Competitions · South Africa

CubingZA National Championship 2023

Johannesburg · 16 June 2023 · 16 events · 116 competitors · 227 personal bests

Daniel Rush won five of the 16 events (3×3, 4×4, 5×5) and the closest final was the Pyraminx, won by Andre Johannes Goosen by 0.11 seconds. 116 competitors produced 227 personal bests, 65 of which still stand today, and 46 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A continental record

Daniel Rush set the 4×4 single continental record: 25.28.

Five wins

Daniel Rush — 3×3, 4×4, 5×5, 6×6, 7×7

0.11s

closest final — Pyraminx, Andre Johannes Goosen over Lethabo Moeti

227

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Daniel Rush	6.77	7.65
2×2	Ruben Grobler	1.89	2.19
4×4	Daniel Rush	26.52	28.07
5×5	Daniel Rush	53.38	57.01
6×6	Daniel Rush	1:48.57	1:51.82
7×7	Daniel Rush	2:38.22	2:48.18
3×3 blindfolded	Dylan Swarts	41.92	—
3×3 one-handed	Joshua Christian Marais	10.64	12.78
Clock	Joshua Christian Marais	9.18	10.34
Megaminx	Heinrich de Lange	38.24	45.40
Pyraminx	Andre Johannes Goosen	3.56	4.81
Skewb	Ruben Grobler	4.83	5.28
Square-1	Osman Badroodin	9.92	12.21
4×4 blindfolded	Dylan Swarts	5:04.46	5:54.20
5×5 blindfolded	Dylan Swarts	14:41.00	—
3×3 Multi-Blind	Duncan Hobbs	25 of 30 cubes · 1:00:02	—

The PB harvest

227 set · 65 still standing

Waseem Hoosain — 3×3 one-handed single 10.66: into the top 1.5% of the event's history.
Jan-Hendrik Hoogendyk — 2×2 single 1.71: into the top 3.1% of the event's history.
Jan-Hendrik Hoogendyk — 3×3 single 8.96: into the top 4.8% of the event's history.
Dylan Swarts — 2×2 single 2.09: into the top 5.4% of the event's history.
Joshua Christian Marais — Skewb single 3.42: into the top 7.2% of the event's history.
Johan van Wyk — 2×2 single 2.62: into the top 10.1% of the event's history.
Christiaan Botha — 3×3 single 11.13: into the top 10.9% of the event's history.
Andre Johannes Goosen — 3×3 single 11.28: into the top 11.4% of the event's history.

First-timers

46 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

14 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

116 competitors · 919 results · 16 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 7.65 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

116 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.