Competitions · South Africa

Cubestuff Challenge Centurion Hotel Q1 2025

Centurion · 8 March 2025 · 9 events · 62 competitors · 92 personal bests

Ruben Grobler won four of the nine events (2×2, 3×3 blindfolded, Pyraminx) and the closest final was the Square-1, won by Osman Badroodin by 0.26 seconds. 62 competitors produced 92 personal bests, 15 of which still stand today, and 17 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Kagoentle Mokhabela took a Skewb single of 16.09 down to 4.24, 74 percent better in one day.

Four wins

Ruben Grobler — 2×2, 3×3 blindfolded, Pyraminx, Skewb

0.26s

closest final — Square-1, Osman Badroodin over Ruben Grobler

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Shivaan Harichander	7.53	7.88
2×2	Ruben Grobler	1.42	2.76
4×4	Osman Badroodin	33.79	35.36
3×3 blindfolded	Ruben Grobler	1:10.12	—
3×3 one-handed	Osman Badroodin	12.61	13.15
Megaminx	Heinrich de Lange	38.35	41.52
Pyraminx	Ruben Grobler	2.56	4.75
Skewb	Ruben Grobler	4.31	5.22
Square-1	Osman Badroodin	10.04	13.59

The PB harvest

92 set · 15 still standing

Ruben Grobler — 3×3 single 6.31: into the top 0.69% of the event's history.
Heinrich de Lange — 4×4 single 29.33: into the top 2.4% of the event's history.
Christiaan Botha — Pyraminx single 2.97: into the top 3.5% of the event's history.
Ruben Grobler — Square-1 single 8.76: into the top 4.1% of the event's history.
Heinrich de Lange — Skewb single 2.88: into the top 4.4% of the event's history.
Nathan Swanepoel — 3×3 single 10.26: into the top 8.2% of the event's history.
Ian Luies — Megaminx single 1:11.87: into the top 16.8% of the event's history.
Michael Kahumba — Skewb single 5.06: into the top 18.6% of the event's history.

First-timers

17 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

No national, continental or world records were set at this competition. That is true of most competitions.

The field

62 competitors · 480 results · 9 events.

Everyone who competed

62 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.