Competitions · South Africa

Beginner & Blind Johannesburg 2025

Johannesburg · 17 May 2025 · 10 events · 55 competitors · 62 personal bests

Marike Faught won four of the ten events (Clock, 4×4 blindfolded, 5×5 blindfolded) and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Rhynard Steyn by 0.02 seconds. 55 competitors produced 62 personal bests, 28 of which still stand today, and twelve people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A continental record

Marike Faught set the 5×5 blindfolded single continental record: 11:40.00.

Four wins

Marike Faught — Clock, 4×4 blindfolded, 5×5 blindfolded, 3×3 Multi-Blind

0.02s

closest final — 2×2, Rhynard Steyn over Juandré Jacobs

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Amahle Nyembe	8.87	9.20
2×2	Rhynard Steyn	3.06	3.61
4×4	Osman Badroodin	31.79	33.91
3×3 blindfolded	Yusuf Talha Sayed Karim	42.52	—
Clock	Marike Faught	12.05	12.86
Pyraminx	Noah Levin	3.31	4.88
Skewb	Noah Levin	3.27	4.77
4×4 blindfolded	Marike Faught	4:15.00	—
5×5 blindfolded	Marike Faught	11:40.00	—
3×3 Multi-Blind	Marike Faught	16 of 19 cubes · 50:28	—

The PB harvest

62 set · 28 still standing

Ian Luies — 4×4 single 32.22: into the top 4.4% of the event's history.
Ruben van Niekerk — 2×2 single 2.54: into the top 9.3% of the event's history.
Mendel Wainer — 2×2 single 3.08: into the top 15.2% of the event's history.
Siddhartha Naran — 2×2 single 3.10: into the top 15.4% of the event's history.
Mendel Wainer — 3×3 single 12.47: into the top 15.5% of the event's history.
Marike Faught — 4×4 blindfolded single 4:15.00: into the top 16.4% of the event's history.
Ibrahim Shakeel — 2×2 single 3.61: into the top 21.6% of the event's history.
Tumelo Kahumba — 2×2 single 3.88: into the top 24.9% of the event's history.

First-timers

Twelve people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 28,483 people who made their debut in 2025. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

4 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

55 competitors · 326 results · 10 events.

Everyone who competed

55 competitors

Reading this page: a single is one solve's time · an average is the middle three of five solves, best and worst discarded · a PB is a personal best · a final is a competition's last round; its order decides the podium · a DNF (did not finish) is an attempt with no valid result: a popped piece, an unsolved face, an over-limit memorisation · every solve starts from a computer-generated scramble, the same for every competitor in a round.