Competitions · South Africa

CubingZA Nationals 2025

Johannesburg · 26 April 2025 · 16 events · 143 competitors · 327 personal bests

Daniel Rush won six of the 16 events (3×3, 4×4, 5×5) and the closest final was the Skewb, won by Stephanus Blignaut by 0.00 seconds. 143 competitors produced 327 personal bests, 162 of which still stand today, and 26 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A continental record

Daniel Rush set the 5×5 single continental record: 42.42.

Six wins

Daniel Rush — 3×3, 4×4, 5×5, 6×6, 7×7, Megaminx

0.00s

closest final — Skewb, Stephanus Blignaut over Jahziel Dominic Alonzo

327

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Daniel Rush	6.02	7.28
2×2	Ruben Grobler	1.20	1.78
4×4	Daniel Rush	24.37	29.10
5×5	Daniel Rush	42.42	45.52
6×6	Daniel Rush	1:20.84	1:24.87
7×7	Daniel Rush	2:09.74	2:12.99
3×3 blindfolded	Marike Faught	34.19	—
3×3 one-handed	Waseem Hoosain	12.33	13.01
Clock	Juan Erasmus	5.26	7.04
Megaminx	Daniel Rush	44.39	55.64
Pyraminx	Caspar Switijnk	1.32	2.55
Skewb	Stephanus Blignaut	2.10	4.30
Square-1	Osman Badroodin	8.92	12.66
4×4 blindfolded	Marike Faught	5:05.43	—
5×5 blindfolded	Marike Faught	12:36.00	—
3×3 Multi-Blind	Marike Faught	16 of 17 cubes · 57:38	—

The PB harvest

327 set · 162 still standing

Caspar Switijnk — Pyraminx single 1.32: into the top 0.24% of the event's history.
Jesse Osburn — Pyraminx single 1.61: into the top 0.56% of the event's history.
Lethabo Moeti — Pyraminx single 1.90: into the top 0.98% of the event's history.
Noah Levin — Pyraminx single 2.15: into the top 1.4% of the event's history.
Christian Swartz — Skewb single 2.61: into the top 3.3% of the event's history.
Kagoentle Mokhabela — Skewb single 2.66: into the top 3.5% of the event's history.
Arnelio Manaca Mola — Skewb single 2.70: into the top 3.6% of the event's history.
Daniël Switijnk — Skewb single 2.71: into the top 3.7% of the event's history.

First-timers

26 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

27 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

143 competitors · 1483 results · 16 events.

Everyone who competed

143 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.