Competitions · South Africa

Cape Cubes Winter 2025

Cape Town · 2 August 2025 · 10 events · 52 competitors · 65 personal bests

Daniel Rush won four of the ten events (3×3, 3×3 Fewest Moves, Clock) and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Daniël Switijnk by 0.25 seconds. 52 competitors produced 65 personal bests, 29 of which still stand today, and seven people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A continental record

Jahziel Dominic Alonzo set the 2×2 average continental record: 1.59.

Four wins

Daniel Rush — 3×3, 3×3 Fewest Moves, Clock, Megaminx

0.25s

closest final — 2×2, Daniël Switijnk over Jahziel Dominic Alonzo

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Daniel Rush	6.34	7.35
2×2	Daniël Switijnk	1.09	1.34
3×3 blindfolded	Tristan Ford	1:34.79	2:13.69
3×3 Fewest Moves	Daniel Rush	38 moves	—
3×3 one-handed	Jahziel Dominic Alonzo	10.27	14.04
Clock	Daniel Rush	4.22	7.99
Megaminx	Daniel Rush	51.00	55.38
Pyraminx	Caspar Switijnk	2.02	2.71
Skewb	Stephanus Blignaut	2.30	4.14
3×3 Multi-Blind	Maverick Pearson	7 of 7 cubes · 38:21	—

The PB harvest

65 set · 29 still standing

Jahziel Dominic Alonzo — 3×3 one-handed single 10.27: into the top 1.2% of the event's history.
Daniel Rush — Clock single 4.22: into the top 2.7% of the event's history.
Luc de Cafmeyer — 3×3 single 8.75: into the top 4.3% of the event's history.
Daniël Switijnk — 3×3 single 9.13: into the top 5.2% of the event's history.
Daniël Switijnk — 3×3 one-handed single 14.54: into the top 7.2% of the event's history.
Favour Ngulube — 3×3 one-handed single 15.23: into the top 8.6% of the event's history.
Philip Iwan Botha — 3×3 single 10.67: into the top 9.5% of the event's history.
Tristan Ford — 3×3 one-handed single 17.66: into the top 14.2% of the event's history.

First-timers

Seven 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

5 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

52 competitors · 412 results · 10 events.

Everyone who competed

52 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.