Arnold Classic Africa 2018


Date
May 18 - 20, 2018
City
Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa
Venue

Sandton Convention Centre

Address
161 Maude St, Sandown, Sandton, 2031, South Africa
Contact

info@m.cubingza.org (WCA and registration queries), or info@speedcubes.co.za (General and payment queries)

Organizers
Amnon Melzer, Brendan James Gray, Brent Boswell, Donovan Hale, and Kim Katz
WCA Delegates
Brendan James Gray, Brent Boswell, and Donovan Hale
Information

General Information

This competition will take place as part of the Arnold Classic Sport Festival. Please note that the venue will probably be quite noisy.

Payment

Competitors who register on the WCA website at least 14 days before the competition will be granted free access to the expo and will only have to pay the competition entry fee. The entrance fee is R 100 at the competition or R 85 if paid online in advance. Please see the Payment Information tab for details.

Volunteering

If you would like to volunteer to help staff at the competition, please contact one of the WCA delegates. Please state which dates and times you will be available. Volunteer schedules will be drawn up so that they don't clash with your competing.

Events
Main event
Competitors
110
Registration period

Online registration opened and closed .

Registration requirements
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The base registration fee for this competition is R100 (South African Rand).

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Highlights
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Ruben Grobler won with an average of 10.83 seconds in the 3x3x3 Cube event. Maverick Pearson finished second (11.26) and Shivaan Harichander finished third (11.42).

African records: Ruben Grobler‎ 4x4x4 Cube 34.77 (single), 3x3x3 With Feet 50.88 (single), and 3x3x3 With Feet 1:04.74 (average); Timothy Lawrance‎ 3x3x3 Fewest Moves 31 (single) and 3x3x3 Fewest Moves 35.33 (average).

Event Name Best Average Representing Solves
3x3x3 Cube Ruben Grobler 9.97 10.83 South Africa 9.9710.1810.5211.8013.96
2x2x2 Cube Ruben Grobler 3.58 3.89 South Africa 4.023.654.003.584.19
4x4x4 Cube Maverick Pearson 41.16 43.79 NR South Africa 44.0947.1841.1642.5944.68
5x5x5 Cube Ruben Grobler 1:29.66 1:36.99 South Africa 1:40.781:33.311:36.881:29.661:41.43
6x6x6 Cube Maverick Pearson 3:06.00 3:22.52 South Africa 3:27.383:34.173:06.00
7x7x7 Cube Ruben Grobler 4:25.75 4:53.01 South Africa 5:02.034:25.755:11.25
3x3x3 Blindfolded Ruben Grobler 1:53.10 DNF South Africa 1:53.10DNFDNF
3x3x3 Fewest Moves Timothy Lawrance 31 AfR 35.33 AfR South Africa 373138
3x3x3 One-Handed Patrick Ellis 18.09 21.27 South Africa 18.0923.3021.4722.7519.58
Clock Quinton Scholtz 13.68 14.79 South Africa 13.6815.2114.9015.5314.27
Megaminx Maverick Pearson 1:20.00 1:25.29 South Africa 1:29.341:20.001:33.151:21.081:25.46
Pyraminx Ruben Grobler 3.41 4.34 NR South Africa 4.927.314.203.913.41
Skewb Ruben Grobler 5.12 5.73 South Africa 5.717.615.325.126.15
Square-1 Ruben Grobler 19.42 32.51 South Africa 29.0329.7419.42DNF38.77
3x3x3 With Feet Ruben Grobler 50.88 AfR 1:04.74 AfR South Africa 1:08.481:29.1957.8350.881:07.92

Fri, 18 May

Start time End time Event Round Format Advancement Time limit
8:00 10:00 Registration
10:00 11:00 Fewest Moves (First Attempt) Final (Attempt 1 of 3) Mean of 3 1 hour
11:00 11:45 3x3x3 Cube: With Feet Final Round Average of 5 10 minutes
11:45 13:00 6x6x6 Cube Final Round Mean of 3 10 minutes
13:00 13:30 Lunch Break
13:30 14:30 Fewest Moves (Second Attempt) Final (Attempt 2 of 3) Mean of 3 1 hour
14:30 16:00 7x7x7 Cube Final Round Mean of 3 10 minutes
16:00 16:45 Square-1 Final Round Average of 5 10 minutes
16:45 17:30 Clock Final Round Average of 5 10 minutes
17:30 18:30 Fewest Moves (Third Attempt) Final (Attempt 3 of 3) Mean of 3 1 hour
18:30 19:30 4x4x4 Cube Blindfolded* Final Round Best of 3 45 minutes cumulative
19:30 20:00 Awards

Sat, 19 May

Start time End time Event Round Format Advancement Time limit
8:00 10:00 Registration
10:00 11:15 Megaminx Final Round Average of 5 10 minutes
11:15 12:15 Skewb Final Round Average of 5 10 minutes
12:15 13:30 4x4x4 Cube 1st Round (of 2) Average of 5 10 minutes
13:30 14:00 Lunch Break
14:00 14:45 3x3x3 Cube: Blindfolded* Final Round Best of 3 10 minutes
14:45 16:00 3x3x3 Cube: One Handed 1st Round (of 2) Average of 5 10 minutes
16:00 17:15 5x5x5 Cube Final Round Average of 5 10 minutes
17:15 18:00 4x4x4 Cube Final Round (of 2) Average of 5 Top 24 of 1st Round 10 minutes
18:00 18:30 3x3x3 Cube: One Handed Final Round (of 2) Average of 5 Top 24 of 1st Round 10 minutes
18:30 19:30 3x3x3 Cube: Multiple Blindfolded* Final Round Best of 1 10 minutes per cube, max of 1 hour
19:30 20:00 Awards

Sun, 20 May

Start time End time Event Round Format Advancement Time limit
8:00 10:00 Registration
9:30 10:00 Introduction
10:00 11:15 2x2x2 Cube 1st Round (of 3) Average of 5 10 minutes
11:30 13:15 3x3x3 Cube 1st Round (of 3) Average of 5 10 minutes
13:15 14:15 Pyraminx 1st Round (of 2) Average of 5 10 minutes
14:15 15:00 2x2x2 Cube 2nd Round (of 3) Average of 5 Top 48 of 1st Round 10 minutes
15:00 16:00 3x3x3 Cube 2nd Round (of 3) Average of 5 Top 48 of 1st Round 10 minutes
16:00 16:30 Pyraminx Final Round (of 2) Average of 5 Top 24 of 1st Round 10 minutes
16:30 17:00 2x2x2 Cube Final Round (of 3) Average of 5 Top 24 of 2nd Round 10 minutes
17:00 17:30 3x3x3 Cube Final Round (of 3) Average of 5 Top 24 of 2nd Round 10 minutes
17:30 18:00 Awards

* Note that the venue is likely to be very noisy, and this is outside of our control. Competitors who choose to compete in blindfolded events do so at their own risk.

The entrance fee is R 100 if paid in cash at the competition, or R 85 if paid online in advance.

Online Payment through Speedcubes.co.za

Competitors who register at least 14 days before the competition will have free entry to the entire expo. Competitors who do not register on the WCA website before this deadline will unfortunately need to pay for entrance to the expo in addition to the competition entry fee.

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).

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.

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