Competitions · South Africa

CubingZA Cape Cubes Autumn 2023

Cape Town · 22 April 2023 · 8 events · 96 competitors · 86 personal bests

Daniel Rush won five of the eight events (3×3, 2×2, 5×5) and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Daniel Rush by 0.25 seconds. 96 competitors produced 86 personal bests, 29 of which still stand today, and 41 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A continental record

Daniel Rush set the 5×5 single continental record: 52.44.

Five wins

Daniel Rush — 3×3, 2×2, 5×5, 7×7, Square-1

0.25s

closest final — 2×2, Daniel Rush over Raphael Fast

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Daniel Rush	6.34	7.72
2×2	Daniel Rush	2.28	2.86
5×5	Daniel Rush	52.44	57.62
6×6	Samuel Collett	2:21.27	2:25.05
7×7	Daniel Rush	2:41.83	2:53.00
Clock	Samuel Collett	6.02	6.98
Pyraminx	Raphael Fast	4.18	4.51
Square-1	Daniel Rush	12.68	13.21

The PB harvest

86 set · 29 still standing

Thomas Lourens — Pyraminx single 5.24: into the top 14.7% of the event's history.
Joshua David le Roux — Pyraminx single 5.80: into the top 18.5% of the event's history.
Thomas Lourens — 3×3 single 14.20: into the top 21.7% of the event's history.
Ryan Bullock — 2×2 single 3.62: into the top 21.7% of the event's history.
Zian Angelo Lee — 2×2 single 3.66: into the top 22.2% of the event's history.
Calum Visagie — Square-1 single 17.55: into the top 22.3% of the event's history.
Xavier Fajemisin — 2×2 single 3.70: into the top 22.7% of the event's history.
Joshua Van Wyk — Pyraminx single 6.55: into the top 24.2% of the event's history.

First-timers

41 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 37,591 people who made their debut in 2023. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

11 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

96 competitors · 439 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. Daniel Rush won it with a 7.72 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

96 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.