Competitions · South Africa

CubingZA Cape Cubes Challenge 2023

Cape Town · 9 December 2023 · 8 events · 83 competitors · 98 personal bests

Daniel Rush won four of the eight events (3×3, 5×5, 6×6) and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Raphael Fast by 0.63 seconds. 83 competitors produced 98 personal bests, 41 of which still stand today, and 17 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A continental record

Daniel Rush set the 7×7 single continental record: 2:22.72.

Four wins

Daniel Rush — 3×3, 5×5, 6×6, 7×7

0.63s

closest final — 2×2, Raphael Fast over Samuel Collett

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Daniel Rush	5.32	7.11
2×2	Raphael Fast	2.16	2.57
5×5	Daniel Rush	51.59	56.49
6×6	Daniel Rush	1:38.14	1:38.75
7×7	Daniel Rush	2:22.72	2:26.98
3×3 blindfolded	Duncan Hobbs	25.78	—
Megaminx	Heinrich de Lange	41.44	43.90
3×3 Multi-Blind	Duncan Hobbs	26 of 29 cubes · 55:59	—

The PB harvest

98 set · 41 still standing

Joshua Christian Marais — Megaminx single 50.13: into the top 5.2% of the event's history.
Tristan Ford — 3×3 single 9.43: into the top 5.9% of the event's history.
Tiaan Siepker — 2×2 single 2.22: into the top 6.4% of the event's history.
Carlo van Dyk — 2×2 single 2.32: into the top 7.2% of the event's history.
Francis Mwansa Green — 3×3 single 10.04: into the top 7.6% of the event's history.
Lonwabo Mvovo — Megaminx single 59.71: into the top 9.8% of the event's history.
Saskia Louw — 3×3 single 11.04: into the top 10.6% of the event's history.
Grohban Hendricks-Paulo — 3×3 single 11.31: into the top 11.5% of the event's history.

First-timers

17 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

9 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

83 competitors · 411 results · 8 events.

Everyone who competed

83 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.