Competitions · South Africa

Cubestuff Challenge Centurion Q2 2025

Centurion · 7 June 2025 · 8 events · 50 competitors · 91 personal bests

Osman Badroodin won three of the eight events (5×5, Megaminx, Square-1) and the closest final was the 3×3 one-handed, won by Ruben Grobler by 0.02 seconds. 50 competitors produced 91 personal bests, 22 of which still stand today, and seven people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Joshua Bennett took a Square-1 single of 1:01.62 down to 27.31, 56 percent better in one day.

Three wins

Osman Badroodin — 5×5, Megaminx, Square-1

0.02s

closest final — 3×3 one-handed, Ruben Grobler over Osman Badroodin

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Shivaan Harichander	7.13	7.63
2×2	Ruben Grobler	1.29	2.05
4×4	Shivaan Harichander	33.17	35.21
5×5	Osman Badroodin	56.39	59.99
3×3 one-handed	Ruben Grobler	13.34	14.68
Megaminx	Osman Badroodin	56.88	1:00.87
Pyraminx	Rhynard Steyn	3.17	5.33
Square-1	Osman Badroodin	9.00	11.03

The PB harvest

91 set · 22 still standing

Luan van der Walt — 3×3 single 6.28: into the top 0.67% of the event's history.
Shivaan Harichander — 4×4 single 27.89: into the top 1.7% of the event's history.
Yusuf Talha Sayed Karim — Pyraminx single 3.66: into the top 6.1% of the event's history.
Casey Milos — 5×5 single 1:14.57: into the top 15.0% of the event's history.
Titus Zeederberg — 3×3 single 12.35: into the top 15.1% of the event's history.
Casey Milos — Megaminx single 1:22.22: into the top 23.2% of the event's history.
Christiaan Botha — 3×3 one-handed single 21.20: into the top 23.8% of the event's history.
Casey Milos — 3×3 one-handed single 21.52: into the top 24.6% of the event's history.

First-timers

Seven 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

50 competitors · 405 results · 8 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. Shivaan Harichander won it with a 7.63 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

50 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.