Competitions · South Africa
Cape Town Summer 2020
Cape Town · 14 March 2020 · 11 events · 49 competitors · 77 personal bests
Maverick Pearson won four of the eleven events (3×3, 2×2, 4×4) and the closest final was the Pyraminx, won by Heinrich de Lange by 0.17 seconds. 49 competitors produced 77 personal bests, 32 of which still stand today, and 16 people held a competitor card for the first time.
The moment
A continental record
Dylan Swarts set the 3×3 Multi-Blind single continental record: 17 of 21 cubes · 53:13.
Winners & podiums
| Event | Winner | Single | Average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | Maverick Pearson | 10.89 | 11.23 |
| 2×2 | Maverick Pearson | 2.91 | 3.60 |
| 4×4 | Maverick Pearson | 37.06 | 43.61 |
| 5×5 | Dylan Swarts | 1:25.09 | 1:28.40 |
| 3×3 blindfolded | Timothy Lawrance | 1:57.93 | — |
| 3×3 one-handed | Maverick Pearson | 19.25 | 21.74 |
| Megaminx | Heinrich de Lange | 56.69 | 59.71 |
| Pyraminx | Heinrich de Lange | 4.88 | 6.37 |
| Skewb | Calum Visagie | 6.44 | 8.31 |
| Square-1 | Timothy Lawrance | 26.51 | 30.35 |
| 3×3 Multi-Blind | Dylan Swarts | 17 of 21 cubes · 53:13 | — |
The PB harvest
77 set · 32 still standing- Maverick Pearson — 3×3 single 7.41: into the top 1.9% of the event's history.
- Jaco Momberg — Pyraminx single 4.43: into the top 9.9% of the event's history.
- Lucian Erasmus — 3×3 single 11.62: into the top 12.6% of the event's history.
- Samuel Peters — 2×2 single 3.05: into the top 14.8% of the event's history.
- Samuel Peters — 3×3 single 12.55: into the top 15.8% of the event's history.
- Matthew Hill — 2×2 single 3.61: into the top 21.6% of the event's history.
- Samuel Peters — Pyraminx single 6.52: into the top 24.0% of the event's history.
- Ricco Visser — Pyraminx single 6.96: into the top 27.5% of the event's history.
First-timers
16 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 4,608 people who made their debut in 2020. Start here explains what a first competition is like.
Records watch
2 regional records were set at this competition.
The field
49 competitors · 294 results · 11 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. Maverick Pearson won it with a 11.23 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.
- 1
D2 R2 D F2 U F2 R2 D F2 D2 B U' R2 U2 B' L R F U' B R' - 2
D U R2 F2 D2 B2 D B2 R B L' D F2 R F2 L2 B D' F R - 3
F2 R F' B' U' B' U' B' R' D2 R' B' D2 F B' R2 U2 R2 B2 - 4
D' R2 D' B2 U R2 D' L' U' F L' D F R2 B' F U2 R' D - 5
D2 B2 F U2 R2 F' R2 F2 R2 U R F2 U B L D' R2 F2 R' D
solve 1
solve 2
solve 3
solve 4
solve 5
Race this final
Everyone who competed
49 competitors- Adam Mohamed
- Amit Melnik
- Amnon Melzer
- Bethanie Botha
- Blake Roodt
- Brent Boswell
- Cael van Zweel
- Caitlin Courie
- Caleb Michael Wadsworth
- Calum Visagie
- Chase Lee Roodt
- Christiaan Botha
- Daniel Rush
- Duncan Hobbs
- Dylan Swarts
- Eduard Meiring
- Elisha Melzer
- Elouise Nell
- Hayden Raffles
- Heinrich de Lange
- Jaco Momberg
- Josh Cochrane
- Joshua Burton
- Josiah Grobler
- Jude van Zweel
- Justin Wood
- Kathan Thompson
- Lucian Erasmus
- Luke Chadwick
- Matthew Hill
- Maverick Pearson
- Michael Manuel Nell
- Nicholas Barlow
- Ori Rose Melzer
- Raaid Fajandar
- Raefe Roodt
- Ricco Visser
- Richard Cochrane
- Samuel Peters
- Sean Burger
- Siyabonga Charles Nobela
- Timothy Lawrance
- Travis Hutton
- Trevor Nell
- Tristan Boswell
- Warren Trevor Nell
- Wege Moolman
- Yaron Hatting
- Zandré Calitz
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.