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Cape Town Open 2015

Cape Town · 6 December 2015 · 9 events · 42 competitors · 34 personal bests

Lonwabo Mvovo won three of the nine events (2×2, 3×3 blindfolded, Megaminx) and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Lonwabo Mvovo by 0.27 seconds. 42 competitors produced 34 personal bests, 15 of which still stand today, and 17 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Stephen Cotterrell set the 3×3 single national record: 9.81.

Three wins
Lonwabo Mvovo — 2×2, 3×3 blindfolded, Megaminx
0.27s
closest final — 2×2, Lonwabo Mvovo over Lindsay Hans
34
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Stephen Cotterrell9.8113.61
2×2Lonwabo Mvovo3.154.86
4×4Maverick Pearson54.961:02.73
5×5Stephen Cotterrell2:07.772:20.50
3×3 blindfoldedLonwabo Mvovo3:58.50
MegaminxLonwabo Mvovo1:27.651:34.41
PyraminxMaverick Pearson5.467.48
SkewbBrendan James Gray6.727.48
3×3 Multi-BlindLindsay Hans

The PB harvest

34 set · 15 still standing
  • Stephen Cotterrell — 3×3 single 9.81: into the top 6.9% of the event's history.
  • Jagger Khalifa — 2×2 single 3.21: into the top 16.7% of the event's history.
  • Kian Hanekom — 3×3 single 14.31: into the top 22.1% of the event's history.
  • Tristan Viranyi — 3×3 single 16.11: into the top 28.1% of the event's history.
  • Donovan Hale — 2×2 single 4.25: into the top 29.7% of the event's history.
  • Jagger Khalifa — 3×3 single 19.83: into the top 39.4% of the event's history.
  • Stephen Cotterrell — 5×5 single 2:07.77: into the top 54.1% of the event's history.
  • Christian Garry — 3×3 single 26.33: into the top 55.5% of the event's history.

First-timers

17 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 12,291 people who made their debut in 2015. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

1 regional record was set at this competition.

The field

42 competitors · 195 results · 9 events.

Everyone who competed

42 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.