Rubik's WCA African Championship 2022
- Date
- Oct 7 - 9, 2022
- City
- Cape Town, South Africa
- Venue
GrandWest Casino and Entertainment World
- Address
- 1 Jakes Gerwel Drive, Goodwood, Cape Town, 7460
- Details
GrandWest Sun Exhibits Hall
- Website
- Rubik's WCA African Championship 2022 website
- Contact
- Organizers
- Donovan Pretorius and Jonathan Ontong
- WCA Delegates
- Brendan James Gray, Brent Boswell, Duncan Hobbs, Maverick Pearson, and Timothy Lawrance
- Download all the competition's details as PDF .
- Information
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COVID-19 Safety Measures
All registrants will be required to adhere to all COVID-19 health and safety measures while at the competition venue.Volunteering
We will need your help as volunteers to support with the running and judging of the day. If you would like to volunteer to help staff at the competition, please contact the organisers. Groups will be assigned so that volunteer duties don't clash with your competing.Notice of Filming and Photography
Attendees of Rubik's WCA African Championship 2022 consent to their images being used by the World Cube Association and its partners in their marketing and social media platforms.
- Events
- Main event
- Competitors
- 117
- 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 600 competitors.
The base registration fee for this competition is R450 (South African Rand).
If your registration is cancelled before you will be refunded 50% 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.
No on the spot registrations will be accepted.
REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS
Please note that there are THREE steps you need to take to be entered into this competition:
1) The competitor 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 buying the appropriate ticket on Quicket.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.
* if you are a registered competitor you may change your registered events until Sunday, September 25 2022, 00:00 UTC by contacting the organization team.
* No on the spot registrations will be accepted.TICKETS AND PRICES
In order to compete, a competitor must pay the registration fees specified below by purchasing the appropriate ticket on Quicket. If there are no events a competitor is taking part in on the Friday, they may purchase only the "Main Events" pass.
Included in each competitor ticket are two free spectator passes for the weekend. Additional spectator passes can be purchased at the door or online, at the following prices:
Competitor Tickets:
* Friday - Sunday Ticket, including 2 spectator passes: R 600
* Main Events, including 2 spectator passes: R 450Guests:
* Adult (18+) Weekend Spectator Pass: R 150
* Child (9 - 17) Weekend Spectator Pass: R 90
* Day Visit Spectator Pass (all ages): R 50
* All children under 8 years of age enter free of charge.Refunds and terms:
If your registration is cancelled before Sunday, 25th September, 2022, 00:00 UTC you will be refunded 50% of your registration fee.No refunds will be offered after the cut off date has been reached.
- Highlights
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Click here to display the highlights of the competition.
Daniel Rush won with an average of 7.96 seconds in the 3x3x3 Cube event. Shivaan Harichander finished second (8.43) and Ruben Grobler finished third (8.78).
African records: Daniel Rush 4x4x4 Cube 27.31 (single) and 4x4x4 Cube 29.72 (average); Dylan Swarts 3x3x3 Blindfolded 45.46 (average) and 3x3x3 Multi-Blind 21/28 1:00:00 (single); Osman Badroodin Square-1 8.43 (single) and Square-1 10.55 (average); Ruben Grobler 6x6x6 Cube 1:57.23 (single), 6x6x6 Cube 2:01.21 (average), 7x7x7 Cube 2:52.73 (single), and 7x7x7 Cube 3:07.36 (average); Timothy Lawrance 4x4x4 Blindfolded 7:41.35 (average); Waseem Hoosain 3x3x3 One-Handed 10.72 (single).
