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Competitions · South Africa

Cape Town Summer 2022

Cape Town · 6 March 2022 · 6 events · 60 competitors · 51 personal bests

Daniel Rush won two of the six events (3×3, 4×4) and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Maverick Pearson by 0.18 seconds. 60 competitors produced 51 personal bests, 18 of which still stand today, and 36 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A continental record

Dylan Swarts set the 3×3 blindfolded single continental record: 30.38.

Two wins
Daniel Rush — 3×3, 4×4
0.18s
closest final — 2×2, Maverick Pearson over Dylan Swarts
51
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Daniel Rush6.838.75
2×2Maverick Pearson1.343.34
4×4Daniel Rush32.3833.66
3×3 blindfoldedDylan Swarts30.38
3×3 one-handedJoshua Christian Marais11.8513.60
PyraminxMaverick Pearson5.056.18

The PB harvest

51 set · 18 still standing
  • Maverick Pearson — 2×2 single 1.34: into the top 1.5% of the event's history.
  • Dylan Swarts — 3×3 blindfolded single 30.38: into the top 4.2% of the event's history.
  • Nicholas Barlow — 3×3 single 9.33: into the top 5.7% of the event's history.
  • Waseem Hoosain — Pyraminx single 3.71: into the top 6.3% of the event's history.
  • Luke Chadwick — 3×3 single 10.50: into the top 9.0% of the event's history.
  • Nicholas Barlow — 2×2 single 2.65: into the top 10.4% of the event's history.
  • Travis Hutton — 2×2 single 3.23: into the top 17.0% of the event's history.
  • Karina Dheda — Pyraminx single 5.83: into the top 18.7% of the event's history.

First-timers

36 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 26,245 people who made their debut in 2022. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

6 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

60 competitors · 279 results · 6 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. Daniel Rush won it with a 8.75 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

60 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.