Competitions · South Africa

Johannesburg 2016

Johannesburg · 27 November 2016 · 4 events · 136 competitors · 81 personal bests

Anthony Brooks won three of the four events (3×3, 2×2, 3×3 one-handed) and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Anthony Brooks by 0.36 seconds. 136 competitors produced 81 personal bests, 33 of which still stand today, and 75 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A continental record

Ruben Grobler set the Pyraminx single continental record: 2.58.

Three wins

Anthony Brooks — 3×3, 2×2, 3×3 one-handed

0.36s

closest final — 2×2, Anthony Brooks over Quinton Scholtz

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Anthony Brooks	7.61	9.13
2×2	Anthony Brooks	1.96	3.23
3×3 one-handed	Anthony Brooks	17.19	17.81
Pyraminx	Ruben Grobler	2.58	7.79

The PB harvest

81 set · 33 still standing

Justin Zhang — 2×2 single 2.92: into the top 13.3% of the event's history.
Nkosinathi Radebe — 3×3 single 12.73: into the top 16.5% of the event's history.
Liron Horowitz — 2×2 single 3.77: into the top 23.6% of the event's history.
Michael Abrahamson — 3×3 single 22.15: into the top 45.8% of the event's history.
Zameer Dada — 3×3 one-handed single 30.02: into the top 46.7% of the event's history.
Ivan Visser — 3×3 single 23.16: into the top 48.3% of the event's history.
Alan van Tonder — 3×3 single 24.85: into the top 52.3% of the event's history.
Ivan Visser — 2×2 single 6.26: into the top 53.5% of the event's history.

First-timers

75 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 17,946 people who made their debut in 2016. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

9 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

136 competitors · 407 results · 4 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. Anthony Brooks won it with a 9.13 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

136 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.