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Cape Town Spring 2019

Cape Town · 20 October 2019 · 7 events · 63 competitors · 50 personal bests

Ruben Grobler won three of the seven events (3×3, 2×2, 4×4) and the closest final was the 3×3 one-handed, won by Maverick Pearson by 0.22 seconds. 63 competitors produced 50 personal bests, 10 of which still stand today, and 28 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A continental record

Ruben Grobler set the 4×4 single continental record: 34.71.

Three wins
Ruben Grobler — 3×3, 2×2, 4×4
0.22s
closest final — 3×3 one-handed, Maverick Pearson over Ruben Grobler
50
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Ruben Grobler7.859.31
2×2Ruben Grobler1.852.56
4×4Ruben Grobler34.7139.65
3×3 blindfoldedDylan Swarts1:03.19
3×3 one-handedMaverick Pearson17.0418.70
PyraminxCallan Wesson4.255.24
3×3 Multi-BlindDylan Swarts11 of 20 cubes · 1:00:00

The PB harvest

50 set · 10 still standing
  • Walt Deyzel — 3×3 single 11.56: into the top 12.4% of the event's history.
  • Benjamin Kleyn — 3×3 single 13.33: into the top 18.6% of the event's history.
  • Lindsay Hans — 3×3 single 14.68: into the top 23.3% of the event's history.
  • Ross Donaldson — 3×3 single 18.44: into the top 35.5% of the event's history.
  • Walt Deyzel — 4×4 single 59.48: into the top 35.9% of the event's history.
  • Benjamin Kleyn — 3×3 one-handed single 26.61: into the top 38.4% of the event's history.
  • Lohan Francois Pieterse — 4×4 single 1:31.27: into the top 64.5% of the event's history.
  • Zetah Lyners — 3×3 single 37.41: into the top 73.7% of the event's history.

First-timers

28 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 27,871 people who made their debut in 2019. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

4 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

63 competitors · 239 results · 7 events.

Solve this final yourself

how this works →

The 3×3 final here ran on one scramble group, so these five sequences are exactly what the finalists faced. Ruben Grobler won it with a 9.31 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

  1. 1F2 R2 U2 L2 D U' B2 U' R' D F2 R D2 R' U2 F' R' D B
  2. 2U' F' D R2 L U R B' D2 F R2 L' F2 B2 D2 B2 R2 U2 R D2
  3. 3L' F U' D2 F' D' F2 R2 F' L' U F' R2 D2 L2 F' D2 F2 B L2
  4. 4U' B2 U' B2 R2 U' B2 U' B2 U2 L' U R B R D2 L' D U L'
  5. 5R' B L' U2 D F2 R' L D' F U' L2 U2 D' R2 D' L2 D L2 D'

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

63 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.