3x3x3 Cube
# | Name | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
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1 | Daniel Rush | 7.14 | 7.96 | South Africa | 7.65 | 7.55 | 8.69 | 7.14 | 9.49 | |||
2 | Shivaan Harichander | 8.12 | 8.43 | South Africa | 8.15 | 8.41 | 8.82 | 8.72 | 8.12 | |||
3 | Ruben Grobler | 7.86 | 8.78 | South Africa | 13.34 | 7.86 | 9.02 | 9.02 | 8.31 |
2x2x2 Cube
# | Name | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
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1 | Linus Buck | 1.53 | 2.05 | Germany | 1.68 | 4.15 | 1.53 | 2.74 | 1.72 | |||
2 | Ruben Grobler | 2.17 | 2.84 | South Africa | 2.31 | 4.03 | 2.17 | 2.19 | DNF | |||
3 | Shivaan Harichander | 2.64 | 3.16 | South Africa | 7.10 | 2.64 | 3.28 | 2.83 | 3.38 |
4x4x4 Cube
# | Name | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
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1 | Daniel Rush | 27.31 | AfR | 29.72 | AfR | South Africa | 30.72 | 29.71 | 28.74 | 27.31 | 34.87 | |
2 | Ruben Grobler | 30.64 | 35.30 | South Africa | 38.57 | 30.64 | 37.56 | 31.70 | 36.64 | |||
3 | Waseem Hoosain | 32.72 | 35.35 | South Africa | 35.78 | 35.86 | 39.69 | 32.72 | 34.40 |
5x5x5 Cube
# | Name | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
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1 | Linus Buck | 1:02.52 | 1:05.30 | Germany | 1:14.31 | 1:05.16 | 1:02.96 | 1:07.78 | 1:02.52 | |||
2 | Evan Liu | 1:02.45 | 1:06.38 | United States | 1:17.33 | 1:07.85 | 1:08.44 | 1:02.85 | 1:02.45 | |||
3 | Daniel Rush | 1:01.82 | 1:06.88 | South Africa | 1:04.45 | 1:01.82 | 1:11.96 | 1:09.16 | 1:07.02 |
6x6x6 Cube
# | Name | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
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1 | Ruben Grobler | 1:57.23 | AfR | 2:01.21 | AfR | South Africa | 2:04.87 | 2:01.52 | 1:57.23 | |||
2 | Linus Buck | 2:02.76 | 2:06.57 | Germany | 2:08.95 | 2:08.00 | 2:02.76 | |||||
3 | Osman Badroodin | 2:27.85 | 2:34.77 | South Africa | 2:39.03 | 2:37.44 | 2:27.85 |
7x7x7 Cube
# | Name | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
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1 | Evan Liu | 2:37.47 | 2:44.47 | United States | 2:45.06 | 2:50.89 | 2:37.47 | |||||
2 | Ruben Grobler | 2:52.73 | AfR | 3:07.36 | AfR | South Africa | 3:18.09 | 3:11.27 | 2:52.73 | |||
3 | Daniel Rush | 3:23.74 | 3:32.95 | South Africa | 3:32.12 | 3:23.74 | 3:42.98 |
3x3x3 Blindfolded
# | Name | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
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1 | Dylan Swarts | 31.95 | 45.46 | AfR | South Africa | 37.83 | 31.95 | 1:06.59 | ||||
2 | Duncan Hobbs | 49.07 | DNF | South Africa | 57.65 | 49.07 | DNF | |||||
3 | Ruben Grobler | 1:21.52 | DNF | South Africa | DNF | 1:21.52 | DNF |
3x3x3 Fewest Moves
# | Name | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
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1 | Timothy Lawrance | 27 | 31.00 | South Africa | 32 | 34 | 27 | |||||
2 | Linus Buck | 29 | 32.67 | Germany | 34 | 29 | 35 | |||||
3 | Osman Badroodin | 33 | 33.67 | South Africa | 34 | 33 | 34 |
3x3x3 One-Handed
# | Name | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
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1 | Waseem Hoosain | 10.72 | AfR | 14.24 | South Africa | 13.35 | 14.80 | 10.72 | 14.58 | 18.06 | ||
