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Competitions · South Africa

Gauteng Winter 2017

Pretoria · 8 July 2017 · 6 events · 39 competitors · 33 personal bests

Pieterjan Joubert won three of the six events (4×4, 5×5, Megaminx) and the closest final was the 3×3, won by Shivaan Harichander by 0.41 seconds. 39 competitors produced 33 personal bests, 13 of which still stand today, and 15 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Shivaan Harichander set the 3×3 average national record: 11.67.

Three wins
Pieterjan Joubert — 4×4, 5×5, Megaminx
0.41s
closest final — 3×3, Shivaan Harichander over Justin Zhang
33
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Shivaan Harichander10.6011.67
4×4Pieterjan Joubert45.1753.71
5×5Pieterjan Joubert1:36.321:43.79
3×3 blindfoldedRuben Grobler3:07.53
MegaminxPieterjan Joubert1:11.311:19.93
SkewbJesse Tipton4.795.45

The PB harvest

33 set · 13 still standing
  • Jasen Bredenkamp — 3×3 single 12.11: into the top 14.3% of the event's history.
  • Zameer Dada — 3×3 single 13.13: into the top 17.9% of the event's history.
  • Pieterjan Joubert — 4×4 single 45.17: into the top 18.5% of the event's history.
  • Sae-ouk Oh — 4×4 single 47.47: into the top 21.4% of the event's history.
  • Jesse Tipton — Megaminx single 1:37.53: into the top 33.1% of the event's history.
  • Justin Zhang — Skewb single 7.43: into the top 37.0% of the event's history.
  • Justin Zhang — 5×5 single 1:56.93: into the top 47.3% of the event's history.
  • Brendan James Gray — Megaminx single 2:12.83: into the top 52.7% of the event's history.

First-timers

15 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 23,482 people who made their debut in 2017. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

1 regional record was set at this competition.

The field

39 competitors · 113 results · 6 events.

Everyone who competed

39 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.