swarts	5.27	6.21	South Africa	5.27	8.14	5.59	6.12	6.93

Skewb

#	Name	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
1	Ruben Grobler	3.39	4.51	South Africa	5.04	3.39	4.87	3.62	5.39
2	Estian Blignaut	3.89	4.57	South Africa	3.89	5.59	5.21	4.08	4.43
3	Heinrich de Lange	4.38	6.24	South Africa	6.05	4.38	5.89	6.79	7.97