2 | Ruben Grobler | 13.87 | 16.12 | South Africa | 13.87 | 16.74 | 15.85 | 15.77 | 17.65 | |||
3 | Joshua Christian Marais | 13.63 | 16.29 | South Africa | 15.88 | DNF | 18.17 | 13.63 | 14.83 |
Clock
# | Name | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
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1 | Evan Liu | 6.20 | 6.65 | United States | 6.64 | 7.97 | 6.33 | 6.99 | 6.20 | |||
2 | Gabrielle Morasse | 6.07 | 7.00 | Canada | 6.50 | 8.09 | 7.04 | 6.07 | 7.45 | |||
3 | Joshua Christian Marais | 7.37 | 12.31 | South Africa | 7.37 | 13.27 | 10.37 | 13.30 | DNF |
Megaminx
# | Name | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
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1 | Heinrich de Lange | 41.22 | 46.24 | South Africa | 43.99 | 53.52 | 41.22 | 47.44 | 47.30 | |||
2 | Daniel Rush | 44.05 | 54.19 | South Africa | 44.05 | 52.56 | 58.21 | 59.28 | 51.79 | |||
3 | Ruben Grobler | 53.85 | 59.70 | South Africa | 1:06.11 | 53.85 | 1:03.94 | 56.04 | 59.13 |
Pyraminx
# | Name | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
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1 | Linus Buck | 2.87 | 3.95 | Germany | 4.05 | 3.35 | 5.25 | 2.87 | 4.45 | |||
2 | Chase Lee Roodt | 3.47 | 4.48 | South Africa | 3.47 | 4.13 | 5.23 | 4.08 | 5.52 | |||
3 | Andre Johannes Goosen | 3.76 | 4.61 | South Africa | 4.72 | 4.05 | 6.26 | 3.76 | 5.06 |
Skewb
# | Name | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
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1 | Ruben Grobler | 3.30 | 5.18 | South Africa | 4.64 | 4.99 | 5.91 | 3.30 | 5.99 | |||
2 | Calum Visagie | 5.00 | 6.63 | South Africa | 6.51 | 9.54 | 7.01 | 5.00 | 6.36 | |||
3 | Linus Buck | 3.79 | 6.69 | Germany | 7.91 | 5.30 | 6.87 | 3.79 | 8.79 |
Square-1
# | Name | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
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1 | Osman Badroodin | 8.43 | AfR | 10.55 | AfR | South Africa | 8.43 | 10.33 | 12.08 | 9.25 | 13.61 | |
2 | Andreas de Lange | 8.61 | 15.47 | South Africa | 8.61 | 20.45 | 14.39 | 14.77 | 17.26 | |||
3 | Ruben Grobler | 12.96 | 16.98 | South Africa | 12.96 | 30.74 | 16.40 | 15.57 | 18.98 |
4x4x4 Blindfolded
# | Name | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
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1 | Dylan Swarts | 6:31.89 | NR | DNF | South Africa | 6:31.89 | DNF | DNF | ||||
2 | Timothy Lawrance | 7:18.01 | 7:41.35 | AfR | South Africa | 7:18.01 | 8:03.85 | 7:42.20 | ||||
3 | Evan Liu | 7:29.86 | DNF | United States | 8:33.14 | DNF | 7:29.86 |
5x5x5 Blindfolded
# | Name | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
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1 | Timothy Lawrance | 19:05.00 | NR | DNF | South Africa | 19:05.00 | DNF | DNF | ||||
2 | Marike Faught | 30:21.00 | DNF | South Africa | 30:21.00 | DNS | DNS |
3x3x3 Multi-Blind
# | Name | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
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1 | Dylan Swarts | 21/28 1:00:00 | AfR | South Africa | 21/28 1:00:00 | |||||||
2 | Marike Faught | 5/7 42:42 | South Africa | 5/7 42:42 | ||||||||
3 | Timothy Lawrance | 7/11 52:06 | South Africa | 7/11 52:06 |