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CubingZA Cape Cubes Summer 2023

Cape Town · 28 January 2023 · 8 events · 96 competitors · 105 personal bests

Daniel Rush won three of the eight events (3×3, 4×4, Megaminx) and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Maverick Pearson by 0.04 seconds. 96 competitors produced 105 personal bests, 25 of which still stand today, and 43 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A continental record

Daniel Rush set the 4×4 single continental record: 26.84.

Three wins
Daniel Rush — 3×3, 4×4, Megaminx
0.04s
closest final — 2×2, Maverick Pearson over Raphael Fast
105
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Daniel Rush6.887.64
2×2Maverick Pearson2.813.49
4×4Daniel Rush26.8428.57
3×3 blindfoldedDuncan Hobbs40.5346.92
3×3 one-handedMaverick Pearson18.7521.06
MegaminxDaniel Rush45.5654.52
SkewbTristan Ford4.145.25
3×3 Multi-BlindDylan Swarts22 of 27 cubes · 57:22—

The PB harvest

105 set · 25 still standing
  • Calum Visagie — 3×3 one-handed single 15.62: into the top 9.4% of the event's history.
  • Jonathan Munro — 3×3 one-handed single 18.63: into the top 16.8% of the event's history.
  • Eli Aufrichtig — 3×3 single 15.04: into the top 24.6% of the event's history.
  • Edzard Human — 3×3 single 16.88: into the top 30.6% of the event's history.
  • Zandré Calitz — Megaminx single 1:43.37: into the top 36.7% of the event's history.
  • Eli Aufrichtig — 2×2 single 4.87: into the top 37.7% of the event's history.
  • Amit Melnik — 3×3 single 19.48: into the top 38.5% of the event's history.
  • Thomas Lourens — Megaminx single 1:48.12: into the top 39.3% of the event's history.

First-timers

43 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

10 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

96 competitors · 459 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 7.64 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

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.